Pastels are usually all about getting your hands dirty but not with Derwent Pastel Pencils. The wide colour strip is powdery and soft so mixing and blending are really easy,  and because it is encased in wood you get the pastel effect without the mess (if you can resist using your fingers to blend!). Create detailed drawings and sketches with Derwent Pastel Pencils that are easy to blend. Naturally water-soluble, they’re ideal for portraiture and life studies.

Product features:

• Easy to control for accurate drawing with less mess.
• 4mm wide core and round 8mm diameter barrel.
• Can be sharpened for detailed work and mixed, smudged and blended for a range of effects.
• Soft and blendable, the very fine powdery texture is ideal for both loose and detailed work.
• Pastel is a naturally water-soluble medium and can be used with water to create light washes.
• Available in 72 colours.

View our range of  Derwent Pastel Pencil Tin and Wooden Box Sets.

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Colour Disclaimer. Actual colours may vary since every computer monitor has a different capability to display colours and everyone sees these colours differently. We cannot guarantee that the colour you see accurately portrays the true colour of the product.

LF – Lightfastness rating (6 – GOOD, 7 – VERY GOOD, 8 – EXCELLENT). V – Vegan-friendly.
Derwent uses the Blue Wool test (ISO 105) to evaluate lightfastness. Lightfastness refers to the chemical stability of a pigment under long exposure to light.
A scale of 1-8 is obtained, with values of 6 or higher being considered to be highly lightfast and, under museum conditions, will not fade for 100+ years.

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Vegan-friendly product.