Derwent Pastel Pencils, 4mm Core, Metal Tin, 36 Count (0700307)

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This is a very nice beginner / mid range pencil set . The pencils last a long time and having the case helps keep them organized !

I am loving these pencils for working in my coloring books. The colors apply smoothly and blend extremely easily using the silicon color shapers I also purchased to use with these. The soft shapers seem to work best with toothier paper, and the firm shapers better with smoother paper. To me, this is counter intuitive but that is what I have found. I am using a Tombow colorless blender to "set" the colors and that works well--I found that using water, even with just a damp brush, made the thinner papers in my coloring books buckle somewhat.I have not tried any other brand of pastel pencils so I can't compare them with anything. I chose Derwent because of their reputation for high quality products, and I also love and use their Inktense pencils.I am sorry that I only bought the set of 36 pastel pencils because now I will have to buy open stock if I want to complete the set--I wish Amazon offered open stock on ALL of their pencil sets, at a reasonable price!

Decent pastel pencils. Do not fit in a standard sharpener tho. The “tin box” that they say they come in was only the bottom half of tin and was covered in plastic. What’s up with that? Others experience this? I like to keep my pencils in the box and I do not sure would be nice to have the cover!!!!

Very good quality

I've been learning about pastel pencils and soft sticks and Derwent was the obvious choice, as I've been using their graphite pencils for years. Love the bright colors and blendability of these pencils. They're not too chalky, nor are they too dense. Very easy to work with, whether making fine, edgy marks, or broader coverage marks. "Green Heron Fishing" on 9x12 Canson Mi-Tientes pastel paper. Highly recommend the Derwent pastel pencils.

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Not well sharpened, sell them unsharpened so I can do it properly. Not well packaged so they broke in shipping. Save money and send them in a canvas roll, tin isn’t of use if they get broken anyway in shipping. They are decent pastel pencils, work and blend well. Water blending works. Only buy when on sale, they are not worth full price. Except for the poor sharpening of these I haven’t found a difference in the lower priced brand of pastels and these which was very disappointing. Worth trying. The mountain picture was blended with water, the calf drawing is finger blended.