Drawing

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.

Bought these on the recommendation of a drawing teacher and not disappointed. Gorgeous muted, elegant colours, lovely soft texture, goes down easily on drawing paper, tonal and newsprint. Very pleased with them.

I wasn't to sure about this set and was looking at the larger set. I love the earthy colours. I like good quality sets I only adult colour but I do like to buy nice quality books, fine liners and of course pencils. These are larger pencils and I knew this before I bought but decided to add a small set to my collection. This is a lovely set I don't think I will use them as much as my other Derwent sets but for the price a nice little addition I also love the names each pencils shade is given In particular Solway Blue which is a lovely grey colour. Delivery very quick with prime and packaged extremely well just as I would expect from Amazon.

These are good pencils, a bit thick- so have a suitable sharpener at hand. The double holed metal ones should do fine. They preform reasonably well on good paper, although they might be a bit too waxy for smoother, non cartridge paper. The white pencil gives good highlights on toned paper- a decent option to go with brown-papered sketchbooks like the Daler Rowney Earthbound. The selection of colours is nice, although to be honest if you're just going for the earthy/ sepia palette then the smaller tin of 6 is great. The pencil leads haven't snapped in my use, although they seem a bit fragile- like the could if I didn't sharpen them very carefully.

these are terribly nice pencils, soft just as advertised. They're easy to blend, fairly easy to colour over mistakes, and the colours are just the right shades to match not only natural tones like skin, but also bright and vivid conceptual-style colours. my only criticism is that they're so soft that they have to be sharpened so frequently that you run out very quickly, but i can tolerate that considering how nice these pencils are.

Never been a fan of Derwent colours. Tried a random one of these and liked it. Bought this set of 12 and am really enjoying them. Very pigmented and the colours are great together.

These are nice pencils, but dont make the mistake that I did and assume that the set of 12, will be good enough to cope with wildlife drawings. The more interesting colours are available in the set of 24.At the discounted price the 12 set is well still worth having for landscapes. It also has a perfect green to colour the iris of cats.

Derwent Drawing Colouring Pencils.... they do what they, so on the packet... very sofr lead great to use. I want the full set