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

Though I have not received this order yet. I have an old set at home. These are lovely muted colors that lend themselves perfectly to the coloring books that I have. I am currently using them in Lost Ocean.

I love the subtle colors, the way they blend together. I have other colored pencils I use for a pop of color but these are the earthy colors you just dont have in other sets. They are richly pigmented, not just faded versions of deeper colors.

These have to be one of my new favorite colored pencils ever. Ive been a colored pencil artist for over 30 years, I even still have a few of my 1980s Berol/prismacolor out of print colored pencils. I use A lot of different brands from Caran DAche to Schpirerr Farben & Castle Art on the lower range pencils. I have several Derwent colored pencils & when I saw the muted tones of these drawing pencils I had to try them & I fell in love instantly! First, they are the typical Derwent pencil with the thick lead & nice heafty round barrel. They go on so smoothly & they are a soft lead. You can get beautiful blends with these pencils & the Chinese white that comes in this set is the best white I have ever used! I love this white! I even bought the small 5 piece set just to get an extra white! The colors will compliment any of the other Derwent sets & any other set for that matter. Ive used them with my Prismas, Castle Arts, Caran DAche, Black Widows & Polychromos & they worked great with all of them!

I adore these pencils! They are rich, and creamy. The lead glides on the paper; effortlessly layering and blending with ease. If you have carpel tunnel or arthritis these are the pencils for you. The full set of 24 all work harmoniously together. The color palette was well chosen. You can choose any three colors with your eyes closed and the colors you choose will look wonderful together. If this set were to be expanded I would definitely add this additional set to my current one. I wasnt really sure of what they were about until one of my favorite colorists (coloring with Alena) started using them. I felt the price was good for a 24 set, and I will be purchasing a backup set. This is not a set you want to be without. Take a chance on them as I did and be pleasantly surprised!

These go on the paper great, but the color selection leaves a lot to be desired. All of the colors are very muted and theres not a good green or brown color.

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

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.

Beautiful natural looking colors! Its sometimes hard to find the right color to use for rendering natural scenes in artwork. A lot of colored pencil brands have greens and browns that are not found in nature and two or more colors have to be used to find the correct effect. These are the best I have found. They are a dream to work with, have a creamy smooth lay down and are easily blended.

Excellent art ligne art product with wax base, very creamy and opaque covering any paper quality! Very easy to be used with PRISMACOLOR premier and Caran d’Ache colour pencils which are all wax base products. Surprisingly good effects with oil pastels!

They blend really well and vibrant. Almost... almost... comparable to Caran Dache Luminance, I wish they came in a bigger set. These are way more superb than Derwent Coloursoft. They maybe more crumbly, but I can live with it.