Crayon compositions

A drawing crayon composition comprising, per 100 parts by weight of the composition,

• (a) 10 to 30 parts by weight of at least one member selected from the group consisting of an ester of cellulose, ether or cellulose, polyvinyl butyral, polyvinyl acetate and ethylenevinyl acetate copolymer,
• (b) 5 to 30 parts by weight of at least one member selected from the group consisting of a condensation product of cyclohexanone and formaldehyde, a condensation product of meta-xylene and formaldehyde, a condensation product of meta-xylene and formaldehyde which product is modified with an alkyl phenol having C.sub.1-6 alkyl, an amide resins prepared by the condensation polymerization of dimer acide and di- or poly-amine, a synthetic terpene resin prepared from turpentine oil, a synthetic terpene resin prepared from an unsaturated hydrocarbon and a terpene-phenol copolymer,
• (c) 2 to 12 parts by weight of at least one dibenzylidene sorbitol, tribenzylidene sorbitol and derivatives of the sorbitols,
• (d) 25 to 60 parts by weight of at least one of glycols, ethers of glycols, ether esters of glycols and benzoic acid esters, and
• (e) 20 to 30 parts by weight of a pigment or 2 to 10 parts by weight of an oil-soluble dye.