Team-building painting classes in London, Ontario, for groups of 10 to 40

It gives the whole team the same task, side by side, from the same first line. No one needs experience, and everyone finishes with a canvas of their own.

In a 10-week study at a hospital in Lithuania, nursing staff who had never painted took two-hour painting sessions with their colleagues, led by a professional artist. They reported more energy and less fatigue afterwards, and felt part of a community at work more often than a comparison group of colleagues (Karpavičiūtė and Macijauskienė, 2016 (opens in a new tab)).

In a seven-month study of newly formed adult classes in the UK, people in craft and writing classes, each working on their own project, felt closer to their class after every session than before it (Pearce et al., 2015 (opens in a new tab)).

A 2018 review found that making art, such as drawing or working with clay, significantly reduced stress and anxiety in eight of the eleven studies it examined (Martin et al., 2018 (opens in a new tab)).

$70 per person, with all materials included, in Canadian dollars with no tax added.

For example, a group of 10 is $700, a group of 20 is $1,400, and a group of 40 is $2,800.

Groups of 10 to 40 people.

Elena Ant has led master classes for groups of 20 and of 40. For larger groups she uses a microphone and a large screen, so the back rows can follow every step.

At your office or event space, or at a venue Elena Ant arranges.

Her own studio takes at most six people. For a smaller group, see the painting master class, at $70 per person.

No. Master classes are made for people who have never held a brush.

Elena Ant works out a technique a complete beginner can follow, and leads the group through it one stage at a time.

In an experiment with 42 US university students, drawing a picture after seeing upsetting images lifted their mood more than copying shapes, and students who were not art majors benefited as much as art majors (De Petrillo and Winner, 2005 (opens in a new tab)).

Elena Ant offers several subjects, each one a beginner can finish in two hours, and you choose which one the group paints.

Earlier master classes painted a bullfinch on a snowy branch, lilacs in a basket and red poppies, shown on this page.

Send an enquiry with the size of your group, the date you have in mind, and your venue, or ask Elena Ant to arrange one.

In the enquiry form, choose “Corporate master class”, and she will reply with the details.