Derwent Tinted Charcoal Drawing Pencils, Drawing & Writing, Set Of 24, Watersoluble, Ideal For Blending & Smudging, Professional Quality, 2301691

Best charcoal pencils I have ever tried. Beautiful colours and can be reached lovely textures with them. I am absolutely happy with my purchase and I would buy again

Oh my God, I am literally in love with these pencils. I go to Life Drawing once a week and these charcoal pencils are my life blood. They’ve totally liberated the way I draw and if anyone is interested in drawing, I would really suggest these as a good way to start as they help you develop a really confident line.

Excellent quality charcoal pencils with a subtle amount of colour. The box contains 24 pencils: 20 colour tinted, 1 white, 3 grades of black. All are soft and blend well. Would love more colour range, especially flesh tones. Though all pencils can be overlaid/smudged/blended together. Having charcoal in pencil form is much less mess than raw charcoal - though both have their place. The charcoal content means they are not as slick/smooth across the page as eg LightFast range. Not quite as smooth as pencil pigments in binders such as oil, wax or gum. The slightly increased friction and a little shedding of pigment with friction on the page is to be expected from charcoal. Due to the mix of charcoal and darker pigments they should in theory all be light fast. Recommended.

Lovely subtle colours and smooth touch on paper. Handle carefully as the charcoal breaks easily and tricky to sharpen.

Perfect

The colours are muted but that is what I was expecting there are no bright bold colours they are earthy colours but are a good range of colours and are very beautiful colours. I am very happy with the pencils. They are excellent quality and nice to use. They are not for bright carnivals unless you want a moody looking carnival but I would think they are great for painting nature in particular landscapes, anything with a sultry, moody atmosphere.

Quality product, vivid colours, smooth. Just love them

Good quality pencils as one would generally expect from Derwent. However the "colour" range is essentially 24 shades of drab which does somewhat detract from the actual usefulness of the product! Expect my set to last me out quite easily! As a post script i have to concur with many other reviewers in that some of the pencils cannot be sharpened as they just break every single time. I presume the charcoal " lead" in these particular pencils must be faulty as it doesnt happen with all of them? On the plus side i must say that i have actually enjoyed working with them and am generally very pleased with the results. The tints are indeed very subtle/ barely discernible though and its just a real shame they are so darn fragile.

Charcoal pencils of great quality and a lot cleaner to use than plain charcoal. Tinted and named with landscape drawing/painting in mind. Although not labeled as such, they are water soluble. Adding water gives a much richer (happier?) result. They can be great companions to Derwent Tinted Charcoal Pan Set.

Destiné au paysage urbain, ça remplit parfaitement le contrat. Cela complète très bien la palette aquarelle de la même ligne.

Material de excelente qualidade, lápis muito bonito e estojo de metal. Nenhuma avaria. Além disso, a entrega chegou 6 dias antes do prazo. Obrigado, Amazon!

Super mooie set houtskoolpotloden, ze verwerken en voelen tegen de verwachting echt als goede houtskool en zijn daarnaast water oplosbaar. Mooie subtiele natuurlijke kleuren.

These are not “colored pencils”. They are Artist quality charcoal pencils with just a touch of color. I enjoy using them on my landscapes especially.