Derwent Pastel Pencils bring professional-grade versatility to your studio, offering an expanded palette of twelve intense shades packed securely in a durable storage tin. Perfect for portraiture, life studies, and landscape sketching, these round-barrel pencils provide a smooth color laydown that can be sharpened to a fine point for crisp detailing. The highly lightfast, chalky core blends beautifully when dry and dissolves completely with water to generate expressive background washes and rich layers.