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

These have a thick core and smooth coloring texture plus awesome earthy tones that are perfect everywhere.

I didnt like these pencils at first because they kept breaking when I sharpened them. I usually dont have that problem with Derwent. But I realized that I was using a Prismacolor pencil sharpener to sharpen them. When I happened to use a tiny Derwent sharpener that I had lying around, the pencils sharpened without breaking. The colors are rich, but subtle, and they blend beautifully.

These pencils are a perfect addition the other drawing pencils I use. The color palette is beautiful for anything natural: landscapes, animals, buildings, and anything needing a muted color tone. I already have and use a lot of other Derwent pencils and use a combination of all of them. These have a nice texture and broad core/tip that makes layering nice. I also like how they look on black or tinted paper.

Pencils are good and at a good price.

These are excellent pencils, they dont wear down as fast as prismas and have more width so more comfortable to hold for extended periods. The lead isnt quite as durable as oil color pencils but close. They blend beautifully and you can get amazing depth by layering them on top of oil pencils. I use these for drawing animals and so the colors in this set are perfect. I used oil pencils for the base then used mostly these pencils for the fox.

These are the hidden gems in Derwents line --soft, creamy, muted colors. 23/24 have lightfast rating of 8 or 3 stars, while one has a rating of 7 or 2 stars. These lay down smoothly and richly and blend well with my Lyra Rembrandts and Caran dAche Pablos. For my very first color drawing, I used pencils from all three sets. The Caran dAche Pablos provided the intermediate layer. These pencils provided the base. The Derwent Drawing Pencils are softer than both the Lyras and the Pablos. They are excellent for laying down broad strokes. I use them a little less than I use the Lyras because they are more expensive than the Lyras. However, these are better portrait, fur and feather pencils that combine easily and beautifully with the harder pencils, as my fur drawing below shows. Almost all of that drawing was done using these pencils. They deliver broad strokes as well as fine lines. All in all, these pencils are at the top of the line for creamy fur, hair and feather drawings. Combine these with a rich, harder lightfast pencil and youll have all you need.

Love these pencils; so smooth and great for layering. The only complaint I have is the small color range.

I can see why these pencils are called fur and feather pencils. They very soft almost like pastel pencil. They are softer than Prismacolor Premier which I have and like very much. These seem to have less binder/wax than other color pencils. The color set covers most of the warm and cool colors of most animals coats. So if you are going to drawn animals this is a great set to have. To try them out I drew the head of the fox on the cover of the tin and was easily able to achieve the same look and I am not a professional artist by any means. There are not any bright colors like red or bright blue for certain birds however. They are mostly muted colors. I bought them to draw animals so I like these very much for that task. Be sure the check out the color bar or Derwents color chart on their website before buying these to make sure this is the color set you really want.

Great pencils. Pigment is smooth and opaque. Will be a go to pencil for me. If only they came in larger sets (hint hints Derwent!)

These are fine.