Our shop hours are: Tuesday – Thursday: 10 AM – 5 PM, Friday – Saturday: 10 AM – 2 PM, Enjoy free UK delivery on all items. We are a UK seller only, and orders are shipped Monday – Friday.

The last day before Christmas is Saturday, Dec 14th. We’ll reopen in the New Year. Thank you and happy holidays!

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Soft Pastels for beginners

Soft Pastels What are pastels? Pastels are compressed pigment and binder formed into sticks. The higher quality the pastel the greater the pigment, which increases the coverage and intensity of the colour.   Types of pastel Soft pastels These are as the name...

Watercolour Basics – Paper and Paint

Local art shop is proud to be run by artists for artists and we always enjoy our customers coming in and asking questions or sharing their techniques with us. We've noticed that we get a few questions regularly so we thought we would try and cover these frequent...

10th Anniversary of our shop opening.

September 18, 2007 we opened the doors to the public for the 1st time. Being immensely proud of being back in the family building. The locals took us to heart straightaway. Scratch designs very quickly built its reputation for its bespoke picture framing offering...