Although this is an inked print, the experiment here was really the use of the Derwent Inktense products. I love their "intense" colors and the fact that once the dry inks are activated with water, they dry permanent.
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| Zebra relief print - Black Daniel black relief water soluble ink on 400 series Strathmore mixed media paper. Background showing Derwent Inktense pencils, dry. |
I had used these for about six months when I started to notice that my first work with them, only a few months earlier, had already faded. A started to talk with others who were . using a variety of mixed media materials, and discovered some people were no longer using this product, feeling that it does not maintain color integrity
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| Zebra relief print - Black Daniel black relief water soluble ink on 400
series Strathmore mixed media paper. Background showing Derwent
Inktense pencils, activated with water. |
What a disappointing discovery. I do still use this product, but have shifted from frequent use to very specific applications; I only use these pencils when I am planning to water-activate AND print the final image within 2 weeks. I also move the dried image to a light-tight file within a week of completion. In this way, I feel I can mat and frame the giclee print, BUT will not be matting or framing any original work completed with the Inktense pencils - what a disappointment!
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