Prismacolor Col-Erase Erasable Colored Pencils, Adult Coloring, 24 Pack

Love these pencils for sketching and even rendering to the finish.. they erase well, and there are many gorgeous colors.

I think this brand has been far to criticized and to let you all know, Yes, they came unsharpened. I was glad they came this way. I know what sharpener to use & how to use it right & that makes all the difference!I got the 24 pack ( i think ) , I read up on these and ordered the 3 pack of KUM 104.03.01 & sharpened them all without a single problem! NO BREAKAFE, no loose leads. All centered cores & I like these BETTER than the newer Prisma colored premier pencils. The lead is stronger, and I got nice points and tried ALL out on a white piece of paper to color swatch and test all of them. If your steel blades ... the KUM sharpeners get dull.....of COURSE you can have issues. But no problems at all. I like the way they lay down color and I will be buying more to gift to family. Both the Prisma Col-Erase and will stick to the small but great KUM sharpeners. Go look up on you tube how to use these right & you will be happy with both. I agree the erasers they come with are sub- par for sure...but so what. The Suma erasers work well to erase the color if I need to do so. I have to wonder if competitors leave bad reviews as they are such a good deal! OR people do not know how to sharpen right or what sharpeners work best for this brand. Go slow and easy when sharpening and take time to care properly 4 storing and don't bang then around and drop alot...as then well..I don't know as I keep mine in a glass, so they don't roll off my table. AGAIN...NOT ONE PENCIL broke when I sharpened mine and I like them very much! ALSO. I got all of them...packed well and all the same length and no missing colors! So, if all those bad reviews were true...then the company heard toy all & are flying straight now! That was my experience.! These are what I would call student grade or hobby grade level....but I use to color-code my bibles and color and they work for that.

I had heard good things about these for sketches. Especially if you ink them in after. I find myself using them for larger/complicated illustrations. Using different colors to separate different things. Like foreground vs background. Or for complicated poses to make sense of things. I've used most of the colors and they all basically erase as good as any pencil. But unlike graphite they don't transfer in a sketch book. Huge win.They're also fine as colored pencils. What I mean is they're clearly not wax based so youre not likely to get a smooth really rendered image with them. The lead is quite hard. The colors are all really nice though. It's a happy/bright color range. They definitely function like normal hard pencils they just happen to have fun colors, which in my openion is perfect for sketching. And did I mention they don't transfer!!!

The softness of the pencils causes it to rub off onto your hands when used on tracing paper and other medias. The color isn’t as vibrant as I would. However they are easy to use and the eraser is a plus when you are first learning how to draw and shade. The value for money was good. It is a functional product and they are durable, the tips do not snap off but you do have to sharpen them a lot the tips wear down fast.

I LOVE the col-erase pencils for UNDER drawings and detail work. They are a harder/firmer and less pigmented colored pencil, which is why they are perfect for detail work vs. the Premier pencils. Since they are erasable and less pigmented they are perfect for under sketches for anatomical positions, portraits, and general composition.I swatched them next to similar premier pencils- premier are a softer, more pigmented, and blend-able pencil, which is good for dense color, color mixing, and gradations. You can do this with the col-erase but it must be done in layers, rather than a thick layer over thick layer, as if you press too hard they will mark into the paper and create a wax layer that is hard to blend together. Premier picks up more of the paper texture, so if that’s what you’re looking for, you won’t get it as much with the col-erasers.Don’t have Premier expectations, and remember that using different types of pencils can serve different yet essential purposes. I love both types because they allow me to create multi-dimensional artwork. I also have a few swatches at the bottom of some random prismacolor Scholars and Blick Studio pencils I got as samples when I was in art school. Scholar is more pigmented and waxy than Col-Erase but firmer and less blend-able than Premier. Blick Studio is fairly comparable to Premier but with less wax fallout, unsure how they compare cost wise but I assume they are more affordable than the Premier and Blick offers student discounts if you are in art school!