art printables

Art Printables

Art Printables include downloadable and ready-to-use templates, patterns, and resources that make art accessible and easy to implement for groups, classrooms, or home use. These printables are ideal for all ages and abilities, helping participants experiment with colour, shapes, and patterns in a structured, approachable way.

Projects include using templates for collaborative paintings, Pattern Play exercises, or individual art activities. Facilitators, educators, and families can use printables to guide creative sessions without needing extensive preparation, making creativity quick, fun, and stress-free.

The free guide provides expanded support with tips, prompts, and strategies to make the most of printable resources in group or individual settings.

All of these projects use my Pattern Play Collaborative Art approach — a fun, inclusive process that encourages Messy Playing, Exploring, and Bling to help participants of all abilities create expressive, collaborative artworks. Get your free guide to start.

Detail of the Community artwork created by 600 members of the public over two weeks during an Artist in Residence program at Westfield Marion.

Community Art Made Simple With Pattern Play

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Quick Takeaway

Community art projects for groups don’t need to be complex—this post shows you how the Pattern Play Collaborative Art framework makes group creativity simple, inclusive, and genuinely fun. Drawing on my experience facilitating over 60 community and school-based collaborative art projects with more than 2,000 participants, you’ll learn practical ways to run relaxed, engaging group art sessions and discover helpful resources that support facilitators and community event organisers.

Companionship community artwork in cool colours including blues, greens, purples, and deep indigo, created by members of the public.
Conversation community artwork in warm peach, yellow, orange, red, coral, and burgundy tones, created by 600 public participants.
Community artwork with layered warm and cool colours, built daily by 600 public participants over two weeks.

Looking for a fun and accessible way to create an art work in your community?

Discover how community art projects for groups can be easy, engaging, and full of creative surprises using the Pattern Play method.

Community art can be powerful – but it doesn’t need to be complicated. Through the Pattern Play Collaborative Art method, I offer a way for people in schools, groups, and neighbourhoods to create something joyful together, no matter their background or skill.

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If you want an easy way to guide colour choices in your community art projects for groups, my 7 Group Art Colour Schemes work brilliantly. Each scheme is minimal and efficient, helping you manage time, materials, budget, and clean-up while still achieving colours that look great together.

A relaxed way to bring people together through paint.

All of the examples below come from the Art Story Community Art Project, created with 600 members of the public during my Artist in Residence program at Westfield Marion. Each artwork is 1m x 1m—a size chosen deliberately to invite movement, shared space, and creative play. This scale allows multiple people to paint at once, explore different sections, and experience the joy of creating something together. The impact was powerful: many visitors left inspired to start their own collaborative art projects, and several school and community groups have since created similar artworks after seeing how engaging and visually striking the results can be. These are all simple community art projects for groups that spark connection and creativity.

Companionship community artwork in cool colours including blues, greens, purples, and deep indigo, created by members of the public.
Community Art Made Simple With Pattern Play: ‘Companionship’

3 simple stages guide your spontaneous creativity with ease:

The three stages—Messy Playing, Exploring, and Bling—help people connect without pressure. It starts with play, grows through pattern-making, and finishes with sparkle. The final canvas is shared, but the memories and marks belong to each person. Community art is simple and straightforward using the Pattern Play Collaborative Art Process.

Conversation community artwork in warm peach, yellow, orange, red, coral, and burgundy tones, created by 600 public participants.
Community Art Made Simple With Pattern Play: ‘Conversation’
Community artwork with layered warm and cool colours, built daily by 600 public participants over two weeks.
Community Art Made Simple With Pattern Play: ‘Community’

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Best Collaborative Art Ideas: Projects, Guides & Resources for All Ages

Printable Pattern Cards for Art Projects – a set of black and white Pattern Play Cards arranged for group painting activities. Great for teachers, facilitators, and parents. Painting Around is Fun with Pattern Play Collaborative Art.

🖼️ Printable Pattern Cards for Art Projects (Perfect for Teachers, Facilitators & Parents!)

