DerwentColoured Drawing Pencils, Set of 6 with Sharpener, Professional Quality, 701089, Multicolor

beautiful earthy/nature colors which gives variety of options what to draw (from animals till human skin tones). Although I do use them mostly for animals drawings. The leads are soft, extremely creamy, which makes it very easy to blend the colors (though they could be a bit harder for my taste - it is very hard to get fine details on the drawing). The leads are not easy to break. I definitely recommend this set.

I simply love these drawing pencils from DERWENT and I sincerely wish I could share some of the amazing wildlife sketches, which have been created by those far more artistic than I, but the designs are copyright.Here we have an attractive, quality tin of 12 SOFT DRAWING PENCILS with an inner tray and removable (unhinged) lid. The inside of the tin is cellophane-wrapped to keep the pencils from moving around in transit.Measuring in around 17.5 cm in length when new, each pencil comes already sharpened and ready to go. The rounded barrel is orangey-brown in colour with a metallic gold flash before the dipped end, which is the same colour as the core, to aid easy selection.Embossed on each, in WHITE coloured lettering is:~ ENGLAND ~ DERWENT DRAWING ~ 4-digit Code No./The Colour NameThe colours I received in my tin are:✩ 3615/SOLWAY BLUE✩ 3720/INK BLUE✩ 4135/GREEN SHADOW✩ 5160/OLIVE EARTH✩ 5700/BROWN OCHRE✩ 5720/YELLOW OCHRE✩ 6110/SEPIA (RED)✩ 6220/SANGUINE✩ 6510/RUBY EARTH✩ 6600/CHOCOLATE✩ 6700/IVORY BLACK✩ 7200/CHINESE WHITEalthough the right to substitute a colour is reserved, as is usual for a product of this kind.They are lovely to use, laying down a thick layer of colour when required.From the tin:‘Made in the UK.This versatile pencil has a unique, creamy texture which produces a soft, velvety finish. Available in 24 natural and sepia tones Derwent Drawing is perfect for wildlife and nature studies as wells as rich landscapes and classic portraits.Techniques:1. The creamy, extra wide 5 mm core encourages soft expressive tonal drawings2. The texture and colour range is perfect for animal and bird studies.A reasonable 'point' can easily be achieved with  a decent sharpener , in my experience.My only regret is that I didn’t buy the  tin of 24 , but the current price for these 12 colours is a great starter point if experimenting.

I must now have five or six sets of Derwent pencils, but these, the latest are my favourites. They are a selection of browns, muted greens and blues, off whites and other naturalistic colours. For drawing and sketching naturalistic scenes I think they are a clever selection. You can always add others from the range for bright colours, but these bring a sense of understated beauty to your drawings.The pencils themselves are round with thick leads. they are quite soft - similar to Derwent's coloursoft range and do not hold a fine point for very long. I suggest that (1) you keep a good quality pencil sharpener close by and that (2) Derwent consider making a hexagonal finer leaded version for people who want to do detailed drawings.The colours, like most of Derwent's insoluble coloured pencils blend well if you don't put down too much at once. If you really scrub hard you'll end up with a slightly waxy bloom and it's difficult to put more colour on the top and blend the colours. Almost it acts like a wax resist when you try to pencil over, and definitely like a wax resist if you try to water colour over.If I have a problem with these (and for that matter, most coloured pencils) it's the white. It's pretty translucent. Which may be what it should be and maybe what you want. But I would like a white that was really opaque and you could use for highlights.In summary, if you're into naturalistic drawing these are a good selection and deliver; there's a smaller set for the cautious but I'm glad I got the whole 24.

OMG... so buttery to lay down and layer beautifully. The colours are muted tones which make them versatile.... Layer a couple and more muted tones. These pencils seem to give more with fewer layers than I'm used to. I just have to have them for landscapes, urban buildings, and even use them for quicker urban sketching pieces... They stand proud with just a couple of layers. I absolutely love these pencils. Now a staple in my art kit... and special because I let them travel outside home :)

Those pencils are on their own league! I own other Derwent art materials: procolours and graphitint and I wouldn't be able to chose which one I would buy if I only had one. You can find similar shades of those in Procolour collection, but this set is beautiful SUPER CREAMY and very very intense. I recommend it for landscapes and old street sketching. It doesn't have some bright colours, so I added red and yellow from procolour set.

The pencils are a perfect range of colours for landscape and animal drawing. They lay down very well on all the surfaces that I have tried them on and layer very well. The colour range is natural and very useful. I think they are intended for outdoor sketching, but are the type of colours that are most useful. I am very pleased with my purchase and keep the tin open and at hand whenever I am drawing.

This is the second or third set of these I've had, plus individual pencils and overall I'm very pleased with the quality. They blend well, the colours supplied in the set work well together.They are waxy, very soft and the leads are thick. Unless you keep sharpening they will lose any point very quickly and are more like using fine crayons than pencils. I used them for some of the illustrations "Grey and Dismal Green" (Available on Amazon) and found that by repeatedly blending the colours I could achieve what I wanted. The image here uses these pencils plus a bit of watercolour for the yellow.Certainly one of my favourite sets of colours.