Pilot Color Mechanical Pencil Lead Eno, 0.7mm, Soft Blue, 10 Lead ×3 Pack/total 30 Leads (Japan Import) [Komainu-Dou Original Package]

Amazing 0.7mm non-photo blue lead. Compared to the Pentel brand, this Pilot brand is much softer (i.e. doesn’t dent the paper as much!) and, paradoxically, easier to erase. They do feel a bit waxy (again, in comparison to Pentel) but it doesn’t disturb how the ink flows on the paper when drawn over. Amazing for under sketch of an ink drawing or for sketching and saving some value range for markers or other mark making tools. Color is easy to filter out in Photoshop using the blue channel selection method.

Great for laying down a roughy sketch. I will purchase again. Vital to my art process. This does depreciate if you have sketches out for long term, it fades but it’s expected. Either way great value for the money

This is a fantastic light blue lead (if you want to call it a lead, it goes on with a smooth waxy feel that indicates it's some sort of composite). The range of values you can get with pressure is awesome and the darkest of it has almost a glow to it. I find that it erases better than just about every other light blue pencil I own (which can be good or bad). I like to do tonal studies entirely in this blue. It's also ideal for comicbook bluelines. It is fragile, however, so expect breakage of you don't treat it delicately. The pack that it comes in is pretty plentiful and has lasted me quite a while with constant usage. The Turqouise leads for lead holders have their appeal but sometimes I want a constantly sharp, hastlefree tip and this is perfect. Great product- I'll probably get red soon. Pilot, if you see this, please make a black one out of this same wonderfully waxy blend!

Writes well, erases well. Very brittle though, much more prone to breaking than normal pencil graphite. I recommend extending less out of the pencil than usual when writing.

Lots of complaints about the lead breaking, but for me, I had minimal breakage unless I pressed hard with the pencil trying to get the darkest color. As long as I simply went over the area repeatedly to get my darkest dark, I had no breakage. The moment I wasn’t paying attention and inadvertently pressed harder, the lead would break. The color blue is a perfect drawing color and using a white Pentel eraser, the erasure was clean and easy. Very pleased with this purchase.

These worked great for my needs. I work with wood and I draw a general outline in graphite but As I go I add details in this blue lead, It allows me to erase it easily as I like to carve and wood burn with it. This is harder and waxier so it does dent the wood for me and also breaks more frequently when I am just drawing. --- This helps me when I am sketching to better organize my thoughts. I can draw with this, and mess up as needed and once I lay down lines I am satisfied, I can go back with graphite. --- My friend also bought a pack of the pens of each color and I will say that this blue is one of the best for sketching (probably next to pink which may be slightly darker?) as it is very light but still visible. This blue also erases nicely. I highly recommend!

This is excellent quality non-photo blue lead. I use it for sketching in the field in my nature journals. It's great for quickly capturing underlying forms of my subjects without worry over smudging or dirtying my journal pages. I can then work over the pencil with graphite, colored pencil, pen/ink or watercolor to produce more detailed sketches or drawings. I find it less distracting than graphite for this kind of sketching. It's just a little more work to remove than light graphite, but less prone to marring my watercolor or multimedia paper, since the lead is fairly soft. I also find it less noticeable under ink or watercolor in general, so I'm also exploring using it instead of graphite in the studio for my watercolor and/or ink illustrations. I'm very happy with this lead and will definitely buy it again.

This is a good product. A cartoon artist from a Comic Convention first told me about this product and he was spot on about this product. It breaks pretty easy so do not press to hard. but erase nicely if you are working on any art project .

Son las mejores minas de color con las que he trabajado. Se pueden borrar con facilidad y se trabajan igual que un lápiz blando. El borrado, cuando necesito alguna corrección es muy fácil, con sólo aplicar rodando con poca presión una goma amasable sobre la superficie del papel, es suficiente para eliminar las líneas o todo lo que he dibujado con la mina. Aún no pruebo si salen en el escaneado de mis dibujos, ya que me es muy fácil eliminar los trazos previos dibujados con la mina azul.

Pour ces mine de crayon vous pouvez utiliser pour les bases la forme du personnage et ensuite passer avec un marker à encre ou n'importe quelle crayon fautre et vous verrez mieux ou vous étiez rendu pour le traçage ça aide ,comparer au crayon de mine sans couleur merci! Bon produit !

I love these! Absolute awesome for starting a draft/rough sketch. After I go over it with 2B, or ink, and scan the image, the scanner doesn't pick up the blue lines. They feel smooth, and unlike most coloured led, erases very easily. I couldn't imagine doing art without these.

Ya había escuchado sobre estas puntas y quise probarlas, me pareció que el color es tenue

Could no longer find the refils at my local art stores, found them here and have no regrets. These pencil leads are better than the ones I used to be able to buy in store, plus they are way less expensive than what was available in-person. A huge range of colours to chose from. I personally love the light pink and light blue for my traditional art pieces.