Derwent Academy Pencils 12-Piece Set in Tin Box provides a specially selected, multicultural palette of water-soluble portrait shades engineered for lifelike figure drawing and illustration. These high-quality hexagonal pencils feature break-resistant pigment cores that apply smoothly to your paper when dry and dissolve completely with water to create smooth, realistic skin tone gradients. Safely enclosed within a travel-friendly metal storage tin, this curated student-grade kit includes 12 essential portrait shades along with a step-by-step project guide to master advanced portrait rendering.