Enjoy the Ehrenhof and capture it with your brush! This time, the workshop will take place outside. We observe the hustle and bustle, the Kunstpalast’s architecture, and the shapes and colours surrounding us. How do we sketch the scenery? Outdoor painting demands fast decisions but also offers a broad variety of details and inspiring moments. You will learn methods and techniques to capture your impressions.

Beginner or advanced, everyone is welcome!

Artist-quality materials are provided. You may bring your own easel, folding stool or another seating possibility for outside.

The fountain sparkles in the sun, the boats sail around in the water, and the flowers bloom. This workshop will take place outside. We will practice observing our surroundings: How do the colours look in the sunlight and which shapes surround us? Outdoor painting demands fast decisions but also offers a broad variety of details and motives. You will learn methods and techniques to capture the scene on paper. Join us and let your creativity flow freely.




Beginner or advanced, everyone is welcome!

Artist-quality materials are provided. You may bring your own easel, folding stool or another seating possibility for outside.

Please note: This workshop will be held in German.

What does a skull stand for? Or why does Mary wear a blue coat?
In this workshop you get to know more about the encrypted messages in the Kunstpalast’s artworks. Together, we will discover how artists emphasize personalities and subtly convey their social or holy status. Dip into the world of attributes und capturen them in your own drawings.
Beginner or advanced – everyone is welcome to join!

Please note: This workshop will be held in German!

Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of fragrance layering! In this special workshop, we will first learn about the basic fragrance families and notes before becoming layering pros in a speed dating format: we will create new fragrance profiles using niche fragrances, molecular fragrances and individual notes. We will be given an introduction to the world of perfumes and valuable tips on how to build our own fragrance wardrobe and use it specifically for different moods and occasions.
Please do not wear any perfume to the workshop.

Melina Klinger studied art history and museum studies at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn. She wrote her thesis on olfactory art in the exhibition context and uses her fragrance archive to advise interested parties on fragrance wardrobes.

Rows of houses, streets and alleys, or passers-by – we capture urbane scenes with pen and brush. No matter if beginner or advanced, learn more about perspective, explore depth effect and image space as well as experimenting with the techniques of water colour painting together with the artistic guidance of our workshop guide. Join us and let your creativity flow freely.

Artist-quality materials are provided.

Please note: This workshop will be held in German.

Spring is here! Everything turns green and early bloomers poke out of the soil. With colourful pencils and vibrant water colours we capture the awakening nature in our drawing.
Beginner or advanced – everyone is welcome to join!

Please note: The workshop will be held in German.

The Scharf Collection ranges from 19th and 20th century French art to contemporary international works. Highlights include pieces by Paul Cézanne, Claude Monet, Pierre Bonnard, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Katharina Grosse.
We draw on this diversity in our series of workshops for adults, taking inspiration from the exhibition. Once a month, we focus on a particular artistic technique or motif and get creative ourselves.

In July, the focus is on paper cutting, which artist Henri Matisse also called ‘drawing with scissors’. Inspired by this idea, we experiment with paper, paint and cutting in the workshop to create our own compositions.

Please note: The workshop will be held in German.

The Scharf Collection ranges from 19th and 20th century French art to contemporary international works. Highlights include pieces by Paul Cézanne, Claude Monet, Pierre Bonnard, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Katharina Grosse.
We draw on this diversity in our series of workshops for adults, taking inspiration from the exhibition. Once a month, we focus on a particular artistic technique or motif and get creative ourselves.

In June, the focus is on printing techniques. The collection includes prints by Goya, Japanese woodblock prints and almost the entire graphic oeuvre of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. We learn the basics and design our own prints on paper.

Please note: The workshop will be held in German.

The Scharf Collection ranges from 19th and 20th century French art to contemporary international works. Highlights include pieces by Paul Cézanne, Claude Monet, Pierre Bonnard, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Katharina Grosse.
We draw on this diversity in our series of workshops for adults, taking inspiration from the exhibition. Once a month, we focus on a particular artistic technique or motif and get creative ourselves.

In May, the focus will be on the theme of figure in space. Depicting the human body in the context of its surroundings opens up exciting perspectives and compositional possibilities. In the workshop, we will experiment with lines, volume and spatial effects.

Please note: The workshop will be held in German.

The Scharf Collection ranges from 19th and 20th century French art to contemporary international works. Highlights include pieces by Paul Cézanne, Claude Monet, Pierre Bonnard, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Katharina Grosse.
We draw on this diversity in our series of workshops for adults, taking inspiration from the exhibition. Once a month, we focus on a particular artistic technique or motif and get creative ourselves.

In April, the focus is on portraits. Whether commissioned or a token of friendship, portraits have been an expression of personality and identity for centuries.
We explore gaze, expression and proportions and create our own versions.