Teambuilding & Events

In June 2016, the Paris based PR agency Influences asked me to join a cocktail party organized for their client Gemalto, and to sketch mood scenes (decor, figures, details of the cocktail party), as well as portraits. At the end of the party, the drawings were given to the General Manager for which the event was set up.

An original way to keep a souvenir of that evening, designed as the first step of a journey.

I offer this kind of service for your events, seminars, or else to illustrate your corporate documents. Contact me!

In June 2014, the major photography company Fujifilm, through its PR agency Pschhh, had me lead a workshop, as part of its corporate event, « Talents Nomades » (“Nomadic Talents”). Set in Paris, this event was punctuated by a press conference, a lunch party for professional photographers, and a cocktail opened to the general public.

My job was to draw whatever the participants asked me to draw: a memory from a trip, a dream, a place or person they loved… After a brief conversation to decide on the drawing's subject, I had 5 to 10 minutes to complete the sketch.

Meant to be on the first page of a travel sketchbook that was offered to the visitors, these drawings were made with India ink and watercolor.

The operation, whose goal was to stir up the participants' creative sensibility, was very successful. It established connections between drawing and photography.

Between 2011 through 2015, the Louvre works council Calao (Collectif Action des personnels du Louvre), in charge of organizing leisure for the Museum staff members, has been having me lead several “Travel Sketchbook at the Louvre” workshops for the Museum employees.

Six times a year, we create graphic reports in the Museum galleries. Goal: let the Louvre staff rediscover their workplace, reinforce their creativity, and observe the hidden marvels that the eye does'nt always see.

The drawings were exhibited at the Louvre Museum canteen. A beautiful success due to their talent, and that aroused the interest of their colleagues, happy to exchange about this subject during their daily meal at the company restaurant.

In 2011, the Management Progress Association APM (Association Progrès du Management) had me lead the workshop “Travel Sketchbook: how to see everyday life differently”. During a one-day seminar, twenty managers focused on learning how to draw. Goal: becoming aware of the choices a painter needs to make while creating. The participants discovered the importance of looking, of attentiveness, and of creativity. Qualities that can be used effectively in the daily management.

The workshop was illustrated by examples from the History of Art.

Benefits for the participants:

• A higher confidence in their ability to see and excel.
• A Self-Measuring and Self-Development tool.
• New ideas on how to combine overall vision, and attention to details.

I offer this type of workshops, that are easy to organize in a seminar room at your company, but also outdoors. The workshop can be extended on two days if necessary, and why not abroad, or in a picturesque location?

In September 2008, the magazine « La Vie du Rail » (Railway Life) asked me to accompany two journalists to Lille, during the “Grande Braderie”, a major annual festival in this city of Northern France. Goal: sketching the train stations, drawing the SNCF (National Railway Company) staff members, interprete the atmosphere on the platforms and in the waiting rooms, in order to illustrate a special issue of the magazine.

Theme of the article: the impact of the Grande Braderie festival on the local railway organization. Result: we created a “Log Book”, combining texts and drawings. I was able to do some of the drawings while the journalists were doing their interviews, making it an instant graphic report.

In this format, I offer the following services to companies:

• Teambuilding, teaching the staff the basic skills for professional drawing.
• Possible use of the drawings made during a Teambuilding session, to illustrate an internal magazine or an Annual Report.
• Upon order, creating drawings and watercolors for your documents (Greeting Cards, Official Reports, slideshows).
• Creating graphic contents for your Websites, intranet, social medias.