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Welcome to Detail Retail, your go-to art shop in Ambleside, nestled in the heart of The Lake District.
Whether you’re a professional artist or just beginning your creative journey, we stock Derwent Art Supplies which are highly rated by top artists worldwide and their pencils are famously Made in Cumbria!
From paints and brushes to sketchpads, pencils and the amazing ‘Inktense range’, our carefully curated selection is designed to inspire and support artists of all levels.
As Ambleside’s leading art supplier, Detail Retail takes pride in offering a personalised shopping experience that’s second to none. Our independent, family-run shop has been a cornerstone of the local community for over a decade, providing not just art supplies, but also a friendly and welcoming environment where creativity can flourish.
365 days of Creativity comes from another of Detail’s best-selling ranges. A handy book, bursting with helpful hints and tips as well as more considered tasks to help build your creative confidence and get those creative juices flowing!!
£16.99
Derwent Line Makers are superfine, free-flowing fine liners with a consistent line, ideal for both drawing and writing. Line Makers contain permanent, fast drying pigment ink, with intense colour which dries quickly and will not move once dry.
£8.80
LOVE. LOVE. LOVE THIS BOOK. Let your creativity fly! Useful for hand made collaged card, decoupage, digital collage, the list is endless. Highly respected and successful collage artist Maria Rivans has gathered hundreds of beautiful, quirky, and daft i
£16.99
A tin of 6 water-soluble sketching pencils, 2 of each HB, 4B and 8B. Includes a superior quality pencil sharpener. Each pencil has a wide strip which is great for quick loose sketches, just add water for a softer feel.
£11.99
Embark on a quest through the realm where romance and fantasy collide to solve the puzzles in this enchanting activity book.
£12.99
DO MORE ART! and learn how to use ink - one of the best-selling and most popular mediums today - through the work of some of the world's greatest artists and illustrators.
£16.99
Use the language of flowers to illuminate your past, present and future with this 78-card tarot deck and guidebook.
£19.99
This delightfully romantic colouring book brings the Regency era of the early 19th century to life, inspired by the novels of Jane Austen.
£7.99
365 days of Feel Good Art comes from another of Detail’s best-selling ranges. A handy book, bursting with helpful hints and tips as well as more considered tasks to help build your creative confidence and just make you feel good!!
£16.99
24 highly pigmented, intensely vibrant watercolour paints that are permanent when fully dry. Experiment with different watercolour techniques to add some fun vibrancy to your fine art piece or use in unconventional ways to add some magic to your projects.
£59.99
Soft, refreshing coloured paints in pastel shades. Apply as a light wash or layer up for a brighter finish.
£25.00
A perfect gift to give or to keep for yourself to create exciting splashes of graphite, dynamic tones, and dramatic lines. Everything stored in a handy and practical double layer silver tin.
£29.99
Developed especially for water-soluble pencils. It is a SMOOTH texture paper and is perfect for all water-soluble media including Derwent Inktense products. This smooth surface also provides an excellent base for detailed watercolours and dry pencil work.
£13.00
MADE in CUMBRIA, Detail is delighted to sell Derwent Academy Colour Pencils. These are easy to use for colouring, drawing and illustration. Made with natural wood barrels and quality pigment to Derwent's exacting standards.
£26.99
A real treat for any Fourth Wing Fan… not only a colouring book, this one contains pre-cut stickers for you to colour in and enjoy too!
£16.99
With a cloth-bound, foil-stamped case, lined pages, and lay-flat binding, this notebook invites you to let your creativity take flight, like Kiki! Perfect for writers, notetakers, collectors, and animation fans alike.
£15.99
Ideal for beginners and hobbyists, this Watercolour collection contains an exciting selection of Watersoluble coloured media.
£21.99
This beautiful colouring book will journey you through dream-like forest scenes and encounter real and fabulous creatures. Beginning in a woodland world of otters, badgers, foxes and deer, the pages gradually transport you deeper into a flower forest…
£12.99
Derwent’s range of wire bound Sketch Pads are available in landscape or portrait in the 3 most popular ‘A’ sizes, A5, A4 & A3. Each Sketch Pad contains 30 sheets of 165gsm acid free, textured paper which has been tested and approved by a team of artists.
£6.80
8 highly pigmented, intensely vibrant, watercolour pencils that are permanent when fully dry. Included in the set is a spritzer, paint brush and waterbrush; everything you need to start your painting journey with Inktense.
£32.99
Derwent Twin Hole Tub Pencil Sharpener, featuring a dual size metal sharpener with high quality blades, that are long lasting to create a consistently smooth and sharp point. With hole sizes of 11.5mm and 8.25mm for compatibility with most artist pencils.
£5.00