DerwentVirtual Booth - DerwentWith over 100 years of know-how packed into every pencil and art tool, for generations, artists have chosen and trusted the Derwent® brand for art materials. Derwent® still makes art materials in England’s Lake District, where graphite was first discovered in 1832 and hasn’t stopped pushing boundaries and innovating since The Cumberland Pencil Company was founded there in 1916.