You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Graphitint is a unique range of tinted graphite that combines the drama and creativity of pencil drawings with a hint of soft, subtle colour.

Use Derwent Graphitint wet or dry to achieve a huge range of effects, used dry Graphitint produces soft tones of grey with just a slight hint of colour, but add a little water with a brush to bring that colour to life and make it rich and vibrant. Developed especially for water-soluble pencils, this smooth paper is perfect for all water-soluble media. The Derwent Graphitint Paint Pan Set includes 12 pans of water-soluble paint made from a unique blend of graphite with colour.With only 24 colours in the range, it is difficult to find the right one especially for this stunning Red-legged Honeycreeper as there is only the Ocean blue colour in the set that comes close to the blues on this bird and that was quite a muted tone. My review today focuses on the popular Derwent Graphitint range, the range is relatively small in numbers, however the colours are to die for and unsurpassed by many other watersoluable pencils on the market; but are they worth the investment? As far as I know, the Graphitint pans are made from the same material as the pencils, which, as I pointed out in my linked review at the start of this post, have significant lightfastness issues. I also found it was best to let the colours completely dry before applying another layer over the top as the hardness of the pencil can scrape the underlayers away.

Protect your artwork with a UV fixative or frame your artwork using UV protection glass which can filter out up to 99.However, this is another case of be careful what you wish for, if this range, as is the same issue with the Derwent Drawing Range, was increased, then you would start to lose the absolute uniqueness of the colour range, turning both sets into ordinary run of the mill pencil sets. Love the quality, they blend beautifully and produce strong, complex colours (the obscure names - "storm", "sage" or "juniper" are not what you'd think - take a bit of working out, but they are good). Contains the following colours: Port, Aubergine, Dark Indigo, Slate Green, Ivy, Chestnut, Cool Brown, Cocoa, Storm, Midnight Black, Cloud Grey and Cool Grey.

You cannot blend them or completely erase them, and I think these only work best when mixed with water, very much like the Derwent Inktense pencils. As you can see with the dark tips of the wings that being too heavy handed with water application can cause excessive 'bleeding' leaving harsh edges between colours so it is best to keep your brush clean whilst softening the transition to avoid muddying the colours. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. I went over the veins of the wings with the Midnight black and applied fine highlights using the white pencil, ensuring I kept the points sharp for finer lines. In the 24 set of Derwent Graphitint, 19 of them are rated 6 and above, which is an excellent ratio in my opinion.When used dry, Graphitint provides just a hint of colour but adding water transforms the tint into rich, shimmering shades with an underlying, graphite sheen. If your package does not arrive Royal mail requires us to wait for 14 working days before we are able to raise a claim. As everyone will mix different amounts of water when using these pencils, it would be impossible to give an exact lightfast rating.

Obsessing over highest quality materials and forever creating an ever evolving exceptional range for every artist. A rating between 0 - 8 is given to each colour with 0 being extremely poor lightfast and 8 being the most lightfast. Available in 24 or 12 fabulous colour tints from soft greys, blues and greens to glowing russets, plums and browns.

Colours can be lightened or removed with an eraser or by lifting out with a brush and clean water and the colours range from soft greys and blues to warm russets and plums. The colours included in this set are Port, Juniper, Aubergine, Dark Indigo, Steel Blue, Ocean Blue, Slate Green, Green Grey, Meadow, Russet, Autumn Brown, Graphite Grey.