A Year of Slowing Down - Watercolour Calendar Workbook (2027)
Paint the year, one month at a time.
Slow down and make something beautiful throughout 2027 with A Year of Slowing Down — a watercolour calendar workbook designed to turn every month into a little creative ritual.
Inside, you’ll find twelve seasonal illustrations, each softly pre-printed onto premium 300 gsm Fabriano watercolour paper, ready for you to bring to life with paint. From a delicate teacup in January and daffodils in March to summer seashells, autumn pumpkins and a nostalgic winter scene in December, every month brings a new painting inspired by the season.
And because we want watercolour to feel approachable even if you’ve never picked up a brush before, your calendar comes with a separate step-by-step instruction workbook. Inside, you’ll find a beginner-friendly watercolour guide, finished reference paintings, suggested colour palettes and detailed instructions for all twelve illustrations.
No blank page. No pressure. No painting experience needed.
Simply follow the faint outlines, use the guide when you need it and slowly make each illustration your own. Follow our suggested colours or choose completely different ones. Keep it soft and minimal or add more layers, details and texture.
There is no single way to paint your year — and that’s exactly the point.
This isn’t about painting perfectly. It’s about making space for twelve little creative moments throughout the year. Put your phone away, make a coffee, pick up your brush and spend a little time creating something with your hands.
What’s included
1 × A4 spiral-bound 2027 watercolour wall calendar
- 12 softly pre-printed seasonal watercolour templates
- Printed on premium 300 gsm Fabriano watercolour paper
January — Teacup
February — Cherry Cake
March — Daffodils
April — Asparagus
May — Flower
June — Ice Cream
July — Palm Tree
August — Seashell
September — Pears
October — Pumpkin
November — Basket of Apples
December — Winter Scene
1 × A4 spiral-bound Watercolour Instruction Workbook
- Finished reference painting for every month
- Suggested colour palette for each illustration
- Step-by-step painting instructions for all twelve designs
- Beginner-friendly watercolour guide
- Practice spaces for trying techniques before painting your calendar
Optional add-on: Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolour Pocket Set
Add a 13-piece Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolour Pocket Set to your order if you’d like your paints ready to go too. The set includes a brush, so you can start painting your calendar straight away.
How it works
- Choose the month you want to paint
- Explore the watercolour guide and practise the techniques
- Follow the softly pre-printed outlines on your calendar
- Use the reference painting, colour palette and step-by-step instructions as your guide
- Experiment with washes, layering, colour mixing, details and textures
- Follow our colours or make the illustration completely your own
- Take your time — you have a whole year
Why you’ll love it
- A calendar made by you — instead of buying twelve finished illustrations, you get twelve paintings waiting to be brought to life by your own hands
- A year-long creative ritual — one new painting every month gives you a reason to slow down and create throughout the entire year
- Everything is already drawn — no intimidating blank page and no pressure to know how to sketch
- Learn as you paint — the separate guide introduces watercolour techniques including wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, washes, layering, colour mixing, lifting, splattering and blooming
- Step-by-step support — every illustration comes with a finished reference, suggested colour palette and detailed painting instructions
- Made for real watercolour — the calendar is printed on premium 300 gsm Fabriano watercolour paper
- Beginner-friendly — no previous watercolour experience needed; start with the basics and build your confidence month by month
- Screen-free & slow — a mindful analogue activity designed to bring a little more creativity and a little less scrolling into 2027
- Made for gifting — a thoughtful creative gift for watercolour lovers, beginners and anyone who could use a slower year
Made for slow moments
Put your phone away. Make a coffee. Get your paints.
You don’t need to finish the whole thing today. In fact, we’d rather you didn’t.
Paint January when January arrives. Come back for the daffodils in March. Make your seashell pink in August and your pumpkin perfectly orange in October. Let every new month become a small excuse to sit down, pick up a brush and make something with your hands.
By the end of 2027, you won’t just have used a calendar.
You’ll have painted one.
Twelve months. Twelve paintings. A whole year of little creative moments.
A year, painted by you.