FIRST POST!!! Kneaded erasers

I've been putting off this first blog post for a very long time, having absolutely zero idea what to do. Then one mystical day (today, actually) I went out to DeSerres for a workable art fixative, and ended up buying 3 different brands of kneaded eraser, deciding to compare with the two brands I already had to find out which was the best.

I thought back to that thing I had started up so many months ago... what was it again? Oh yeah, my ART BLOG!!! (I'm still so excited it even exists!)

Keep in mind, I only tested the erasing ability with some normal soft drawing pencils because I had just gotten home at 4:30 pm with an idea for a blog post and didn't feel like setting up anything with different mediums. SO I apologize, but I did not test the erasers with charcoal or anything of that sort.

So here it is; I'm going to be reviewing some kneaded eraser brands!

First up; Maped Kneedgum. This eraser was, unfortunately, my least favorite of the bunch. It has a very rubbery feel to it and a super sticky texture, leaving stickiness on my fingers after I've put it down. It doesn't do the best job at actually erasing either; leaving shadows of pencil on the paper unless I went at it harder than should be neccessary.

2 of 5 stars

Second on the list, DeSerres brand kneaded eraser. This one did only slightly better than the previous; the texture was quite nice and soft, making it easy to manipulate and use. HOWEVER it was nearly as sticky as the Maped, and did a similar job on the erasing.

2.5 of 5 stars

Third, we have the Staedtler karat art eraser. This eraser definitely did better than the previous ones; I found that it had the perfect texture for a kneaded eraser, plenty soft and malleable, it kept it's shape extremely well. The stickiness was much less of a problem in this case, but still there -- keep in mind, I dislike a sticky eraser, but anyone else might be perfectly fine with it. On the erasing front, good job, Staedtler, this one's all good.

4 of 5 stars

Next up; Prismacolour kneaded eraser. This one has a much more solid feel to it, making it more difficult to pull apart but meaning that it also holds it shape fantastically. This one has almost a zero on the sticky graph and erases perfectly fine, essentially meaning that this one is pretty much the ideal kneaded eraser. Kudos to you, Prismacolor!!

5 of 5 stars

Last, but not least -- actually it is least, oops! -- we have the Lyra Knetgummi. This one I actually found at Wallacks, but I think it was also available at DeSerres. Okay-enough texture, soft and workable, the real downer about this one was, again, the STICKINESS. If you were even to poke this eraser, it would leave stickiness of your fingers. The eraser came in a little plastic box, and I had trouble even getting it out of the box! Seriously a bad omen. Like the others, the erasing power was relatively okay, not a real problem, though the rest seriously took away points from the final number. Sorry, Germany, but maybe you should stick with Staedtler.

1 of 5 stars

So, your best bet would definitely be the Prismacolor kneaded eraser, but seeing

as I've had trouble finding an actual store to buy this eraser and only managed online, the

Staedtler art eraser was a close second.

Now I have so many kneaded erasers... I may need to resort to wearing rubber gloves while I draw, just to avoid the ANNOYING stickiness.

Let me know how I did with my first post... I'm still figuring out what sort of a blog this is going to be, so feedback would really be great!!

You can also sculpt little objects with that too-sticky eraser.

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