That Mallard Green is absolutely gorgeous... I love that colour! Now I want to draw some ducks.

I ordered 72 set yesterday. Watching your explanation, I feel good. Thank you.

When I look at some of my large pencil sets the only colours used are basically the same as the ones in Derwent light-fast. Partially because of what I draw, and partially because I only use light-fast pencils for the most part (my stuff tends to go on my wall so it gets exposure to sunlight). . So it is not really much of a surprise for me that these are the colours which have passed the test. Yes I love to have loads of bright colours, they are beautiful, but in reality I rarely use them and it is the muted violets of the world that get the most use. My pastel pencils actually have 36 totally untouched although the rest are getting very short. Thank you for the well considered review, the layering possibilities are very attractive.

Thanks Claire. More stuff to buy with my kids college fund! Woo hoo! Kidding, I have started collecting the Luminance pencils, so I will wait and see about these! Thanks, for sharing! Have a good evening! 💕

Informative, thorough review, Claire! TFS!! 😘👍🏾

Great pencils bought a set of 36 years ago just bought a set of 100 at Xmas, also have some Caren de arche luminance pencils, and polycroms pencils I like using them all .

Thank you Claire for another great review. I have the Luminance and all of the Derwents and I admit I doubt I’ll be getting these simply because I love bright colours and I’m not an artist I’m a colourist. I do think people need to understand that not all pencils are made for all purposes so if they don’t suit you, don’t buy them. I wouldn’t put them down simply because they’re not bright enough as I understand they don’t suit me esp as I have the Luminance but I agree that once 72 are out we’ll see them sell well. Derwents have an excellent name and a no 1 Lightfast rating on all pencils is incredible.👍🏻😍🌹

I just got these and found the circle tests really helpful. Thanks!

I do hope Derwent adds a few more colors, but these Lightfast pencils look lovely. Thanks for the wonderful review.

Just ordered this set……..they come in sets of 100…..but not all “lightfast” thank you for the review….cant wait to get mine…have never used oil based pencils!

Thanks for creating this video.These pencils are new to me, I have had, love and have used Derwent pencils for about 20+ years, I still have a large selection of the now discontinued Signature pencils as well as a nice set of Coloursoft, Drawing set,I also have sets of Inktense, and Graphitint. Other brands of pencils keep me busy, including prismacolor premier and Lyra Rembrandt. I didn't realize Derwent had developed and brought out new pencils.As mentioned, I also have a large set of Lyra Rembrandt oil based pencils too, of which most have a really good lightfast rating. 70 out of 72 Iare lightfast which I think is fantastic. My 72 pencil tin has a table with LF listed ratings. I'm not sure I'm ready to rush out to buy these new pencils yet, there isn't a lot of colour variation mainly muted, dark, neutral, earthy tones and very few bright colours.

Thanks for reviewing these. They look very high quality. I'll wait to see the whole set & prices later.

great review 👍 just ordered the sampler and a few open stock with the 3 for 2 offer

Thanks for the great review. I've just checked on the Derwent website and they have a sample card that is not in stock yet, that seems to show the full colour range - as tiny swatches on the front of the card. I know this is not very useful, but perhaps gives an indication of the colours that are still to be released (if you zoom in). They look really interesting, but oh my word, they are expensive.

Thank you for this excellent review on these Derwent Lightfast pencils. You gave a good amount of information and presentation.

Thank you Claire!

I leave a comment under your Luminance review this morning, asking how you thought the two compared, and this afternoon you bring out this video; I couldn't ask for a better response! Thank you. I received the Scarlet and Sandstone open stock yesterday, & had to wait for today to try them out, & I love them. I thought the hardness was comparable with the Polychromos, but certainly softer than Derwent Procolours. I tried to compare them with similar shades, but I thought the colours were much punchier than either Polychromos or Procolours. I did notice that the brightness couldn't quite match with Prismacolors though. So, I will be buying pencils as and when, to supplement my other Derwent pencils and I am looking forward to seeing the full range by 2019.

Great video - I’m testing them out at the moment and I’m finding the black to be very green which is odd. I’m also finding they aren’t as great on pastelmat as I’d hoped

love your reviews Claire, have you ever reviewed Feela pencils ?

Fantastic review! Thank you.

thank you for this. this is very helpful.

Great review! I own the Derwent Coloursoft pencils 72 set. I wonder if these lightfast pencils are the same colors as the Coloursoft. Do you own any Coloursoft to compare some of the colors?

Hope the price will reduce over time otherwise going by the Color variety more on the neutral side instead I can buy luminance 40 set for 100$ on Amazon

Why can’t I find comparisons with procolour? Are they similar but just lightfast ? I have the procolurs...

Do you know when more will be available? I have this set and they are great but need more colors

Hi thanks a lot. Can we mix these pencils with terpentine?

Was this on hot pressed wc paper or another kind?

Any news on when we can expect more of these?

Great review. I'll buy a few open stock and see how they work with my other pencils. It's a shame they've ended up such an unbalanced colour range. That and the very high price are both a bit off-putting. I hope they manage to tweak the formulation and get some bright colours through the lightfast testing next year.

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derwent blender is the best out there...do get one.

What can you say about Prismacolor premier....

Did you but these yourselves??

Oh, and I forgot to mention, that red pigments are by nature the least lightfast, so it's very difficult the get them to be permanent. No wonder that Derwent only managed a single red, lol. ;) I wonder if that purple they are selling for 10p really is as lightfast as they claim. Purples are very fugitive, too. (Yes, I'm a bit of a nerd when it comes to pigments. *grins*)

Such dull colours. I think these look really boring. I know they are bringing more out later, but this tin is most unappealing to me. I can see the blend is very good. But the beautiful Luminance pencils are not going to loose favour to these unless the colour stock changes dramatically. Even then, they probably will hold their place in artists favour. Good to see though. You do a very good video.

Thank you for yet another wonderful review. Honestly, I'm a bit disappointed with the colour range. Derwent market them as LF1, but they hardly provide any brighter colours. And only one single red in a collection of 36 is simply ridiculous. Earth colours are by nature the lightfastest pigments, so that's not such a huge deal imho. Luminance offer more variety in their pack of 20! I think those pencils are vastly overpriced, considering Derwent use mostly earth colours. (In watercolours earth pigments are always the cheapest, even in the most expensive brands.) The pencils themselves look very nice, I like pencils with that natural wood look - (I'm looking at you, Karismas and Luminances ;)) I also like the readable print on them. I hate the silver/gold print on both Luminance and Polychromos, they're so hard to read! I'd give the Derwent Lightfas a try if they were more reasonably priced, but I'm afraid I will pass, and rather invest in more Luminance. They only offer 76 colours, but their colours are more universally usable.

The price Of these pencils is absolutely ridiculous. I don't like to feel like I'm getting ripped off and that's exactly how I would feel if I bought these. When the procolours came out they were way overpriced too and still are. They are scratchy and definitely not worth the money, just like these pencils. Some people may buy them at this price but I won't be one of them,no matter how good they may be.

so, we can throw procolour out the window!