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Well, I went to the art store yesterday and bought a handful of Prismacolors since those seem to be very popular. I am terribly disappointed. I can’t tell you how well the colors work because I can’t get the darn things sharpened!!
The leads must be shattered the length of the pencil. I was just getting a good point and that section of lead fell right out! One pencil is now half its original length because I got stubborn and it kept dropping lead.
What should I do? Bring them back to the store? Try another brand? Try another sharpener? The one I have is a hand sharpener made by Prismacolor, for Pete’s sake! I’ll take a few to work tomorrow and see if an electric sharpener makes a difference.
The trip wasn’t a total loss. I also got a Strathmore Visual Journey sketchbook for watercolor and I’ll be using it to test wc mixes and individual paints.
Thanks for listening!
[FONT=Arial]Sharie
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so sad for you! the breaking leads can happen with any pencils, if they are treated badly (by dropping eg). You can pop them in the microwave for a few seconds and the core kind of all melts together again! Or just leave them in the hot sun for a while, see if that helps!
Lynette
Well, I went to the art store yesterday and bought a handful of Prismacolors since those seem to be very popular. I am terribly disappointed. I can’t tell you how well the colors work because I can’t get the darn things sharpened!!
The leads must be shattered the length of the pencil. I was just getting a good point and that section of lead fell right out! One pencil is now half its original length because I got stubborn and it kept dropping lead.
What should I do? Bring them back to the store? Try another brand? Try another sharpener? The one I have is a hand sharpener made by [B]Prismacolor[/B], for Pete’s sake! I’ll take a few to work tomorrow and see if an electric sharpener makes a difference.
It is your preference, however, I would of said anything artist grade other than prisma. They do blend well, but, if they fall apart they are a waste of money. Only have prismas because I am using them up. One of my favorites are kor-i-noor woodless pencils. Hardly anyone mentions them but they are easy to sharpen and I don’t think I have ever had one to break. They are not terribly expensive and used to come in sets at Hobby Lobby. I have just about all of the others which I like also. The kor-i-noor take a beating and keep on working. You can try to fix them but would you buy something broke and have to fix it? Most people would say no but if you like them then go for it.
Cindy:thumbsup:
So much to paint, so little time.It turns out it may have been the sharpener. I brought them to work and used the electric sharpener and it worked perfectly. Go figure!
Thanks for the microwave fix, Douglass – I never heard of that!
Robin, I have a battery operated one that doesn’t work either. I begin to think I’m just not meant to use pencils that need sharpening!
Cindy, I’ll keep an eye open for them. I love the woodless graphite pencils I have and didn’t know they made colored pencils that way. Thanks!
[FONT=Arial]Sharie
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