In the workshop on 17th-century painting techniques, you will get acquainted with creating highly realistic paintings, just like the old masters did.

We will study how paintings were built up during that period. Corinna Wildschut will briefly explain this process. After that, you will get hands-on experience. Don’t expect to complete a full painting back in the 17th century, painters spent months on one, depending on its size and complexity. Instead, you will learn about the painting’s structure and practice a specific part called the “underpainting.” You will work on a portion of it since completing the entire underpainting within the limited time is not feasible.

Once you get the hang of it, the technique is quite approachable, so everyone can participate regardless of experience.

This workshop offers you a taste of 17th-century techniques, allowing you to experiment and truly understand their purpose. You will receive a step-by-step guide to take home explaining how to create an underpainting. It’s more about the experience than finishing a complete piece. Of course, you may take your work home after the session. We work with oil paints, so drying time is needed. If your wet work can’t be transported safely, you may pick it up later at Atelier Wildschut in the NDSM Loods.

Corinna Wildschut has been teaching this beautiful craft for 30 years at Nimeto art school in Utrecht and at her own Atelier Wildschut in the NDSM Loods. She inherited this art from her mother, also a specialist in imitation painting. Besides teaching, she actively practices this art with diverse commissions, including decorative painting, murals, ceiling paintings, and restoration of stucco ceilings, ornaments, mirror frames, and other antiques.

Practical information

• The workshop language is Dutch
• Price includes materials and VAT