Derwent Colored Drawing Pencils, Metal Tin, 24 Count (0700672)

Derwent pencils are always good for producing fine art and illustrations.

These pencils are very smooth and have a really nice selection of natural colors. The barrels are a bit larger than other brands, but they do fit in my hand nicely. They are truly a pleasure to use

LOVE, Best colours for animals and just the right shades. Just wish they were softer, they are closer to the Artist line but I like the Coloursoft line more. Very good pencils, I also have the inktense and watercolour lines, and the graphite, charocal, just the all the derwents!!! ALSO LOOOVE these and got the set for around $65, the DERWENT coloursoft colour pencils, also love the inktense

I haven’t used them much yet. All I had were watercolor pencils, so I wanted this set. The metal container of pencils was sitting on the bottom of the box with another item I had ordered. I’m concerned that the lead within the pencil might be broken. Guess I’ll find out.

I wanted some pencils to take places for on the spot sketching. These pencils are perfect for that. There is just enough color in nice muted shades to add that something special to what would be just an ordinary sketch.

I have the total set of Polychromos, Prismacolor and these drawing pencils. I prefer the drawing pencils over all due to the color saturation and the creamy smoothness while laying the color down. It is great for fur and all the colors have an organic nature look to them. You will still need the polychromos for detail as the cores are thick. I like them a lot.

The pencils require a lighter touch than Im used to--otherwise they drag and feel gummy, and crumble on the paper. With that lighter touch, however, and especially after the first layer of color is on the paper, they become quite rewarding. Look elsewhere for brilliant colors, but these are as lovely as they are subtle. They are also lightfast, with all but one scoring the maximum 8 on the blue-wool scale.

Very smooth and looks great on paper. Lots of pigment. Favorite colors are the sanguine and terracotta. They are nice for portraits sketches.

Super soft pencils, great for landscapes and natural type drawing and coloring. I enjoy ALL the Derwent pencils... they are the best by far

I just ordered chinese white to try the pencil, see how it works with my Faber Castell Polychromos, and if I could get the opaque white I needed that regular colored pencils dont provide. But, not something that will wipe out the color underneath, just stronger then regular colored pencils white. It was perfect. It did exactly as I needed as plays quite nice with my polys. It blends in but, is stronger and more opaque. It blends in nicely, as well. I am so impressed I am going to order the full set with hopes of Derwent expanding the colors someday.