I'm a little bit obsessed with colored pencils right now. For transparency, I'm not a "colored pencil artist" per se -- I don't do a lot of layering or realism. I'm an illustrator, and that's how I use my pencils.That said, I have a lot of sets. And when I say "a lot of sets", I mean pretty much all the artist-grade brands. That's not a humblebrag, that's me outing myself as someone with no self-control when it comes to buying art supplies. But it also means I've got a pretty good frame of reference when it comes to comparing brands.ColourSoft is supposedly Derwent's student grade brand. Not all the colors are lightfast (versus Luminance or DW's Lightfast sets), but that's really the only difference I found, to be honest. They're densely pigmented, very smooth, and give just the right amount of feedback. Color lays down evenly and very rich, every time. They're soft enough that they feel good to draw with, but not so soft that I'm constantly having to sharpen them.Speaking of sharpening: I haven't had a single one of these, in a few months' worth of use, with the broken core problems of, say, Prismacolor. I'm not gentle with my art supplies -- they get tossed into my bag and dragged around into all kinds of locations -- and not a single one of the CS pencils have had to be sharpened more than once to make up for a core that's in pieces in the barrel. That's a plus.The color range is good. If you have other Derwent materials, you'll see the same kind of range. There's an earthiness to the whole Derwent line that sets it apart from the other brands. You'll get better pastels elsewhere (Holbein is really good at those), but if you're a landscape artist or a portraitist, I can see these being useful for your sketchbook work.If you're a working artist, I'd stick with the Lightfast range -- while none of the colors have particularly low lightfast ratings, I also haven't tested them long-term in full sun, and it's better to be safe than sorry when you're making client work. For sketchbooks or personal work or scanned work, this set would be more than fine. And given that they're such a pleasure to work with, they're definitely worth picking up.I have been looking for Cooler pencils/ art pencils that were in some kind of container/box other then a metal one that maybe they would come in. I have found in the past that the quality and brand of art pencils do make a difference. Unfortunately, the brands I love were out of my price range. Until, I stumbled across these I Love Derwent products and you can definitely see their quality. Price was amazingly priced-(Deal, Price cut, special pricing???). this buy was a no brainer!These pencils from Derwent are soft and lay down nicely, they blend well...the only problem is they break easily when using and they dull quickly, constantly sharpening, I do not think I will be using these pencils on a regular basis.The product itself is amazing. I've been using these pencils for a few years. The colors are beautiful, and blend with ease. I used these on hand crafted Christmas cards and doll repaints. The product is well worth the money. I order this set of pencils for my mom, as she has been coloring in adult coloring books.My only issue was with the shipping. Although I received this in a very timely manner, it was only wrapped in a thin bubble wrap and tape. When I opened it, the tin case was bent and taped with packing tape holding it shut (this indicated that it was obviously already damaged before shipping). I couldn't get the packing tape off, so I had to cut the tin open. At this point I thought the tin might just be damaged, but maybe the pencils would be fine and I could just find another container (kind of defeats the purpose of a nicely organized storage tin). What was inside the tin just angered me. The pencils had obviously been used. Some were shorter than others from being sharpened, and a few colors were missing having been replaced with duplicate colors. This gift I ordered through Prime, for my mom, whose birthday was in a few days, arrive a HOT MESS.I immediately called Amazon, because let's get real, during the pandemic, Amazon has been a go-to for anything and everything for a LOT of people. Out of the hundreds of items I've ordered in the past year, I've only had a handful of issues. Amazon immediately sent out a replacement that arrived the next day...it was in perfect condition and just in time for my mom's birthday.Product - 10Shipping - 1Amazon's redemption - 10This tin does not come with many colors, but they colors it does come with are great. In particular, I wish there were more lighter skin tones. Aside from that, the pencils themselves are very good quality and the colors are useful for portraits or figure drawing.I love these pencils. Three of them had to be sharpened twice but they may have been jared in shipment.Between QC and Amazon personnel This is the SECOND shipment I’ve received ugh. Get it together Derwent. This is my first go with Derwent products and may be my last. Ugh.I bought the Colour soft because I wanted to try a Derwent pencil but didn't want the bigger price tag