Put away your phone.Pick up a brush.
Guided paint & sip evenings, kids’ art classes and slow, creative time with a working artist by your side. No experience needed. Just come as you are.
- No experience needed
- Phones rest at the door
- Take your canvas home
“There are no wrong strokes.”
CALMVAS is calm plus canvas: a few unhurried hours where anyone can slow down, make something beautiful, and leave lighter than they came.
- 0
- painting experience needed
- 1
- working artist guiding every step
- 2½
- unhurried hours, phone-free
- 8
- ways to create, for every age
Choose your experience
Eight ways to spend time with a brush, from a lively paint and sip night with friends to a quiet hour for yourself. Tap any card to look closer.
An evening at CALMVAS
Every session follows the same five-part rhythm, designed to slow you down before it lifts you up.
Arrive
The first fifteen minutes
A welcome drink, soft music, your seat at a styled table. Your phone rests in the basket at the door. You won’t miss it.
Breathe
A short pause
Two minutes to land in the room, and one rule for the night: there are no wrong strokes.
Create
The heart of the evening
Paint step by step with an artist guiding every stage, from background to the last bright detail. Your canvas is pre-sketched, so it comes together.
Reflect
A quiet moment
Give your painting a name and share one word for how you feel. People are often surprised by their answer.
Connect
The finish
A group photo with every canvas raised, laughter, small prizes, and a painting to take home.
How do you want to feel?
Pick a feeling. We’ll show you the experience made for it.
Made for feeling calm
Calm Hour
You need an hour where nothing is asked of you. Low light, soft music, and colour that goes wherever it wants.
You leave with a lighter head.
Ready when you are
Thirty-six seconds
Try a little CALMVAS, right now
Three slow breaths. Follow the sun as it grows and fades.
Shared tables, good music
Come for the painting. Stay for the people.
Come alone or bring your favourite people. By the second layer of paint, the table is laughing together.
A real pause
Phones rest at the door, the music is low and nobody needs anything from you. Just colour, and time.
Something you made
You leave with a finished painting, even if you haven’t held a brush since primary school.
People, properly
Come alone, with friends or with someone special. Shared tables make conversation easy.
Screen-free joy for kids
Children explore colour and ideas with a working artist, using safe, washable materials.
Celebrations people remember
Birthdays, anniversaries and team days that end with photos, laughter and art on the wall.
Corporate & team building
Real connection, away from the screens.
Team bonding days, client appreciation evenings and wellness at work. We bring the artist, the materials and the calm to your office, or set the table at a venue we arrange.
- 2 to 20+ people
- Your office or our venue
- Finished pieces for the walls
The gallery
Paintings you’ll take home
Every canvas on this wall is a session theme. Each one is designed so a complete beginner finishes it in a single evening. Tap one to see how it comes together.
Sunset Rock
Paint & Sip Nights · Beginner · 2½ hours
City Nights
Calm Hour · Beginner · 2 hours
Colour Play
CALMVAS Kids · All ages · 90 minutes
Calm Waves
Family Afternoons · Beginner · 2 hours
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Packages
Pick how you’d like to paint
Join an open session, book an artist just for you, or let us bring the whole studio to your home or office. Everything you need comes with us.
- Most popular
Open Session
Join a guided session with other guests
Founding price shared with the list
- 2½ hours
- Come alone or bring friends
- At a CALMVAS partner venue
- Your own easel, canvas and paints
- A welcome drink and small chops
- A playlist, table games and a group photo
Private Session
Just you, or the two of you
Founding price shared with the list
- 90 minutes
- 1 or 2 people
- At a partner venue or your place
- An artist all to yourself
- A theme you choose together
- Go at your own pace, no crowd
We Come to You
Family, friends and celebrations at your place
Founding price shared with the list
- 2 to 3 hours
- 4 to 20 guests
- Your home, garden or venue
- Set-up, materials and clean-up handled
- A theme picked for the occasion
- Space for cake, toasts and photos
Team Session
Offices, NGOs and teams
Founding price shared with the list
- About 2 hours
- 2 to 20+ people
- Your office or a venue we arrange
- Designed around your team and goals
- One shared mural or linked canvases
- Finished pieces to hang at work
Every session includes
- Canvas, paints and brushes
- An apron to keep you clean
- A working artist guiding every step
- Drinks and small chops, with alcohol-free options
- Music and photo moments
- Your finished painting to take home
Rather talk it through? Tell us your date, group and idea, and we’ll plan it with you.
Notes from the studio
From the journal
Short, honest reads on slowing down, painting for the first time and making things with the people you love.
Why your mind goes quiet when you paintIt isn’t magic and it isn’t talent. Painting gives a busy brain exactly one thing to do, and that turns out to be the point.Read the story 
You don’t need talent. You need a first layer.Five things every first-time painter should know, from the order artists actually work in to the “ugly stage” nobody warns you about.Read the story Good questions
Can’t find yours? Ask it in the form below and we’ll answer personally.
Pick a package or experience and press Book, or fill in the short form at the bottom of the page. We reply with dates, the venue and how to pay, and your seat is held once you confirm.
Not at all. An artist guides every step, and canvases are lightly pre-sketched so beginners finish with something they’re proud of.
Yes, and many people do. Shared tables and a relaxed host make it easy to meet new people.
Something comfortable you don’t mind getting a little paint on. We provide aprons.
Yes, with good options for everyone, including non-alcoholic ones. Kids’ and family sessions are always alcohol-free.
Open sessions run in welcoming partner venues: lounges, cafés, gardens and event spaces. The venue is shared with each event announcement. Private sessions can come to your home or office.
Yes. CALMVAS Kids runs on Saturdays for ages 5 to 12, Summer Art Camp fills the long holiday, and Family Afternoons let parents and children paint side by side.
Yes. We use only non-toxic, washable paints, and there are always at least two adults present.
Yes. Birthdays, anniversaries, bridal showers, proposals and team sessions, at your home or office. Tell us what you’re planning in the form below.
Founding prices go to the list first, with the first dates. Every price includes your canvas, paints, apron and artist, and pricing for private events and team sessions is shared when you get in touch.
The first sessions are being scheduled now. Join the list and you’ll hear about dates before anyone else.
Come as you are. Leave lighter.
Your canvas is waiting
Free to join, takes a minute. No experience needed.
Be at the first session
Tell us what you’d love to try. We’ll reach out with dates as soon as they open, before they’re announced publicly.
- Hear about new dates before they’re announced
- First pick of seats for the opening sessions
- A say in the themes we paint first