Pencil crayon recommendations

[StuntNun]

I have just taken up drawing and I'm wanting to start adding some colour. I'm drawing in pencil then outlining in ink. I bought some Derwent pencil crayons but I found them far too hard for my liking. They're digging up the surface of the paper (cartridge paper) and they don't blend well. Can anyone please recommend a softer pencil crayon that's suitable for beginners (i.e. not super expensive)?

I layer up lots of colours and its a different style to yours but good old crayola for me. Nice colours, can layer up the colours well, don't need too much pressure...woes for me anyway

Marco Raffine, they're softer oil based leads like polychromos but at a quarter of the price and lovely to use and blend beautifully.

Are there different types of Marco Raffine? The reviews suggest they are on the hard side.

These are the ones I'm using and they're nice and soft as they're oil based rather than lead.

Thank you, I have ordered a set of them.

Derwent Coloursoft are very nice.