of some of their other lines. The lay down is very smooth and the colors are very natural and different than some of my other sets. It does wonderful botanicals.I have built up a variety of 'pro' colour pencil sets, including Faber-Castell Polychromos 60 set, Prismacolor 48 set, Lyra 60 set and Derwent's Artist 72 set, Inktense 72 set and Colorsoft 36 set.Each pencil has different qualities so I mix pencils even on the same piece. I find the Colorsoft wonderful for laying down rich colour quickly and softly for beautiful backgrounds. The pencils lay colour easily even under very light pressure and the richness comes from overlaying the same or different colours. It took me a while to learn how to use these pencils as I was too heavy handed with them at first; the leds are noticibly more brittle (me being used to Faber-Castell Polychromos and Derwent Artist's pencils, which are harder than Colorsoft). Be gentle! Stroke the pencil across the paper and you can achieve AMAZING results. The pencils blend beautifully, so I don't feel deprived with only having the 36 set. I have supplemented via open stock some of the more natural greens and pale colours, which pop on black paper. In my experience these pencils lay down more like pastel pencils. They are a wax pencil, but feel dry and chalky for the first couple of layers. You only develop the creamy texture after three or four layers. I really like the feel of these pencils.On the nagative side, they are brittle if used with heavy pressure and the cores are sometimes broken which makes some pencils seem to disolve like wet sugar cubes once you start to sharpen them!They are expensive; but I love them.A year ago my wife suffered a major stroke. Prior to that she was a’brilliant artist’ specialising in Animal pictures using pastels. One year on she has just started to attempt drawings with her ‘good hand’ - sadly her right hand is of no use at the moment and that was the ‘predominant hand’. I bought the ‘ soft pencils ‘ asa Christmas Present. She was ‘over the moon’ . The presentation is superb and the quality of the pencils is outstanding. The only snag is locating a reliable pencil sharpener - it would be really nice if derwent included either a sharpener or a recommendation as to which one to use.Although I bought these from Amazon, mine never turned up. I bought these from a local art store which costs the same as Amazon so I didn't mind too much. Anyway.. the pencils are a fantastic little set that are my go to's for doing skin colour. They don't have every tone but for only 6 pencils I wouldn't expect any more; it's quality not quantity here. I'd definitely recommend them if you're new to colouring or want to add to your already big collection of mediums. They're also in a neat little tin (which I've chosen to keep them in) so they're easy for on the go colouring, plus they come with their own handy sharpener. I have other Derwent sets such as the Coloursoft & the Procolour & as usual, Derwent hasn't disappointed.The 24 tin of Coloursoft was a great price and I have since added 24 individual pencils to make up a larger set. Being able to buy these pencils individually is helpful. I've had a breakage issue with the dark brown so will most likely need another of those soon since it's one of the better colour options. For me the colour range could be better; some of the greens in the Coloursoft are quite sharp in tone which is a pity because the texture of these pencils is perfect for use in colouring books if only the greens had more subtlety. Overall I prefer the Derwent Procolour, Artists and Drawing ranges for this reason.The Coloursoft are beautiful to colour with, very soft and well pigmented, they have a similar feel and finish to the Drawing pencils so the two sets work together very nicely.I am a crafter not an experienced artist but I enjoy using colour in various media. I already own Derwent Inktense pencils and love them and the effects they produce. I decided I wanted to buy some regular colouring pencils too, specifically for colouring books. I took a look at Youtube for guidance and found Peta Hewitt's two videos comparing and demonstrating a range of different pencils from the staggeringly expensive Luminance pencils right down to Crayola. These were in her top half dozen and within my price range so I decided to go for the tin of 36 pencils. I love them. There is a good range of colours and they have behaved exactly as PH demonstrated. They blend well but they do have a waxy texture and this limits the number of layers that can be put down if you have a heavy hand; this does not affect my colouring attempts though. I bought separately the pack of two blender pencils, two burnishers, a sharpener and a rubber and, with the exception of the sharpener, these work brilliantly with the colours. I just use my old basic metal sharpener instead.I have a couple of slight gripes - I don't much like the red in this set because it's a bit dull tomato rather than a bright red and there's no dark green. However the pencils can be bought singly so I should be able to remedy that easily enough.