Derwent Lightfast Pencils Set Of 72 In Tin, 4mm Round Core, Premium Core Strength, Creamy Texture, Ideal For Fine Art Drawing & Colouring, Professional Quality, 2302722

Stunning pencils! The quality is so good. I really like some of the unusual colours that aren't in my Polychromos set. These blend well with other oil based pencils. A joy to use.

I bought this tin of 24 for a test and I can say I'm really happy and satisfied, soon will invest more to buy the largest set of 100s. This particular set of 24 pencils is really great - it has a lot of skin/brownish/muted colours, thought as a lover of brighter colours I found it lacking more blues and greens, but it will be another challenge to try and use limited palitra, so not so bad as a choice. :)Derwent's Lighfast series came as a competitor against Caran D'ache Luminance and personally for me I think Derwent's are better. Great pencils quality - both wood and core are exquisite, can be sharpen to a very sharpy point without breakage and they are softer and creamier, easily blending compared to Luminance (from mine experience with Luminance), not to mention the lighfastness guarantee.

Wow! What’s not to love about these? I’ve bought every kind of coloured pencil, cheap to expensive - these are my hands down favourite. They are so creamy and easy to use, hold a sharp point well, and produce beautiful art. I love the expensive wooden feel, too. Yes, they are pricey, but considering all the money I’ve spent on art materials that don’t get used, these are worth their price. The only down side, if there is one, is that I noticed I use the pencil up pretty quickly. A few sharpenings and they are greatly reduced in size, I guess that’s because they are so creamy that a lot of product does get used. If you love coloured pencils, try them, imho they’re worth the asking price. I bought 36 first, then bought 36 more. They will be my go-to pencils from now on.

The wrong set arrived with the wrong tin, not as advertised but Amazon sorted that out and I guess it’s the pencils that matter.Excellent pencils, blend effortlessly, burnish effortlessly and the colours are vibrant and bright. There is a distinct lack of lighter shades but I use my luminance to fill in the gaps and the two brands work effortlessly together.I really like these and would recommend them.

Nice pencils which blend well. Probably need more colours

I ordered this set on special offer after having read such rave reviews. I must be one of the only people who wasn’t bowled over by them. Perhaps I was unlucky but they did not sharpen well and I lost quite a lot of lead. I think I will give Derwent a miss with their coloured pencils as the Coloursoft 72 set I bought many moons ago had exactly the same problem. (I tried 4 different sharpeners with similar results.)However, their Graphitint pencils are amazing, just wish they were available in bigger sets.

An absolute joy to use - creamy, rich and luxurient. They are lightfast and of professional quality. they layer up amazingly well... with no wax bloom. Derwent have certainly made the perfect colour pencils. Recommended.

I love these, thicker than polychromos and seem better when sharpened to a point with little breakage. The colours are not garish and subtle enough for me with animal wildlife art. I would purchase these again though I expect them to last me a while. Love them and highly recommend