Derwent Inktense Permanent Watercolour Pencils, Set of 48 in a Wooden Gift Box, 4mm Premium Core, Water-Soluble, Ideal for Colouring, Painting and Crafting, Professional Quality (2300151)

If you're going to get a set of Inktense pencils this is the one to get. Lovely, well made wooden box which holds the 48 pencils securely in plastic grooves on the bottom and top lid, with an extra wooden holder across the whole of the upper lid, held in place with magnets to prevent any pencils from shifting around. The pencils themselves are gorgeous, lovely rich colour which goes on smoothly, especially on cold pressed paper or Bristol board, and which turn into beautiful rich shades when water is applied. You can get a great depth of colour by layering the same shades, or different ones, and can work wet over dry or vice versa, as well as taking colour directly from the pencil tip with a wet brush. The 48 colours includede are a good range for each colour, with plenty of greens especially. A versatile, exciting product only enchanced by the lovely packaging, this would be an ideal gift for an artist (or just treat yourself).

The pencils are awesome, really versatile and do all they promise to with a great colour range HOWEVER 1) I am a prime customer yet my parcel took just as long to arrive as if I wasn't, which is annoying as what's the point in having Prime if it's no guarantee? And amazon only let me know it would be delayed after waiting in all day for it to arrive 2) there was a colour missing (replaced with a duplicate) and amazon wanted me to send the whole set back (despite them selling the individual pencils) which after the initial delay I really didn't want to have to do LUCKILY I emailed Derwent first and they sent me a replacement pencil with absolutely no fuss at all which arrived very quickly so should anyone else have this problem I suggest you try contacting them first

These pencils are amazing. I have managed to use them for illustrative and fine art work. They dont' have so many 'natural' subtleties for portraiture etc but for stunning artwork they are brilliant. Unlike other water solubel pencils that mix/blend when re-wet, these do not. For this reason they are excellent for layerin and glazing techniques. This makes it easy to mix in a way that creates wonderful luminosity. A little tricky to get used to at first but well worth the trial and error to perfect.

They are very versatile. You can use them as normal coloured pencils, layer them or use them with water and a brush. The results are stunning. They look professional, they come in a wooden box with a bar across them which has magnets so that it can't fall down. They can go on paper or material, wood and concrete and many other surfaces. I'm very pleased with my purchase.

Arrived on time and packing was good, the wooden case is perfect!!! Beautifully made, the pencils are a delight, vibrant. I use a model knife to sharpen, keep pencils away from water. Water should be applied to the drawing/paper.

Wonderful pencils. Beautiful quality wooden box. Just lovely. Colours so vibrant once you add water. Easy to control the depth of colour. Can go for instant strong colours or build up in layers. Do swatches as the colours are different than the reference colours on the ends of the pencils. Also helps you understand how much to add for different intensities.

Very pleased with the set, the wooden box keeps the pencils very neat and clear to pick out which pencils you need. The only gripe I have is that the colour representation is not accurate for instance the Mustard looks green not at all like mustard which is deceiving, so the only way to look for the colour you need is to make a colour chart with labels for each colour, to follow. Otherwise I have made good use of my Inktense Pencils, and perhaps I should have purchased the larger number of pencils. Sue Lloyd.

Very good pencils the colours are very intense and bright, a joy to use. Downside for me is the set contains far to many dark colours, which will not get much use, and with the bright colours there are not enough, especially yellows which we use a lot of. I am of the opinion that a smaller set would serve ones purpose just as well. Beautiful wooded box with two magnetic bars to hold the pencils in place, nice that.

Ich nutze mittlerweile seit über zwanzig Jahren die Derwent Stifte für Porträtmalerei und bin mehr wie zu Frieden damit. Habe mir nach gut einem Jahrzehnt mal wieder ganze Stiftekästen (72er Chromaflow sowie die 72 Inktense im Holzkoffer) gegönnt, da ich ansonsten die Stifte bisher einzeln nachgekauft habe. Beide Stiftearten haben richtig angewandt ihre Vorteile und lassen sich insbesondere kombiniert sehr gut verwenden. Das Portrait von Herrn Hetfield (Bild1) wurde auf strukturstarkem Acrylpapier zur Probe der Stifte gezeichnet. (Habe hierfür auch nur diese beiden Stiftsorten verwendet) Durch die Maserung bei dickem Papiers entstehen i.d.R. viele weiße Stellen, die durch anfeuchten des Auftrages mit den Inktense sehr eben und deckend wurden. Gerade an dem schwarzen T-Shirt lässt sich gut erkennen, wie sauber und eben die Flächen werden. Natürlich ist ein möglichst flächendeckendes "ausmalen" auch Voraussetzung. Da diese Stifte aber auch sehr, sehr cremig sind, sind filigrane Details ehr schwierig. Dafür eignen sich wiederum hier die ebenfalls pigmentstarken Chromaflow, da diese ein wenig härter sind und hervorragend über den Inktense sich auftragen lassen. Der Auftrag erfolgt ebenfalls sehr flächendeckend und es lassen sich selbst z.T. helle Details auf dunklem Grund nachzeichnen. Beide Stiftearten lassen sich auch super mischen und kombinieren. Mit glatterem Papier und ein paar anderen Arbeitsmaterialien ergänzen die Derwent Stifte super das Profisortiment und es lassen sich realistische Darstellungen zeichnen. (Siehe Bild 2 ). Ebenfalls ein dickes plus ist das unschlagbare Preis-Leistung Verhältnis. Im Gegensatz zu anderen "Marken" ist der Preis sehr fair und man bekommt sehr pigmentstarke und robuste Stifte dafür. :) Ein ebenfalls nettes Gimmick ist der Holzkoffer. Die Stifte liegen fest und sicher darin, während die Mienen durch weichem Schaumstoff am Rande vor Bruch geschützt werden. Die Beiden Holzstreben, die mittig die Stifte stützen sind mit Magneten sicher in einer kleinen Schienenführung angebracht, damit auch nichts woanders hinrutscht. Dennoch lassen diese sich gut entfernen und die Stifte einfach entnehmen. Bezüglich Brüche oder Transportschäden kann ich auch nicht klagen, da alles gut verpackt und heil ankam.

My husband got these for me as a mother's day gift about a year ago and even with heavy use I still have not needed to replace any of pencils! Not only do they work amazingly well dry but they also work well when wet and have great durability! There is a great color variety and I have only needed to supplement 3 colors from the additional 28 colors that have come out! I think these pencils are a great value and I absolutely adore them! This is one of the best gifts I have ever gotten!

Beautiful pencils. Great saturation of colour. Getting the box is worth the extra money.

After reading the reviews, I finally ordered the 72 pencil set in the wooden box. The pencils live up to what they say, I love them. Also, I'm so glad I ordered the set w the wooden box bc it's high quality as well. Beautifully made, with magnetic closing and magnets holding the wood bars across the pencils, keeping them safely in place. Well worth the extra $20. Also, like several others, my set came in much faster than expected. Nothing was damaged, which is a big deal to me. I didn't know that the Derwent brand was of such high quality, and I would buy Derwent products without question, again.... but I always check out any reviews I can find first.

Great colour options..love the feel of the pencils