Derwent Academy Watercolour Skintones Colouring Pencils, Set of 12

I've never owned a set of watercolour pencils before and thought you can't beat standard watercolour tabs, until I bought this set. Just brilliant colours and so easy to use, I can't wait to use them in my projects into nature arts. The value of this set is amazing and quality is on a professional level.

A superb set of skin tone colour pencils from Derwent that are student grade and are excellent value for money. They lay down very nicely and blend quite easily. The pencils that have the colour names along the shaft, do have the colour at the base; however, do completely swatch to gain the true hues. The set includes an excellent white - perfect for blending and softening, plus a very good black. The pencils sharpen smoothly without any breakages or splits and are comfortable to hold. Of course, one could always want more colours, but with a little patient layering, a variety of skin tones are achievable. The colours are different to those in the 72 pencil watercolour set, but there are similar colours to be found there, as can be seen with the horizontal comparison bars on the swatch. All round, an excellent starter set before investing in the 72 set, plus a great bonus is that Derwent have a skin tone tutorial page.

They are good as a colour pencil, it's a bit more difficult using them as painting pencils. You need to think about wetting either the pencil or the paper and if you go the paper route, where, exactly, you want the paint to bleed to. Wetting the pencil is more easily controlled, but a nuisance having to keep wetting the pencil.

My granddaughter picked these as she had seen them being used on tic-toc and wanted them to go with the colouring book she ordered and they were really good pencils with vibrant colours

50-year-old husband announced he wanted to do some colouring in, so I bought him these. He was very pleased and they keep him quiet and amused.

Happy buyer

Brilliant

True colours with plenty of depth.

Sou pintora de aquarela, mas gosto também de usar os lápis aquareláveis, conheço várias marcas, mas esse foi o que realmente atingiu as minhas expetativas. Realmente maravilhoso.

Will use them for water colour painting.

I have always found painting in watercolors to be difficult, however with these easy to use watercolor pencils, you simply draw and shade as using a regular colored pencil, but when you come back and hit it with a bit of either rubbing alcohol or water, the colors blend beautifully and become more intense. I have even used the colored pencils to touch up acrylic paintings that I have done. I have bought two sets so far and intend to buy others as I use these up.

Great rich natural colors, high pigment so you don’t have to push so hard.

Me gusta pintar con ellos se disyelven muy buen con el agua y da efectos muy bonitos para difuminar