Stuart R. Stevenson

Gus, aka the elusive shop dog who is rarely seen on the shop floor. A lucky few have been graced with his presence but mostly he keeps himself to the upper floors of the building out of the way.

Dates for your diaries - we are closed for a few days in April.

Friday 3rd and Monday 6th (easter bank holidays)
CLOSED

Friday 10th and Monday 13th April. - CLOSED

Inbetween the 2 long weekends, we are open as normal.

Tuesday 7th - Thursday 9th, 9am - 5pm. - OPEN

JOIN OUR TEAM!

We're currently looking for a lovely retail assistant, 3 days a week, Wednesday - Friday.

Our shop offers a wide variety of products so you'll need to be a quick learner and have some knowledge of art materials and have an interest in the art, stationery or creative world.

Physical fitness is a must, we have a lot of stairs and stockrooms across 5 floors of our building. No worrying about step counts here!

If you think you'd be a great addition email us your covering letter and CV, we'd love to here from you.

Copic Classic, Ciao & Sketch Markers finally have a home on the shop floor and the refill inks will soon follow.

Helloooo 2026! We are back in action Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm.

Hello 👋

With a flurry of new followers, we thought is was only right to pop up and say hi. We are (siblings) Chris and Suzy, who have worked together for nearly 20 years.

Venturing into our shop, it is us you will see behind the counter, when you email, we will reply and if you call it will likely be us or our lovely colleague Hamley. If you order from our website it's also us who pick and pack the orders.

Our dad was, Stuart R Stevenson and he set the business up from home in 1980 with Julia (aka mum), our engine room behind the scenes.

Online is great but nothing beats a bricks and mortar shop, so if you are in the area do stop by and say hi.

Scrummy large soft pastels.
Smooth and silky with colours that pack a punch.

We're on our summer holiday all this week.

Monday is a bank holiday and we are closed for the rest of the week.

See you all 1st September 😎

We've been seeing an oil painting resurgence in the last few months, which we love! So if you've ever wanted to give it a try, we've got a lovely 25% off Winsor & Newton Artist's Oil Colour.

Available in the shop and on our website.

Those with keen eyes will spot the bargin prices on the very last old label tubes, only available in the shop so pop in to grab them quick! No excuse not to give Artist's quality a try.