Arthurian Tales
The Arthuriad is a year-long creative immersion into the Arthurian tradition, designed for young people and their families.
Across the year, participants will:
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Encounter classic Arthurian stories in rich, myth-faithful form
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Learn traditional art forms and skills inspired by medieval manuscript culture
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Create their own illuminated pages, calligraphic text, and finished books
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Build a lasting relationship with myth through hands-on creation
Each part of the year centers on a core Arthurian theme, drawing story, symbolism, and craft together into something tangible.
An Epic Year
Original Art
Get a whole trove of original art for the Arthurian legends, crafted in historically faithful styles. This art is participational though; paint it or color it in yourself and make it your own!
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Monthly Projects
Print it. Paint it. Make something epic. Monthly digital files with everything you need to start lore-crafting your own collection, from stand-alone coloring pages to fully formatted story-books.
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Classic Medieval Legends
Real stories are derived from the very diverse body of medieval Arthurian texts. They are distilled and simplified for children, but not sanitized of their mythic significance and dignity.
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Heirloom Quality Library
At the end of the year, you don’t just have a login or collection of digital content, you have a body of work you made and can keep for life. This is tangible tradition.
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The Books - First Year Subscription
The Arthuriad unfolds across six short story books (for this first year cycle), each focused on a foundational pillar of the Arthurian world:
1. Young Merlin and the Dragon Tower - Destiny
2. The Sword in the Stone - Kingship and legitimacy
3. The Round Table - Fellowship and honor
4. The Lady of the Lake – Sacred inheritance
5. The Knight of the Cart – Trial and sacrifice
6. The Dolorous Stroke – Consequence and hope
Each book includes:
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A mythic narrative rooted in medieval source traditions, but suitable and accessible for children
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Calligraphic text for them to practice scripting by tracing
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Stylistic illuminations and initials for them to color or paint - books 1 and 2 in the Celtic “Book of Kells” style, books 3 and 4 in the Carolingian Romanesque style, and books 5 and 6 in the High Gothic style.
When you subscribe you will receive a new illuminated story every other month, digitally delivered print-ready files with all the art and calligraphy arranged for you. All you need to do is print it off, and you're ready to start painting and lettering. If you just want to color and assemble, there is also a version that has the text in place so you'd only do the painting, not the calligraphy.
You'll also receive three different art and calligraphy tutorial mini-courses during the year, corresponding to the artistic styles used in the books. So for the first two stories you'll get the Celtic art and calligraphy tutorials, then you'll get the Romanesque painting and Carolingian scripting tutorials for the next two stories, and finally the Gothic illumination and scripting tutorials for the last two stories. You'll also receive the step-by-step DIY medieval bookbinding video tutorials, so you can assemble your finished books, either in separate story-books or altogether in one full-sized volume.
The Pages - First Year Subscription
If you love the Arthurian mythos and the medieval art but you’re not quite ready to go all the way into making your own books, you’ll want to check out the Page Subscription. This a monthly series of illuminated carpet pages and poems for the major characters and relics of the tales. These are available as print-ready coloring pages, consisting of a new art piece and poem digitally delivered every month.
The first year subscription will include these:
Month 1: King Arthur (Celtic style)
Month 2: Merlin (Celtic style)
Month 3: The Sword in the Stone (Celtic style)
Month 4: Guinevere (Celtic style)
Month 5: Sir Kay (Romanesque style)
Month 6: The Round Table (Romanesque style)
Month 7: Sir Gawain (Romanesque style)
Month 8: The Green Knight (Romanesque style)
Month 9: Sir Pellinore (Gothic style)
Month 10: Sir Lancelot (Gothic style)
Month 11: Sir Yvain (Gothic style)
Month 12: The Fisher King (Gothic style)
Give it a try! Get a free bonus illuminated Camelot coloring page here:
