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Are Derwent Inktense good?
Derwent Inktense pencils are our best watercolour pencil ever! You can use them dry but mix them with water and WOW! the colour turns into vibrant ink. Once it’s dry, the colour is fixed and you can work over the top of it, and, because it is permanent it’s great for using on fabric such as silk and cotton!
Are Inktense pencils permanent?
Derwent Inktense pencils and blocks provide an easy and versatile way to add color to fabric. They come in a wide range of colors, are blendable, can be applied wet or dry, and are permanent once they have dried.
How are Inktense pencils different?
Bolder colours makes for bolder art with Inktense. Both pencils are highly blendable but the formulation of each pencil varies. The softer formulation of Watercolour makes for easy transfer to paper, whilst Inktense has a harder, waxier laydown. Inktense cores are also slightly thicker and feel chunkier to hold.
Can you use Inktense pencils without water?
Use dry Inktense Pencils (no water) to add the final linear details – especially in the foreground grasses. You can layer Inktense without smudging or lifting previous layers. Start with the lighter colours at the bottom before adding the darker colours over the top.
Is Inktense Watercolour?
They work like a traditional pan watercolour; just lift the colour with a wet brush and apply to your painting surface. One notable difference between Inktense pans and Watercolour pans is that, once dry, your Inktense washes will be permanent.
What are Inktense blocks?
grand scale, Inktense Blocks themselves can be stirred into wells of water and very quickly mix together to create large scrumptious volumes of lovely premixed colour. Time to get those big brushes out! Highly pigmented dry colour transforms into a pure ink-like wash which is permanent once dry. Inktense Blocks
How to use Inktense pencils?
Gouache into the Inktense colour to give a heavier body and more intensity to the opaque mixes. Use Inktense Pencils to build up the details at this stage too. STEP 3 Bring the whole painting together using Inktense Blocks on their side; one over the other, to highlight textures in the foliage. Use dry Inktense Pencils (no
How do you tint with Inktense?
water to the ratio of Inktense pigment to achieve the desired tint. The more pigment, the stronger the colour. The more water, the finer and translucent the tint.
Why choose Derwent Inktense?
through the core of every Derwent product to deliver world class artists materials at every stage of the creative journey. Inktense can be used with a wide range of Derwent products for a mixed media