Prismacolor Col-Erase Erasable Colored Pencils Non-Photo Blue 12-Count

Excellent product. Worked as expected. Perfect for under drawing. Loved it!

Not a fan. Can hardly see the line even with reasonable pressure and harder to erase compared to graphite.

These non-photo blue pencils are really good and are great for sketching. If you've never used them before, the idea is that they are very light and don't show up in photocopy. So you can sketch with this blue pencil and then just ink or pencil on top of this with a nice clean line and not worry about having to erase your sketch. It helps keep your art looking cleaner. This pencil is designed to make a very light line that is almost imperceptible. I have a very heavy hand when I draw, and even then the blue is fairly light on the page. This is not a pencil for coloring. Although you probably won't find much need for erasing, the included eraser on the pencil does a great job of cleaning up mistakes without tearing the paper or leaving smudges behind. Overall, these are some high-quality pencils and are great if you plan on doing cartooning or comic book style illustration, or have any need of a non-photo pencil.

As expected

Genuinely a Prismacolor:Prismacolors are made in Mexico and this is made in Mexico.Genuinely a Non Photo Blue Pencil:It has a very hard blue lead made for the initial drawing phase that goes underneath the finish lines. It's meant for a light touch. This is not a typical, soft Prismacolor that's meant for coloring and spreading color. It is an extremely light in line and not meant to be seen other than to guide your final drawing after you've worked it out with the blue pencil.Easy to sharpen and doesn't break easily because of its hardness. (That said, ever since Prismacolor moved manufacturing to Mexico, leads are known to break in the chamber of the wood during manufacturing, so every now and then a chunk of lead will slip out of the wooden part. Doesn't happen to me that often but enough to not be a rare occurrence.)Erases easily. If you use the same pressure you would for a typical quick pencil line and don't force it down it erases better than a graphite pencil.Warning: If you use this pencil under you ink lines, don't use an eraser to erase the blue lines to clean up the final or you will find that a bit of your pen lines that lay on the blue pencil will come up with the pencil lines leaving a grainy look to your ink. You are best off leaving the work as it is, to keep your pen lines crisp, and handling their disappearance with your scanner or graphics program.Hope this helps!

Buenos

I like doing initial sketching with a blue pencil. I’ve been using Caran d Ache which I really like but in truth I’ve been going through them so quickly I wanted to see if I could find a less expensive pencil. I thought I would try these. My question…do they not photocopy because they are blue or because the lines they draw are so faint you can’t even see them. I find myself having to press so hard that it’s just not worth it. In my sketchbook I think I actually make indents trying to get a line dark enough to actually see it. I gave 4 stars because they are what they say, they just aren’t for me.