She’s holding my light bounce… but not very well. Col-Erase pencils feature a hardened, medium point that resists breakage making them perfect for illustrating, animating, and coloring books. Their good point retention and loyalty by the comics illustrations and animation industry should be reason enough to peak your curiosity. If you’ve never tried the Prismacolor Col-Erase pencils, the price point is low enough that a box of 24 is well within most pen-and-pencil addicts’ range. Even Dick Blick sells the 24-pencil set for $11.50. Most art supply stores sell these individually for about $1 or more per pencil. Its actually cheaper to purchase the whole box than to buy these open stock. These little drawing were done along the margin of the page after I did the eraser tests so the heads are no bigger than small coins so the sharp points of the Col-Erase pencils do allow for fine details and quick doodling.ĭid I mention that the 24-color box I purchased was acquired on Amazon for $10.96? Cheap. Certain colors were more prone to smudging like the black, dark blue and brown but the lighter colors did not smudge without serious effort or a burnishing tool. ![]() The Col-Erase pencil marks did not smudge as much as graphite. The pencil marks made by Col-Erase are also water soluble so if you plan to use the pencils in combination with watercolors, the marks will move but depending on the colors you choose, it could enhance your artwork rather than muddy it like graphite might. Col-Erase Pencils - Prismacolor Col-Erase, the erasable colored pencil, is great for colored layouts and design, it makes it so easy to erase a color or a. Its purpose was clearly to look classic only. The eraser included on each pencil is a pink rubber eraser which worked abysmally. With a standard white plastic eraser like a Staedtler Mars Plastic eraser, I was able to erase some of the marks but not all of them. But for laying some underlying sketches, these pencils didn’t smudge like a graphite pencil does. For example, the Carmine Red was much softer than the Vermillion. Some colors were harder and required a little but more pressure to show up than others. Generally speaking, I found the pencils to be very smooth to use while they also maintained a point quite well in use. Item : 116038 Model : 20045 4.1 39 Reviews 1 Question Highlights Easily erasable colored pencils in carmine red color High-quality colored pencils feature built-in eraser Contains a dozen of colored pencils Free Returns 11. Most artists mention a preference for the Col-Erase, not because they actually erase very well but because they do not smudge so the lines they put down stay where they put them and the lines are light enough that if they ink over them, when they photocopy or scan their artwork, the original pencil marks don’t usually show up if they use a light color like light blue or non-photo blue. ![]() ![]() While researching other artist’s recommended drawing tools, I found several who recommended Prismacolor Col-Erase and since I tend to favor the Prismacolor Premiers but had never used the Col-Erase, I thought I’d see what the appeal was.
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