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No course, no set instructions: action painting in Hamburg with wax, spray can and acrylic. Guided enough for a strong result, free enough for your team.
Price tiers per person, net: 15–20 €129 · 21–25 €109 · 26–50 €99 · 51–100 €89 · from 101 €79 · from 251 on request.
No pressure, no performingWhat action painting means with us
Guided, but never prescribed: your team stands in front of a blank canvas, cans and wax crayons, and nobody tells you what to paint.
That is exactly where action painting starts with us: guided enough that a picture comes out at the end instead of tipping into brown, and free enough that everyone does what they want. As a company event that means no run sheet to sign off before you book.
Anyone who has done a team event where everyone stands in a circle and plays guided games knows the feeling: grown adults treated like they are back in school. With us, that pressure falls away and the painting stays.
Nobody paints from A to Z here. There is no template, no set order, no „first red, then blue“. A guide accompanies the group so paint, surface and tool fit together. The decision of what ends up on the canvas stays with you. From €79 per person, net. The larger the group, the lower the price per head.
Request your action painting in HamburgPrefer the can and a real wall? The graffiti workshop in Hamburg runs on a legal wall or on canvas, for 10 to 1,000 people.
The craft
Behind the free painting sits material behaviour that decides the result. Three rules make sure a picture stands at the end instead of a brown blotch:
Wax does not take paint. Anyone who works with a wax crayon before the paint goes on keeps that area free. No matter how many layers come on top later, the spot stays clear. Patterns appear this way without anyone needing to be able to paint.
Spray paint cracks on fresh acrylic. If the acrylic layer underneath has not fully cured, spraying over it creates a craquelé effect: fine cracks that make the picture look years old. Anyone who has seen it once never paints without this trick again.
Paint dosing is the real craft. Too much paint at once runs together and turns dark green to brown: the moment a picture becomes a mess of colour. The guide steps in right before that happens, not after.
These three rules are why guided does not mean restricted with us. The guide takes care of the material, you take care of the decisions.
References
Real action painting dates from Hamburg. Each group works at its own canvas, paint in motion, nobody just watching.
For HANSAINVEST we set up a graffiti wall and an action painting setup side by side on the pier at Hamburg's Museumshafen, right under the old loading doors of the MS Bleichen. Small groups worked on their own canvases, and all the pieces were presented at the end.
For Toyota, an influencer team painted action painting on canvases together with our crew at the Fotostudio Ottensen.
At the BAT Neon Afterwork by the Alster, an office space turned into a club for one evening: action painting under blacklight with neon colours.
Rapid Data brought around 120 people to Hamburg and split into small groups, each working on its own canvas.
A company team event with around 80 people painted freely in Hamburg's HafenCity, with a view of the Elbe.
Travel and material transport to Hamburg and the surrounding area sit inside the price per person, so nothing is added later. Up to 30 days before the date you cancel free of charge, after that the full sum falls due.
How an action painting team event in Hamburg runs
We don't talk much, we get to work early. We barely interfere with your pictures, the result should come from your hand, not ours.
A session runs two to three hours, and the order makes the difference: if everyone paints at once, the colours run into each other and turn brown. That is why your piece grows in layers, with short breaks in between. What that means for your group is laid out step by step below.
If you do not have a location yet, we suggest a surface we have worked on before. The booking still stays with you, and the same goes for side programme and drinks. We come to your own rooms as soon as you provide the surface.
On site our team covers the area with protective material, and we take liability for it. If a spot gets messy, we leave that area out. No need to change clothes: gloves and a poncho are enough.
The guide first explains the materials: spray paint, wax crayon, acrylic, lacquer. Spray paint cracks open on acrylic that's still wet, which creates a crackle effect. That's why the piece ends up layer on layer.
A guide splits the group into small units, one guide per 50 participants. Whoever is not at the canvas takes on a small two-by-two task, and the guide decides who paints when.
The piece grows in layers that need to dry before the next colour goes on: one group paints, waits, then the next one follows. The drying time in between is part of the technique, not idle time.
Whether everyone takes home their own piece or you work on one shared piece is your call when booking. With a shared piece, the layers build directly on top of each other.
At the end we clean up and the surface goes back the way it was. Whatever was created belongs to you from that moment on; nothing is shipped afterwards. You take your pieces with you right away.
Google reviews
Three teams who worked with us in Hamburg, quoted from our Google profile.
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“Despite complete lack of talent in the team, we created a result in the end that really everyone is proud of.”
Original (German): „Trotz völliger Talentfreiheit im Team haben wir am Ende ein Ergebnis geschaffen, auf das wirklich alle stolz sind.“
“[…] 28 colleagues aged between 20 and 60, and all of us completely clueless. […] In the end we were really proud of ourselves. […] As a keepsake, Luca gave us photos taken with the drone.”
