Da Vinci's Design

Your group works together to recreate a large-scale masterpiece. After a light-hearted art quiz, participants are divided into pairs and given individual canvases to paint. At the end, every canvas is brought together to reveal one impressive collaborative artwork.

Not at all. This is a creative team-building activity, not an art class, so nobody is judged on technical ability. The fun comes from interpreting your section, working with neighbouring pairs and seeing how everyone's contribution fits into the bigger picture.

Each pair recreates one section of the chosen artwork. They need to communicate with the teams working on the surrounding sections so that colours, lines and proportions connect. The final reveal shows just how much can be achieved when everybody works towards one shared goal.

Da Vinci's Design is one of the more relaxed, collaborative activities in our UK team-building collection. Rather than racing against other teams, participants concentrate on cooperation and producing something together, making it particularly suitable for groups that prefer creativity to intense competition.

The completed masterpiece can provide a lasting reminder of the day. Groups have chosen to display their artwork back at the office, where it becomes both a colourful talking point and a visible example of what the team created together.

Yes. The activity can be delivered at offices, hotels and other suitable indoor venues across the UK. We prepare the workspace and protect the relevant surfaces, so your team can concentrate on painting without worrying about leaving the meeting room looking like an artist's studio.

The activity usually lasts between one and two hours. This makes it easy to include within a company away day, conference programme or afternoon of indoor team-building activities without taking over the entire schedule.

Da Vinci's Design is suitable for approximately 5 to 250 participants. Because the finished artwork is divided into smaller sections, both modest teams and much larger corporate groups can make a meaningful contribution to the final result.

Yes. Working in pairs gives everybody a clear piece of the project to complete. Participants also need to look beyond their own canvas, compare progress with other teams and make adjustments so the finished picture works as a whole.

The activity brings communication, cooperation and attention to detail into one creative challenge. It is particularly good at demonstrating how individual pieces of work affect a wider project—and how a better result emerges when colleagues share information rather than working in isolation.