Tinted Charcoal 24 Tin

Love experimenting with tinted charcoal. It blends really well and adds great new ones to projects. Great quality.

These are not “colored pencils”. They are Artist quality charcoal pencils with just a touch of color. I enjoy using them on my landscapes especially.

I got these for a drawing class that said in the syllabus charcoals would be needed. Since it mentioned other colored media - and never having used charcoal before - I decided to go big and order this set. Well, it turns out only one charcoal pencil, and hardness, is needed for class but I'm still glad I got these. The colors are somewhat limited and muted, but the majority of them are surprisingly beautiful and the set includes three shades of "regular" charcoal (four if the "Natural" colored pencil is included) and a white. They can be used dry or worked with water (not news to those familiar with charcoal, I'm sure, but since I primarily use water media, that info made them less daunting to this newbie) and can be sharpened with a regular art pencil sharpener, provided it is very sharp (one of my pencils has a slight flaw that was apparent when sharpened with a sharpener that was just pretty sharp). TLDR: beginners will probably love this set, which has both great but limited colors and traditional charcoal; pros may like it too for those same reasons.

You cannot go wrong with this set if you're passionate about art.

Honestly, you can't really go wrong with most any Derwent product, though sometimes the prices are a bit high. Their Tinted Charcoal Pencils are a boon for the pastelist because the colors included in its range are novel and cannot be found in the run-of-the-mill pastel and pastel pencil palette. For this reason alone this set is excellent, but these pencils also offer good light-fastness, good point holding ability, relatively soft application, and at least a partial ability to use water to create beautiful wash effects. The portrait and landscape pastel artist will find nearly all of the muted and earthy colors in this set appealing. Derwent also makes a line very similar to their Tinted Charcoal, which they call Tinted Graphite. It, too, is a wonderful dry media tool.

Please note this was not a planned purchase. It was purchased to help a student who was using them and having issues. The issue was not with the product. But for me, I could not find a use for the tinted colors of charcoal. The best I could manage with my meager imagination is to use a single color at a time in conjunction with my ordinary charcoal to bring attention to cheeks or lips in a portrait, to highlight the water in a landscape, to give a hint of decay in a still life. But using them all together in one painting just looked dull to me. And I’m perfectly willing to admit, I don’t know how to use them. I have their aqua tints, intense, etc. so I’m familiar with their products. Derwent as always made a fine product. Good pencil wood, decent amount of tinted charcoal inside the barrel, nicely packaged. Like I said good product for what it is.

These are fun to play with even if they are a bit messy! Just get baby wipes at the same time! :o))

I started with a landscape to learn how to use these. They are really fun to use because they blend and it's easy to hide mistakes. It's best to use the side of the pencil and lay down a lot of material and blend lightly. I also added small areas of color in a charcoal drawing I had completed and it added a lot of interest. It would be nice if there were more lighter and brighter colors, but they are charcoal based.

Charcoal pencils of great quality and a lot cleaner to use than plain charcoal. Tinted and named with landscape drawing/painting in mind. Although not labeled as such, they are water soluble. Adding water gives a much richer (happier?) result. They can be great companions to Derwent Tinted Charcoal Pan Set.

Lápis macios, permite fundir bem os tons, mas nas cores escuras, que são maioria, quase não há diferenças significativas entre elas.

Destiné au paysage urbain, ça remplit parfaitement le contrat. Cela complète très bien la palette aquarelle de la même ligne.

Best charcoal pencils I have ever tried. Beautiful colours and can be reached lovely textures with them. I am absolutely happy with my purchase and I would buy again

Super mooie set houtskoolpotloden, ze verwerken en voelen tegen de verwachting echt als goede houtskool en zijn daarnaast water oplosbaar. Mooie subtiele natuurlijke kleuren.