Team building painting workshop

In Amsterdam there is a free, creative atmosphere. Here people experiment, combine and regularly say, "It's abstract." Anything goes, as long as you bring it with conviction. In Utrecht, things remain orderly and involved. Everyone participates and no one can hide. A surprisingly coherent end result often emerges here. Rotterdam takes a direct approach. Less talk, more action. Here people paint firmly, choose clearly and say without hesitation, "This is the line." In The Hague, things start out neat and restrained, but as soon as the paint flows, the brakes disappear here, too. Titles and functions give way to creativity. Eindhoven brings innovation. Here people experiment with forms, techniques and ideas - and discover that sometimes making mistakes actually produces the best results. In Breda, sociability takes center stage. Painting together, laughing together and deciding together that the end result is above all "very own." Groningen provides energy. Here there is a lot of fanatic thinking, talking and especially a lot of painting. And in Maastricht everything is a little quieter, but with attention. Here it is all about feeling, balance and the joint process.

What makes these painting workshops so strong as team building is that everyone automatically participates. You don't have to be an artist, have no talent and certainly no idea where to start. Participating is enough. You see that immediately in the group. One person takes the lead without hesitation and knows exactly where to draw the first lines. The other complements that enthusiastically. And somewhere there is always someone who says that the whole "still lacks something," without knowing what - but with complete conviction. In the beginning, painting is done carefully. Brushes are neatly wiped off, colors first tested on a corner, and there is some deliberation as to whether this is the right direction. But soon that reticence disappears. More daring is shown, ideas fly across the table and paint ends up in places no one had planned. And strangely enough: just then things begin to come together. While painting, you see very clearly how teams deal with consultation, choices and letting go. Who takes the lead? Who likes to follow? And who thinks, "It will work out," and just lets it happen? Without anyone realizing it, a mirror of team collaboration emerges - but with paint instead of meeting points. The beauty is that nowhere does it feel like a training session. No one keeps score, no one corrects and no one says what is right or wrong. And yet you get to know each other better. There is laughter, deliberation, sometimes light discussion and, above all, a lot of acceptance that not everything has to be perfect to be good. A teambuilding workshop painting throughout the Netherlands is therefore relaxed, creative and surprisingly connective. No performance pressure, no deadlines and no PowerPoint. Just make something together that in the end says surprisingly much about the team. And yes - that painting always gets a place later. If only to walk past it and say, "Look ... we did this together. And yes, that blue piece was my idea."