Twelve pieces of the good weekend — a glowing lantern, a jar of fireflies, a trout, a tent, a vintage teardrop trailer — each pre-outlined with its own colour palette printed beside it. 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. Slip it into a cabin bag or a glovebox and the rainy afternoon takes care of itself. It is the gift for the friend whose whole personality is the national parks. Paint sold separately.