Have you ever wondered how the old masters did it? For many years, Jack Reilly, Professor Emeritus of Painting at California State University, has been teaching beginning painting students the secrets behind the magnificent work of the Renaissance and Baroque old master painters. The success rate of Reilly's painting method is phenomenal, as students quickly learn to apply techniques that result in beautiful professional looking work.
The personal satisfaction that comes from painting is something very difficult to describe. Students of painting, and professional artists alike, might tell you that it is a calling, often an obsession. The artist strives for personal perfection, continually challenging one's self to achieve a higher level of accomplishment, while developing unique ideas and engaging visual imagery. No two people think exactly alike or see things in the same way. Artworks, like fingerprints, are all uniquely different, just as those individuals who create them.


















The driving philosophy behind Prof. Reilly's painting method is: "Within every person, there is an artist trying to escape." His goal is to facilitate the artist within you. Through inspiring projects incorporating time-tested and innovative methods and techniques, you will have the opportunity to explore your artistic self, resulting in the creation of professional looking paintings.
© All images depicted above are by actual students working under the instruction of Jack Reilly