so I could see the blue better when drawing, but I am guessing that would make them less useful as a "drop out" color

It's a drawing pencil that works well; the pencil drawings will not show up in reproduced photocopies.

My only.complain is that these are made for sketching, meaning the.colors are just not as bright as the others, a nice drawing can look boring from a distance.

I've been using the Prismacolor Col-Erase Blue (#20044) pencils for sketching & drawing for over a year and really liked them

The very light color also helps to better rough draft your drawing before committing to the final cleanup of your work (other pencil brands are a bit darker with their non-photo blue which often leads to unwanted transfer over to copy or xerox) and their lead is often too soft which can lead to a darker line than what you would want

They are so smooth when drawing and are so fun to use

The erasers aren't too bad - if you have a soft drawing hand then they erase completely with little

They are best for people like me who enjoy drawing on their journals

He enjoys drawing and sketching things in his free time.

On the whole it does make working up a good drawing easier.

My only.complain is that these are made for sketching, meaning the.colors are just not as bright as the others, a nice drawing can look boring from a distance.

Wonderful drawing tool that allow one to sketch ideas and then refine them using a regular pencil

It leaves the final drawing much cleaner

I ordered these because I've had trouble finding a graphite pencil with a lead hardness I like while drawing

Doesn't erase as well as I was hoping.

Pencils tend to shatter a

A little bit disappointed in the quality of the wood as it breaks when sharpened

Don't erase as you would expect.

Once more I feel very foolish for trying again, as well as being disappointed once more.

but they don't erase as good as I expected them too