Original (German):“[…] 28 colleagues aged 20 to 60, all complete beginners. […] In the end we were really proud of ourselves. […] As a keepsake, Luca sent us photos taken with the drone.”
“[…] What surprised me was that you don't have to be an artist, because everyone gets individual attention and is encouraged to try things out. […] By the end we had created a great artwork and had a big grin on our faces.”
Original (German):“[…] What surprised me is that you do not have to be an artist: everyone is met where they are and encouraged to experiment. […] In the end we had created a great piece of art and had a big grin on our faces.”
How much does action painting cost?
An action painting team event in Hamburg costs from €79 net per person. Small groups from 15 people pay €129, and the price drops in tiers to €79 as the group grows. Included: guides, paint, canvases or wall, protective covers and travel within Hamburg. Send us the number of people and your preferred period, we reply within 24 hours with a written quote; all prices net plus 19 % VAT.
How long does action painting take?
Two to three hours. The guides start with a short briefing on materials and movement, then your team paints in stages, and at the end you look at the finished work together. We handle set-up and take-down before and after your slot. The length fits an afternoon or the finish before a shared dinner; one guide accompanies every 50 people, so large groups stay well looked after.
What do you actually do at action painting?
Your team paints together on large surfaces with wax, spray can and acrylic, indoors usually acrylic on canvas, outdoors also with lacquer on legal walls. There is no template to copy: paint lands on the surface in motion, everyone adds their part, and the picture grows out of the interplay. Protective suits and covers keep clothes clean. Indoors you take the canvases home, outdoors the mural stays and you get the drone shot.
More formats in Hamburg: Graffiti workshop in Hamburg and Street art tour for teams in Hamburg.
The larger your team, the cheaper per person
Drag your team size to the right value. You see straight away what that means net per person and what ends up on the invoice. Applies to graffiti and action painting in Hamburg.
Netto 2.725 € · zzgl. 19 % MwSt 518 €
Request a quote for this sizeSmaller teams are welcome, we bill from 15 people. Travel to Hamburg, materials and guidance are included, all prices are plus 19% VAT.
How you pay
There are two routes: book directly in the shop, or an invoice to your accounts department. In both cases payment falls due before the date, and that is the rule with us.
If something gets in the way
Up to 30 days before you cancel free of charge, after that the full sum falls due. If the weather turns in Hamburg, that only decides the format, graffiti on canvas or action painting in the greenhouse keeps running.
What is already included
Materials, guidance, set-up and take-down sit inside the price, along with travel to Hamburg. For a legal wall we might use we obtain the permit, at no extra charge.
What does a team event in Hamburg cost?
A team event in Hamburg starts at €79 per person net, and small groups sit at €129.
The price per head falls as the group grows, and that is plain arithmetic. Travel to Hamburg, setup and crew happen once, whether twelve are spraying or two hundred. Two hundred spread the same fixed costs across more shoulders. The price includes travel, transport of all materials, all the paint, protective covers and guidance from our people on site. For a legal wall we might use we obtain the permit, at no extra charge. The only thing you pay for is the location, if you do not have one. Smaller teams are welcome, we bill from 15 people. All figures are net, plus 19% VAT. Up to 30 days before the date you cancel free of charge, after that the full sum falls due. We answer your enquiry within 24 hours with a concrete quote.
Where can you hold a team event in Hamburg?
In Hamburg we work at three documented locations, plus anywhere your team has rooms of its own.
In Hamburg we have already painted on the pier at the Museumshafen, on an office floor by the Alster and outdoors with a view of the HafenCity – each date picked its location depending on the group and the weather. If you already have a space in mind, tell us at the enquiry and we check whether it works. If not, an empty office floor, an inner courtyard or a rented event space will do, as long as there is room, a surface that holds and power – we handle the permit for the space ourselves, you only book and pay for the venue itself. Whether your date is called a company outing or a corporate event changes nothing here. If you are unsure whether your space works, attach a photo to the enquiry. Then we settle it beforehand rather than on the day.
What do you do in Hamburg in bad weather?
Bad weather does not cancel a date in Hamburg, it only decides whether you work at a wall or under glass.
The covered route runs through a rented indoor space with room, a surface that holds and power – your own office floor, a hall or, as for the HANSAINVEST date, a photo studio such as the one in Ottensen. Indoors the forecast does not decide the date, because there is no forecast to check. The second route runs through the material: graffiti on a wall is always an outdoor format, while the same technique on canvas runs indoors as well as outdoors. Action painting works both ways in any case. In practice that means: tell us at the enquiry whether your date can move. If it cannot, we pick a format from the start that needs no forecast. If it can, we hold the outdoor option open and come back to you as soon as the forecast is reliable.
We also come to these cities
Hamburg is one of our locations, we work across Europe. If your date is not in Hamburg, this list takes you straight to the city closer to your team.
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