Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Derwent Drawing Pencils, Inktense, 4mm Core, Metal Tin, Watercolor, 24 Per Pack (0700929)

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Truly intense color, different than other watercolor pencils

ByGreen Stoneon October 11, 2008

I first bought the set of 24 Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils, and liked them so much I then bought the set of 72 (order the 72 pencil set from one of the art stores like Blick Art at [...] These pencils are different from any other watercolor pencils, in two ways. First, they produce spectacularly vivid & bright colors, which are closer to what you can get with watercolor or gouache than any other watercolor pencil I've tried. Second, as the other reviewer stated, when dry they are permanent, meaning if you wet the picture again, the colors won't run. That might be a positive or a negative for you, depending how you work. Though these colors are vivid and bright, you'll want to still keep your Caran D'Ache or other more traditional watercolor pencils, because one of the drawbacks of this set (even the 72-pencil set) is that lightest shades of many colors are not included or even available in the set. For instance, there is no pink or light blue, no light green, no light lavender. So with the Derwent Inktense you can't really create a very "high-key" picture, one that tends heavily toward whites and light colors, as you can with a Caran D'Ache set. (You CAN do the low-key image, one tending toward the darker tones...)
Although the pencils are ostensibly marked with a colored end to show which color they are, the colors on the ends of the pencils sometimes are lighter than the actual hue produced, so those markings are misleading.
I also have the Derwent Graphitint set of 24 watercolor pencils which I like when I want to produce something of more subdued, earth-tone colors, since they offer a more muted palette. They are great as well!

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same as the regular water color pencils

ByJuleson March 21, 2013

I was really expecting this to be intense colors from what i saw on videos on youtube and i have the regular derwent water color pencils. To be honest i cant tell the difference and the only way to get the color to be more intense is to press harder. So for the price you may as well stick with the regular pencils their cheaper with the same results

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same as the regular water color pencils

ByJuleson March 21, 2013

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I Regret Buying These Pencils

ByMichael Somerson January 26, 2016

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I've never tried any of Derwent's art supplies and was excited when these came. The colors, as many reviews have stated, are quite intense and saturated. They are really lovely, actually.

My problem with the particular set of pencils I received has nothing to do with the pigments or their performance. My problem is that pencil sharpeners literally ate the pencils. Some pencils were reduced by half in the first sharpening. I tried different sharpeners, all with the same result. The cores sharpened nicely, mind you -- the wood of the pencils themselves just became sharpener food. My black outliner pencil never produced a sharp point and the core kept breaking -- a complete waste.

In the end, I don't feel I got my money's worth from this set and I actually regret buying these pencils. Perhaps I'll have better luck with the Inktense blocks instead.

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Three Stars

ByMeryl Starron October 7, 2015

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The color on the end of the pencils don't really match the actual color. It's frustrating.

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Missing lid

ByEvette Lorellon March 28, 2016

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pencils are great, but arrived without the lid to the tin included.

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Very happy with my purchase

Byshopoholicon February 9, 2016

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Very vibrant and bright colors. Very happy with my purchase.

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Colored pencils

ByCarole Philpoton March 17, 2014

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Not quite as good as I was expecting but okay for the price. I teach card classes and my class can use these to practice coloring techniques with pencils

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Three Stars

ByTheoon December 16, 2015

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pretty tough to use... ink dries VERY quickly

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They are ok

ByElizabeth Wilkinson March 22, 2016

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I'm still not sure about these. I've watched videos on YouTube and the work with these is beautiful. But I just can't get mine to look anything close to what most do with them

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Three Stars

ByJoy Singermanon January 24, 2016

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Nice price but Damaged

ByTirizarryon July 31, 2012

It took a while for my new inktense pencils to arrive. The package was securely wrapped but one of my pencils was split. Willow #1900. Need to use them now- no time for an exchange.