On the road 5

It's fiendishly difficult to convert this sensitivity into paint flowing from the brush.

But Hals performs the feat of creating in the viewer a visceral moment of recognition, even though we have no way of knowing the sitter.

The young woman gazes sassily to the side, her smile revealing teeth.

The painting sits on the cusp between portraiture and genre imaginary.

Wine sloshes in the glass (known as berkemeyer) in his other hand.

The young man's sideway glance, cheeky smile, tousled hair and lopsided hat convey a moment of suspended animation.

He based these on real people possibly even his own children, as well as on the stock characters from satirical plays.

His characters include merry musicians, laughing fools and rowdy drinkers.

tronies

the man wielding a jawbone

The original background explains Massa's defiant pose

The canvas has probably been cut down at the top and bottom which accounts for the picture's olong shape.

fervent musicians

Hals depicted him nonchalantly tipping back his chair - highly unconventional pose.

And as this room attests, there were patrons who preferred his dynamic brushwork and powerful characterization over what was fashionable.

The sudden outburst of red for the stocking of the man on the right is possibly the most audacious detail in Hal's entire oeuvre.

His fickering brushwork becomes ever more daring.

a reputation of spending excessive amounts on his clothes

Elizabeth flinched.

At the very bottom of box number 3 lay an accordion folder labelled 'Rowing'.

Tommy Dickson is what we call a flim-flam man. Someone who get what they want through illegal means.

Einstein's theory of relativity is riveting.

Amanda isn't even technically mine in the DNA sense of things, he blurted without meaning to, in fact he only just found out three weeks ago.

deadpan humour

drop-everything readiness

Known locally as 'The Mushrooms', this ultra modern structure with a lattice canopy was built from 2005 to 2011.

astoundinig archaeological facts

a soaring view

The observation deck provides a soaring view of the city, with skywalks circling around the core of gastropars.

At the heart of the complex, the Mannerist church, built by Hermán Ruiz the younger in 1560, makes up the debating chamber.

Today it is a trendy clean promenade with a quirky charm.

spurned lover

ornate brickwork

Notable features include the brick decoration of its walls, the archaeological objects and ancient trough, now a decorative pillar

It has become common to see old artista tiles originally meant for ceilings being used in waiscoting for walls and for exhibiting in collections.

I will put my thinking hat on and see if there are any opportunities with other schools. Let’s stay in touch!

There id a distinctly Flemish trail in Hals's paintings in their panache and zest for life.

mamuś strachem ruff

Hals's extraordinary facility with the brush is already evident in man's starched ruff and the pleated cuff at his waist.

But Hals performs the feat of creating in the viewer a visceral moment of recognition, even though we have no way of knowing the sitter.

The identity of the smiling (rather than laughing) man depicted in what is arguably Hals's most famous portrait is not known to us.

daring brushstrokes

His quick and unrestrained brushwork catches the couple's opulence to great effect.

She gets tipsy after one glass of sweet wine.

I'm leaving here at on the dot.

I had a hunch that you'd be here. Sometimes you have to be prepared to act on/follow a hunch.

AI can boost the stalling European economy.

We sat out on the porch, just shooting the breeze.

a budding artis

'Pickle herring' was a famous stock character of a fool in a comic theatre. His diet of salto fish gave him an insatiable thirst for beer.

Clotilde beneath awning

Those pesky kids from next door have let the air out of my car tyres again! Your pesky BD Implementation Manager here again to keep the Groups of Schools relationship tagging request on your radar.

There is a sense in which creativity is experienced as an act of defiance, which risks making us ugly, angry, and treacherous - speaking what has been kept hidden.

scathing attacts