Practice your loose brushwork skills!
At the workshop, you’ll learn to paint like Haarlem’s renowned painter Frans Hals. He was famous in his day (and even now) for his loose brushwork. What’s so special about his style and how can you master loose brushwork?
The children start by taking a quick guided tour to look at museum masterpieces. They’ll observe Frans Hals’s style and that of other 17th-century master painters to discover how loose brushwork magically created life-like people on the canvas. Was it really magic? The children will find out at the museum workshop. Stand at an easel, pick up a brush and paint!
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Location Frans Hals Museum
Price €200 per workshop (max. 30 pupils, or €100 if max. 15 pupils)
Audience Primary education, Secondary education
Time 90 minutes
Ties in with several Dutch primary school attainment targets for drawing (Tekenen, klassenuitje, excursie, kerndoelen: 54-55-56), also suitable as a class outing
Workshow reviews
"I thought at first that all you had to do was criss-cross the canvas with the brush. I soon learned that wasn’t the case. Frans Hals clearly thought about how he painted", Amalia, 10 years old.