DerwentStudio Colouring Pencils, Drawing & Colouring, Set Of 12, Ideal For Illustrating & Detailing, Professional Quality, 32196

For the price of the wooden box is a bit steep and the wooden magnetic bars only touch on one side. It could be argued that this would be so you can slide the bar away more easily from the magnetic pieces in the wooden bar and side connector. The reality is that upon opening the bar stays connected on one side but the other side sits on the pencil slots. The box upon 1st opening from delivery was everywhere, so I'm glad the pencils are all numbered but does leave me with wondering are any cores broken during transit. Why aren't the pencil slots as good as the artists 120 box ?. The sponge was all pressed in as well due to transition but was rectified with a few drops of water and delicate pressing. Pencils are nice and hard for fine detail work as expected for studio pencils.If you need the box for transit then you maybe disappointed, however if for use at home or studio then you don't have to move them anywhere .In all a nice looking box with a beautiful array of pencils with the bar holding pencils just about in place as long as the box isn't bounced around. I love Derwents products haha apart from a certain set of pens but their pencils so far have proved to be brilliant apart from the overpriced wooden boxes. They do look nice in my studio though and have given me great results not just in my studio but also for college. For university though it had to Fabre Castel polychromos all the way. The Derwent tins are a lot cheaper. I'd say it just depends on how much you want to pay and do you really need a wooden box? Maybe you do if you're a vampire like me! :) Mwahahahaha ;)

I am greatly disappointed in Derwent Studio pencils from Amazon. Out of the box some of the colours kept breaking during sharpening with a sharp hand sharpener that gives me no problem with my Prismacolor pencils. Some were that fragile they were useless. None of them hold a very sharp point well, breaking off on the paper. I shall stick to Prismacolor verethin in future. Like my Derwent Artists range the colours have poor saturation. I do not recommend Derwent coloured pencils and would stick to Faber Castell or Prismacolor which are in my view far superior.

As the hardest pencil in the ranges available for derwent, these sharpen to an incredible point for detail work. The blend fantastically with oils or mediums, blending stumps etc. They are not for gouging paper to within an inch of its life, but for subtle and gradual layering effects. They do work brilliantly with Coloursoft and Artist pencils. They are Wax based and tend to bloom, but only slightly in comparison with cheaper pencils. I read questions like are they as good as Faber Castell. They are a different animal all together, FC are oil based, these are wax. They all work very well together and can only increase the enjoyment for drawing and would be an asset to anyones collection. I bought the tin of 24 Studio, theres enough variety in colour for details.

...all the way through the pencil. About 4 out of the 12 pencils are useless which is a third and very costly if that’s the usual quality.Otherwise, a lovely, slightly harder, pencil that I was hoping for.Usually Derwent pencils are just right so this little set was very disappointing :-(

Please don't waste your money, these are horrible to use and such a disappointment. The lead is extremely hard and scratchy and the colour pigment is poor.I really recommend Faber Castell Polychromos which I purchased shortly after theses - they're incredible and a joy to use. Highly pigmented with a soft buttery texture - a little more expensive but absolutely worth it.These pencils are a false economy. I gave them to our 5 year old in the end.

I bought this item for my wife, who has joined the craze of colouring the many colouring books that are now available. She reports that the quality of the pencils is significantly superior to the earlier ones she had and that the range of colours is fantastic, allowing much more subtle gradation in colour in the pictures. She also liked very much the wooden box. So far as I am concerned, there was an excellent discount on the product! We both thoroughly recommend this item.

I have already bought from Amazon a Derwent Academy set of 36 and was looking for a different set but did not want the same colours as I already had this is a lovely set of 12 and if I'm honest would have bought a bigger set if I hadn't already a set of 36.These pencils are lovely nice and creamy. I find my Academy set scatchy and quite light in colour but they were such a good price. I do a lot of adult colouring and i like good quality pencils, books and fine liners and these pencils are super nice bold colours well worth the price.

Arrived on time. Well packaged. The wooden box is beautiful and the colouring pencils are a joy to use. I believe they are well worth the money and I certainly would recommend anyone who is looking for good quality colouring pencils for intricate work that do not smudge, then look no further than these colouring pencils because there are many cheaper BUT as always you get what you pay for But there are none better to my mind. If in double go on spoil your self........