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Quick Takeaway

Printable pattern cards for art projects make it easy to guide groups of all ages in creative, collaborative art. I’ve facilitated over 60 community and school-based projects with more than 2,000 participants using my simple Pattern Play Collaborative Art framework, and I want to help you do the same with my helpful digital resources. In this post, you’ll discover how these cards can spark ideas, simplify planning, and make group art projects fun and engaging for everyone.

Looking for a fun and easy way to spark creativity in your next group painting session?

Pattern Play Cards (Volume 1) are the perfect starting point.

These printable pattern cards for art projects are designed for teachers, facilitators, and parents to inspire playful mark-making, layering, and collaboration—no art experience required!

Each set includes a variety of hand-drawn patterns that are:

🎨 Easy to follow
🌟 Flexible for all ages and abilities
🧩 Perfect for group art projects or solo creativity

These are the same pattern prompts I use in my own collaborative art projects—tested with kids, adults, teachers, and complete beginners. You can print them, cut them, shuffle them, reuse them, or even laminate them for regular use in classrooms or workshops.

If you’ve ever said “I want to do something creative, but I don’t know where to start,” this is for you.

What I have for you is Pattern Play Collaborative Art, a simple method for creating beautiful collaborative artworks as a group of excited people painting together.

Printable Pattern Cards for Art Projects: Myriad in Harmony

This artwork was created using this exact set of Pattern Play Cards, which you can download and print to use in your next collaborative art project—or any art project—for a fun, inclusive layer of accessible patterns. 80 visitors to the Myriad Art Exhibition found themselves creating this artwork with me over three sessions. They were people of all ages and all abilities, and we had a great time painting together!

Ready to get started? Read the product description for my two sets of printable Pattern Play Cards. (By the way, the best value is to get Vol 1 in the Pattern Play Starter Set, where you get three products in one helpful pack, for the price of two)

Myriad in Harmony, an art canvas created using my printable pattern cards for art projects – a downloadable set of 48 black and white hand-drawn designs arranged on A4 pages.
Explore printable pattern cards for art projects – part of Pattern Play Collaborative Art.

Create art together 🎨 This artwork was made using the same set of Printable Pattern Cards for Art Projects available in my shop! Perfect for group painting fun.

Happy Painting!
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Printable Pattern Cards for Art Projects – a set of black and white Pattern Play Cards arranged for group painting activities. Great for teachers, facilitators, and parents. Painting Around is Fun with Pattern Play Collaborative Art.
Printable Pattern Cards for Art Projects – explore Pattern Play for collaborative painting fun.
'Inclusive Art Activities Using the Pattern Play Collaborative Process' over the Enhancing Voices artwork in warm colours, created at a state-wide conference by 96 members of Our Voice SA.

Inclusive Art Activities Using the Pattern Play Collaborative Process

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Quick Takeaway

Inclusive Art Activities are a fun way to bring groups together and spark creativity for all ages and abilities. I’ve facilitated over 60 community and school-based collaborative art projects with more than 2,000 participants, using my simple Pattern Play Collaborative Art framework. In this post, you’ll discover practical tips and ideas, and I want to help you do the same with my helpful digital resources.

Detail of Myriad collaborative artwork in warm colours over a blue base, created by a mixed age and ability group of 80 people at an art exhibition.
Sensory Garden Mural with layered colours, created by 100 staff and students at a specialist school.
Enhancing Voices collaborative artwork in warm colours, created by 96 staff and members of Our Voice SA at a state-wide conference.

Inclusive Art Activities Using the Pattern Play Collaborative Process

A simple, joyful way to create art together—no experience needed.

Inclusive art is at the heart of everything I share through Painting Around. My Pattern Play Collaborative Art approach makes it easy for groups of all ages and abilities to paint together—no pressure, no perfection, just connection through creativity.

