The wide colour strip is powdery and soft so mixing and blending is really easy and because it's encased in wood you get the pastel effect without the mess (if you can resist using your fingers to blend!)

Derwent Pastel Pencils offer all the expressive qualities of hard pastels in the convenience of a pencil form. These professional-quality pencils are ideal for use as an individual medium or for detailing in combination with pastel work.

Derwent Pastel Pencils have been specially developed to provide only the highest degree of purity and lightfastness. Their soft powdery texture provides a smooth velvet finish.

Derwent offers the artist the traditional qualities of conventional pastels without the drawbacks. Pencils are pre-sharpened.

You will get the beauty of pastels and the convenience of a pencil in one with Derwent Pastel Pencils. True soft pastels enclosed in high quality wood for maximum protection and control. Easy to use and blend. WARNING: This product contains a chemical known to the state of California to cause cancer. (Unbound Titanium Dioxide).