Collaborative Art for Every Group

Run simple, inclusive collaborative art sessions with easy-to-use resources for groups of all ages and abilities

Collaborative art in action across schools, homes, and community groups:

  • Hands painting spirals and dots over layered colours in a collaborative art project using Pattern Play resources – ideal for group painting ideas.
    Collaborative art project using Pattern Play and painting together.
  • Group painting activity with several people layering patterns on a small shared artworks using warm colours and easy art techniques.
    Easy collaborative art for all ages using shared materials.
  • Community creating a square collaborative canvas with layered circles, lines, and patterns—an easy group art project for all ages.
    Group artwork created using Pattern Play techniques.
  • Teen and adult painters adding layers to a collaborative mural during a group art session using brushes and pattern motifs.
    Group mural in progress—an easy and inclusive art project.
  • A group of children painting a collaborative mural using expressive marks and warm colours—great example of group painting for schools.
    Collaborative mural project using Pattern Play in a school.
  • Teenaged painters adding layers to a collaborative mural during a group art session using brushes and pattern motifs.
    Group mural in progress—an easy and inclusive art project.

Collaborative art made simple for groups of all ages and abilities

If you’re a teacher, facilitator, or someone who enjoys bringing people together, my Pattern Play resources help you confidently run collaborative art sessions with no prior art experience needed.

A simple way to start with collaborative art

A simple 3-step process to help you confidently run your first group art session.

1. Download the free guide

Learn the Pattern Play method and how to set up your first collaborative art session.

2. Use the simple resources

Print Pattern Play Pages, Cards, and colour schemes to support your group.

3. Run your first session

Follow the step-by-step process to guide your group from start to finished artwork.

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Collaborative art created in schools and community settings:

  • Collaborative artwork created by 80 people of all ages and abilities featuring overlapping patterns and brushstrokes in vibrant colours.
    A large artwork painted together by 80 people.
  • Colourful collaborative artwork by junior primary students using simple shapes, patterns, and expressive brushstrokes in a group painting session.
    Easy collaborative art for young children.
  • Section of a large collaborative artwork painted by over 200 people using shared brushes, stencils, and colourful marks—part of a public group painting event.
    Collaborative art created by over 200 people.
  • Group painting in progress with adult carers and staff layering patterns and shapes on a shared canvas using inclusive art techniques.
    Collaborative art created with adult carers painting together.
  • Collaborative artwork created by adults with disability using bold colours, simple patterns, and layered brushwork—part of an inclusive group art project.
    Painting together in a collaborative art project for all abilities is a wonderful way to connect and communicate.
  • Colourful segment of one of 6 canvases painted collaboratively by a parent and three children using circles, arches, and layered patterns.
    Painting together as a family using Pattern Play.

Simple steps. Shared joy. Art made together.

A participant’s experience from a school collaborative mural project:

“I enjoyed the messy play, and the fact that I couldn’t do anything wrong. It really helped my confidence, and I stopped worrying about what people thought while they walked past.”

– Zinny, school mural participant

Used by groups in 76+ countries

Bring creativity into your group with beginner-friendly resources that support:

  • Group art sessions for kids, teens, or adults
  • Cooperative art activities for any ability level
  • Team projects for schools or workplaces
  • Community art that celebrates connection
  • Resources and guides for your own participatory art events

If you’re creating a small scale mural with a group of beginners, painting a shared canvas, or hosting a drop-in art activity, you’ll find simple tools to spark collective creativity.

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Looking for in-person collaborative art projects?

Collaborative murals in Adelaide

If you’re based in Adelaide, I work with schools to create small-scale collaborative murals using the Pattern Play method (designed for safe, floor-level work without ladders or steps).

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Learn more about bringing a guided mural project to your school or group.

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