Derwent Pastel Pencil Review || Using Derwent Pastel Pencils for the first time. 

Derwent pencils really are amazing quality I love working with them , not having breakage really is a game changer

I’ve been using these for a long time as a detail tool for soft pastels or by themselves as a sketching and drawing tool. I love them. They are a hard pastel so not creamy, but the really do the job.

nice ! what a real treat to spend some of your childhood with an orchard on the roster. seems dreamy. great review, thanks

Thank you for your video on these pastel pencils. I have found that when you receive new pencils that there is a coating on them so sharpen them first. The feel and color of the pencils will change once you sharpen the pencils and remove the coating.

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Brilliant review and covered everything I’m currently wanting to know! I’m just starting out and bought the 72 set. Most of the other tutorials just covered using these pastels on sanded paper but I’ve already started a piece on watercolour paper and was having issues with the blending and texture of the paper. Now I know it’s not my application and more to do with the paper… thank you 😀

Wonderful review! I don’t think I have ever made a pencil only drawing/painting! I use my pencils for details in my soft pastel paintings. I use them to start my pastel artworks, sketching out my outlines when I don’t have any nupastels for blocking in my color areas or just don’t want to go that route! I do like your apples it is comforting to create an easier composition that we are familiar with and come easily to our hands and brain! I like to use new art supplies and the first thing I make is a tulip drawing or painting! Thank you for your review and opinions on the Derwent pencils.

An excellent tutorial. Thank you.

Hi Lauren, the Caran D’ache and other soft pastel pencils are really easy to sharpen with the Dahl 133, without breaking the pencils.

This is a great review Lauren! I have so many Derwent sets….besides pencil quality, I like the feel of their pencil barrels in my hand (is that weird?).

Thank you Laureen.This was so was very helpful. I find that the Pastel paper to be very costly, like Clairfountaine. It was a very good result your the apple and the beautiful flower artworks. I got plenty of cold pressed watercolor pads of the Arches brand. If I buy Clairefontaine : No.4 : Pastel mat Pad : 18x24cm : 12 Sheets : 360gs, it costs $ 23,36 without the shipping cost and customs to Iceland. A beautiful velvet paper in the description and many pastel artist use and recommend. The sanded paper is very costly too.Some pastel artists state the the right paper is more important than the pastel colors. Is it possible like many pastel artists do diy sanded pasta and smear on the paper, or try to put a little water that mixes the colors well enough to the surface on the paper or mix the soft pastel with a small amount of leenseed oil. Sorry for my silly questions, i am not an artist. I am totally fascinated with your Pastel art and tutorials 🤩

Thank you for the review, Lauren. I’m in the middle of a piece with pastel pencils right now. The only pencils I have are the CarbOthello’s. I’m really struggling with the color range it offers in my set and I’ve been considering buying more with a much larger color range. I love that these come in a 72 set. I was especially wanting more pinks because I love florals. You talked about the purples, but how are the pinks?

Pretty sure these are water soluble too ! My set is it’s amazing 🤩

Which tool are you using to brush after? I’ curious…. Well done!

Enjoyed your review. I have just bought a set through Amazon Canada, and unfortunately every single one keeps breaking in the different sharpeners I have. This is my worst experience and I do believe the fault lies with Amazons negligent way in which they handle and ship them, in a thin bubble wrap envelop. Amazon replaced them free of charge but the new set does exactly the same thing. Too bad I am enjoying what little use I have of them. Has anyone else had this issue?

I have this set - good colour BUT they break all the time, you need to use a craft knife to sharpen them - do not use a sharpener. I have the Derwent pastel sharpener and it still breaks the pastel

Derwnt pastels have a 4 mm core with 8 mm barrel

As of December 2022 on Amazon, $103 !

I only bought the 37 set