Sensory Garden Mural with layered colours, created by 100 staff and students at a specialist school.
Inclusive Art Activities: ‘Suneden Sensory Garden Mural’

3 simple stages guide your spontaneous creativity with ease:

The Pattern Play process flows through three flexible stages: Messy Playing, Exploring, and Bling. First, everyone adds big playful marks. Then we slow down to layer shapes and patterns. Finally, we add highlights, shine, and finishing touches. This way of painting keeps things inclusive, intuitive, and fun from start to finish.

All the artworks featured on this page were created through inclusive art activities with mixed-ability groups—children and adults living with intellectual or physical disabilities. These projects show that with the right strategies, techniques, and inclusive approaches, disability is not a barrier to creativity—it’s simply a different way of engaging. Inclusive art activities like these allow people to create together, learning through observation, demonstration, and modelling. This shared process builds confidence, skills, and a genuine sense of belonging.

Enhancing Voices collaborative artwork in warm colours, created by 96 staff and members of Our Voice SA at a state-wide conference.
Inclusive Art Activities: ‘Enhancing Voices’

Want to try it yourself? Download the Beginner’s Guide to Collaborative Art: The Pattern Play Way or head to the homepage to discover more about this easy, expressive group art style. Download the Beginner’s Guide to Collaborative Art or visit my About page for more information on the origin of this Pattern Play Collaborative Art Process.

Detail of Myriad collaborative artwork in warm colours over a blue base, created by a mixed age and ability group of 80 people at an art exhibition.
Inclusive Art Activities: ‘Myriad in Harmony’ (detail)

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Discover how to do collaborative art. Welcome to Painting Around is Fun!

Hello World! Welcome to Painting Around is FUN!

Painting Around is Fun is where I share my collaborative, inclusive social art projects created with groups of people. Anyone, of any age or ability, can join in—like YOU!

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Here’s how Pattern Play Collaborative Art works:

Messy Playing:

Start with a coloured canvas. Use big brushes to create circles, spirals, and arches along the edges. Add clusters of marks like dots, dashes, and simple swirls.

Exploring:

Use medium, then smaller brushes to layer patterns from my unique ‘Pattern Play’ resources over the artwork. You’ll interact with what other painters are adding, embracing overlapping and building up the piece together.

Bling!:

Add the finishing touches with patterns and decorative elements using paint pens. You can add some sparkle with gems. Glitter works great too. Use gold leaf to finish the artwork with a touch of bling.

Here are several of the many collaborative group artworks I have created since 2017. I did my first collaborative art project, Our Autumn Banner, with a group of twelve primary school kids. I was hooked!

Colourful collaborative art project created by a large group of people
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My Name is Charndra. (Like ‘Sandra’ with a ‘Ch’)

I’m a high school art teacher, and I’m also a therapist for one of my three children, who has special needs. As a parent and carer, I now focus on being an Inclusive Social Artist. I share the fun of making art together in groups. This is done one project at a time. All my experiences have led to developing my own type of collaborative art. I call this style ‘Pattern Play Collaborative Art’ based on the inclusive patterns we layer.

You’ll love my unique way of creating art together!

Painting with a group of friends is so much fun. You can watch the artwork grow as everyone adds their touch. My ‘Pattern Play’ resources make it easy to be creative. Just enjoy the process—no pressure. Don’t worry about comparing your work to others. You’ll be amazed at what a group can achieve together, and the approach I’ve developed always leads to success!

The artworks start out blank, but they will turn out GREAT!

I have an email group called my ‘Inner Circle’ because we always start with circles in our projects. Each week, I share a peek into the 60+ projects I’ve created with over 2,000 people across South Australia.

I invite you to join my Inner Circle today! You’ll get “Beginner’s Guide to Collaborative Art” It’s a free 20+ page step-by-step guide. It makes it easy to create a unique artwork with a group of friends or family, students, team mates or clients. I’m passionate about collaborative, social art and excited to share this experience with you!

Happy Painting,

– Charndra,

Your Inclusive Social Art Guide.

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Free downloadable guide titled “Beginner’s Guide to Collaborative Art: The Pattern Play Collaborative Art Method” with vibrant abstract patterns and paintbrushes in background.