Twelve autumn subjects — a pumpkin, a drift of oak and maple leaves, a mushroom, a wreath, a green pickup loaded with pumpkins — each pre-outlined with a printed palette. It is a colouring book for grown-ups and children alike, except you finish with watercolour instead of crayon, and the result is good enough to tear out and frame.

Every spread pairs a finished painting with numbered step-by-step instructions and a lightly printed sketch you paint straight onto, so you are never staring at a blank page. Printed on custom 120 lb cold-press watercolour paper from one of the last remaining paper mills in the United States, with lay-flat spiral binding and clean tear-out pages, at a travel-ready 6.5 x 9 in. Original artwork by Emily Lex, designed and printed in the USA. The colour range is the whole appeal: burnt orange, ochre, oxblood and moss, which are forgiving to mix and look expensive on paper. Paint two pages and you have framed autumn decor that cost less than a candle. Paint sold separately.