I've been using Derwent for a long time On Feb 17, 2015 5:53 PM, "Maia Sanders" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I recently restocked my prismacolors to prepare for a series of > CP illustrations, and in refreshing my color pencil skills I notice a > significant reduction in quality, with many breakages, lead slipping from > the casing, wood splintering when sharpening, etc- the only thing that > hasn't changed for the worse is the working quality of the pencil. > > Researching for five minutes leads me to believe the quality has gone to > the dogs ( no offense to dogs of quality!) since the product was sold and > manufacturing moved to Mexico. > > Question is: what are people using for colored pencil these days? Are they > just putting up with prismacolor or is there some better alternative? I > know prismacolor are fairly inexpensive and able to restock easily. But the > good price goes away when you have to sharpen a new pencil to 3" long to > get a point on it. > > Thanks all, > > Maia > > > ________________________________________________ > > Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the > instructions at > http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv > Need to leave or subscribe to the Sciart-L listserv? Follow the instructions at http://www.gnsi.org/resources/reviews/gnsi-sciart-l-listserv