The Guitar Player by Jan Vermeer (1632-75). © English Heritage Photo Library. Photo:Jonathen Bailey.

Art eh? How many of us has wandered past a pile of bricks or a light switching on and off and thought… "I could do that"? Well now's your chance to prove you can.

Next weekend, visitors to an English Heritage-run stately home in north London will be invited to re-create Johannes Vermeer’s The Guitar Player with the help of an award-winning artist.

On September 17, 18 and 19 the Flower Garden at Kenwood House in Hampstead will be converted into an artist’s studio as Tina McCallan helps make artists of the general public.

"This promises to be a great event and where better to take artist inspiration than from the Old Masters at Kenwood?" said Rebecca Kane, head of visitor operations.

"Come along and pick up a paintbrush and help to create a unique piece of history."

Born in 1632, Johannes Vermeer lived and worked in Delft. A master in the delft painters’ guild his works are characterised by their play of light and colour, transforming modest domestic interiors into monumental scenes.

He died in 1675 and only 35 of his canvasses are known to have survived, Kenwood’s The Guitar Player among them.

The original brick house at Kenwood was remodelled in the 18th century by Robert Adam (1764-1779), who transformed it into a majestic villa for the great judge, Lord Mansfield. © English Heritage Photo Library.

After the success of The Girl With A Pearl Earring, starring Colin Firth, which is based on another of Vermeer’s masterpieces, the original 1670s oil painting has proved one of the house’s most popular attractions.

However, next weekend, Tina McCallan will be sketching a copy of it and then dissecting that into 80 squares. Volunteers will each be given a square to paint so the final image is made up of many individual styles to create, in theory, a coherent whole.

"The preciousness of the original is translated into a different kind of preciousness; that of human idiosyncrasy," said Tina.

"It’s as if you are looking through a hundred different eyes all at the same time; similar to an insect’s vision. I like the idea that these reproductions act as skew-whiff visual Chinese whispers silently emulating their original masters."

McCallan was born and educated in Guernsey. Trained at the Royal Academy, she has exhibited widely in London and Europe and is the country’s leading artist in this type of re-creation work.

So far she has completed six such works, the most recent being a re-creation of A Satyr Mourning a Nymph by Piero Di Cosimo at the National Gallery helped by 75 people.

The event is free and all materials will be provided. There’s no need to book, but it’s only suitable for over 18’s.