The Derwent Drawing Pencils 36 Tin offers a beautifully extended palette of earthy, nature-inspired colours that make this range a favourite among wildlife artists and landscape illustrators. With 36 carefully balanced shades, this set provides excellent tonal range for building depth, texture and subtle colour transitions in coloured pencil drawings.
Each pencil features Derwent’s soft wax-based core, designed to glide smoothly across the paper while delivering dense, creamy colour. The wide 5mm colour strip allows artists to lay down rich pigment quickly, making it easy to build layers, blend tones and create expressive marks. The naturally opaque formulation also allows lighter colours to be applied over darker layers to add highlights and refine details as a drawing develops.
The palette is inspired by the subtle colours found in the natural world, with muted greens, warm earth tones and soft greys sitting alongside rich reds and atmospheric blues. This makes the range particularly well suited to drawing wildlife, foliage, landscapes and portrait studies where natural colour harmony is essential.
With its expanded colour selection, the 36 tin is an excellent choice for artists who want a broader working palette without moving to the full 72-colour set. It offers enough tonal variety to tackle complex drawings while still remaining compact enough for sketchbook work and travel.
Derwent Drawing pencils are also highly lightfast, helping artwork retain its vibrancy over time. Many artists combine this set with additional individual colours to build a personalised palette tailored to their preferred subjects and techniques.
Ideal For
Derwent Drawing Pencils are especially well suited to wildlife drawing, landscape studies, nature sketching and portrait work. The earthy palette, soft creamy core and strong layering ability make them particularly useful for fur, feathers, foliage, bark, skin tones and other natural textures.
Key Features
- 36 Derwent Drawing coloured pencils in a durable metal storage tin
- Nature-inspired palette of earthy, muted colours
- Soft wax-based core for smooth, creamy colour application
- Wide 5mm colour strip for bold strokes and efficient coverage
- Excellent blending and layering capabilities
- Highly pigmented colours with strong lightfastness
- Ideal for wildlife drawing, landscape art and portrait studies
- Suitable for sketchbooks, studio work and mixed media techniques
Colours Included
- Mustard
- Apricot
- Strawberry
- Autumn Red
- Light Sienna
- Dusky Pink
- Violet Dusk
- Polar Ice
- Deep Atlantic
- Solway Blue
- Ink Blue
- Smoke Blue
- Pale Cedar
- Green Shadow
- Crag Green
- Rainforest
- Sage Leaf
- Olive Earth
- Warm Earth
- Woodland
- Brown Ochre
- Wheat
- Yellow Ochre
- Sepia Red
- Mars Orange
- Sanguine
- Venetian Red
- Terracotta
- Mars Violet
- Ruby Earth
- Chocolate
- Ivory Black
- Warm Grey
- Cool Grey
- Granite
- Chinese White
Build Your Own Derwent Drawing Palette
Alongside the curated sets, all 72 Derwent Drawing colours are available individually. Many artists start with a set such as the 36 tin and then add favourite colours over time, gradually building a personalised drawing palette tailored to their style and subjects.
