diff --git a/src/webgl/material.js b/src/webgl/material.js
index 3fdb3733cd..28d6174a79 100644
--- a/src/webgl/material.js
+++ b/src/webgl/material.js
@@ -3683,9 +3683,7 @@ function material(p5, fn){
         );
         break;
     }
-    if (!this._isErasing) {
-      this._cachedBlendMode = this.states.curBlendMode;
-    }
+    this._cachedBlendMode = this.states.curBlendMode;
   };
 
   RendererGL.prototype.shader = function(s) {
diff --git a/test/unit/visual/cases/webgl.js b/test/unit/visual/cases/webgl.js
index e503f80981..14d354d500 100644
--- a/test/unit/visual/cases/webgl.js
+++ b/test/unit/visual/cases/webgl.js
@@ -533,4 +533,33 @@ visualSuite('WebGL', function() {
       screenshot();
     });
   });
+
+  visualSuite('erase()', () => {
+    visualTest('on the main canvas', (p5, screenshot) => {
+      p5.createCanvas(50, 50, p5.WEBGL);
+      p5.background(0);
+      p5.fill('red');
+      p5.rect(-20, -20, 40, 40);
+      p5.erase();
+      p5.circle(0, 0, 10);
+      p5.noErase();
+      screenshot();
+    });
+
+    visualTest('on a framebuffer', (p5, screenshot) => {
+      p5.createCanvas(50, 50, p5.WEBGL);
+      p5.background(0);
+      const fbo = p5.createFramebuffer();
+      fbo.begin();
+      p5.fill('red');
+      p5.rect(-20, -20, 40, 40);
+      p5.erase();
+      p5.circle(0, 0, 10);
+      p5.noErase();
+      fbo.end();
+      p5.imageMode(p5.CENTER);
+      p5.image(fbo, 0, 0);
+      screenshot();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/unit/visual/screenshots/WebGL/erase()/on a framebuffer/000.png b/test/unit/visual/screenshots/WebGL/erase()/on a framebuffer/000.png
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/test/unit/visual/screenshots/WebGL/erase()/on a framebuffer/metadata.json b/test/unit/visual/screenshots/WebGL/erase()/on a framebuffer/metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d4bfe30da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/visual/screenshots/WebGL/erase()/on a framebuffer/metadata.json	
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "numScreenshots": 1
+}
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diff --git a/test/unit/visual/screenshots/WebGL/erase()/on the main canvas/000.png b/test/unit/visual/screenshots/WebGL/erase()/on the main canvas/000.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..464ffec3a4
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diff --git a/test/unit/visual/screenshots/WebGL/erase()/on the main canvas/metadata.json b/test/unit/visual/screenshots/WebGL/erase()/on the main canvas/metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d4bfe30da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/visual/screenshots/WebGL/erase()/on the main canvas/metadata.json	
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "numScreenshots": 1
+}
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