Derwent Artists Quality Pencils - 3 Black & 3 White
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Price: £11.85
Brand: Derwent
Description: OVERVIEW Derwent Artists Black and White Colour Pencils are a unique set of six warm and cool tones from Derwent's finest quality Artist's Pencils range. With a wide core of highly pigmented pure colour, for intense saturation, making them ideal for bold contrasting work, portraiture or detailed illustrations. Includes 6 NEW Colours of Artist's pencils, 1 x sharpener and tin. COLOURS INCLUDED: Arctic 8000, Oyster 8010, Pure 8020, Midnight 8100, Forest 8110, Raven 8120. FEATURES & BENEFITS Blendable colour pencil Lightfast Colour Highly pigmented colour Encased in easy sharpening Cedar wood Premium quality pencils hold strong points EXTENDED FEATURES & BENEFITS Lightfast colour tested to Blue Wool Standard Lightfast colour tested to Blue Wool Standard, colour will not fade over time. A wide core of highly pigmented colour for strong colour laydown Highly pigmented colour means a light pressure gets colour on the paper, build up layers for stonger colours, sublte tones and hues or intense saturation Encased in Cedar wood, best strong, easy sharpening wood for pencils Derweny uses the best wood for easy clean sharpening Premium quality pencils hold strong points meaning less sharpening is necessary Premium quality pencils hold strong points meaning less sharpening is necessary. Derwent Artists Quality Pencils - 3 Black & 3 White - shop the best deal online on craftcompare.co.uk
Category: Art Pencils
Merchant: ARTdiscount
Product ID: 1686
MPN: 150447095817
UPC: 5028252493994
RRP: 12.99
Author: fjs
Rating: 5
Review: The pencils are typical of Derwent tinted products. The sharpener is for 7 mm pencils. These are 8 mm pencils, so do not fit the sharpener. Derwent use this tin for other pencils, and always supply the same sharpener. Here there is a mismatch.
Author: limner
Rating: 2
Review: I've recently become keen on using coloured pencils as a medium and have treated myself to several sets. I was keen to try this little set out as they aren't included in the other ranges, are lightfast and thought the tinted blacks and whites might be useful. On opening them I wasn't very impressed by the build quality or presentation. The painted ends were lumpy, chipped and grubby and the ends looked chewed up by being sharpened very roughly. This seemed careless and odd for a set that claimed to be "of finest artists quality" on the pack. They did sharpen well to a good point with the included sharpener but I was underwhelmed by their performance. The whites are very hard leaded so it is almost impossible to shade with them without indenting the paper but are very transparent which makes them unsuitable for final details. The blacks are slightly softer but of equally low pigment. The Raven is more like a dark grey, the Midnight is lighter than other brands Indigo and the Forest is far more green than black. Not "highly pigmented pure colour" as it says on the box. (Even my inexpensive Lyra set of blacks, greys and white are far more highly pigmented than these.) This left me in a bit of a quandary as I find they are too hard to layer easily but far too transparent for final details as far as I am concerned. Plus the tinted blacks go noticeably bright green or blue if you layer white over them. The only upside I can dredge up for this set is they came in a nice sturdy tin with a flimsy but effective plastic sharpener. I had hoped that Derwent had decided to return to the high standards that they had when they were owned by Rexel Cumberland but this sadly does not seem to be the case. ( This isn't nostalgia, I own some vintage sets I bought from their factory shop and have been horrified by the smaller size and lower quality of the current open stock I've recently bought to replace favourite shades. ) Oh well, I will stick with European brands who manage to produce nicely presented, good quality pencils for a better price rather than being disappointed by Derwent and recommend others do the same.
