So sorry to hear about your family situation. The colorless blender marker works well if you're into adult coloring and want to use these on paper that doesn't hold up well with water.

@shadowdancenz

8 ай бұрын

that is how I use mine

Harry, sincere condolences and comfort for you and your family. I can hardly imagine the grief you are feeling. Love & Light! And thank you for all that you do with your channel.

Harry -- I feel for you and your family at this difficult time, and am glad you have your work on the Art Gear Guide to distract you when needed. Thanks for this extensive and detailed review of an important art material! You helped me decide which of the new colors I "had to have" from open stock. Love from Eugene, Oregon

I am praying for your dad, and for strenth and guidence for you, your mom, and your entire family who is affected by this.

I am in love with Inktense. I wrote a note to you on your Patreon page that was a bit longer, but the jest of what I said was how much I appreciate this review and I love to see you using them. I would love to see more projects with them. I have the blocks as well as the pencils, and got my new colors from Cult Pens in the UK. They had the full set of new colors in one great little set. I don't know if they still do. I explained how I use them on the nylon board as you demonstrated, but I was able to get very soft and light colors that way, even though I applied several (light) layers. I use them on my mixed-media sketchbook as well as watercolor paper and they really work beautifully. I have heard that they can fade from fabric, depending on the care you use in laundering them, but that is another can of worms. My deepest condolences on the loss of your uncle. I wish you and your family peace. Thank you for taking the time for this review. You are always appreciated and I learn so much from you. Take care.

Sorry to hear about your loss and worries about your family. I'm glad this gets you other things to think about . I love these reviews.

I’m sorry you’re having the illnesses and deaths in your family. I think that all of us who reach a certain age see people from the previous generation pass away and it seems to us as if it happens all at once. My mother, who is 99, has seen almost all of her friends pass away. Luckily, she has some younger friends who keep her lively when we cannot be with her. It is good that you showed what happens when you apply other substances than water. This information could be useful for those of us who do mixed media. It’s also helpful to know which other colors to order open stock if I want them. I admit that I often use colored wax/oil pencils on top of my Inktense when I need to sharpen my portraits because of the range of pastel colors. I just wish Derwent would come out with a whole range of their Drawing Pencils.

Thanks for another excellent review Harry. And very sorry to hear about your dad and uncle. My prayers are with you and your family. I hope they will roll these out with more availability in the US -- been hearing about the new colors for months. There are a few I'd love to buy open stock since I already have a couple dozen colors.

I'm so sorry to hear about your family's loss, Harry - sending healing thoughts to you and your family. And thank you so much for another incredibly in-depth review. The time and care that you put into reviewing art materials to help others make informed choices is astounding - thank you so much for so freely sharing your time and expertise. :) I'm curious - have you ever tried using a water-based blender pen to activate Inktense pencils (or any other watercolour pencils)? I'm thinking something like a Tombow blender pen or an Ecoline blender pen. Based on my experience with colourless blender pens from alcohol marker sets, I think there must be some glycerin in with whatever alcohol carrier they're using in the pens - I think it's the glycerin that's letting the alcohol blender pen partially dissolve water-soluble media like Inktense (it might also be the type of alcohol that's used - I think I'm going to do an art/chem mash-up video about why certain things only dissolve other certain things :)). With a water-based blender pen like a Tombow, I seem to get the pencil to dissolve almost as well as with water (and better than with an alcohol-based blender pen) but with a bit more control than with a water brush. With a water-based blender pen, there's also less moisture being applied to the paper so if I'm working on less "water-friendly" paper there is less chance of crinkling or warping. Just wondered if you had ever tried something like that. :) Thanks again for all you do, Harry! Blessings! Connie (aka Colouring Chemist)

@hazimmusa2448

8 ай бұрын

Hey, Connie! You are here as well! I always watch your channel. May I add something for the blender part. Holbein Meltz: usually works well with Polychromos & Holbein pencil, however it acts like water when applied, and blends well with water-soluble materials. As far as I know they use DPG solvent (commonly in perfume).

@colouringchemist

8 ай бұрын

@@hazimmusa2448 Cool - thanks for the info! I'm just putting the final touches on a video I hope to release soon where I look at some of the different ways of dissolving both "normal" coloured pencils and water-soluble coloured pencils and that Holbein Meltz pen turns out to be truly amazing in my testing! Thanks so much for watching my videos! :)

Absolutely brilliant review as always. I couldn't wait to see what you thought of these pencils!

My condolences to your family, Harry. This must be the most in-depth Inktense review ever made, thank you for all your effort and suggestions. Your own artwork, as usual, is striking. That fish is so vivid.

Condolences to you and your family and your mom, Harry. Thanks for this review! Much appreciated.

So sorry to hear the sad news about your family. Although lovely to hear from you again. I’ve been waiting to see this review as I have started to buy individual Inktense pencils which I love. I have eight so far and now I can see which colours to get next. Ido love to see you working with the pencils to get a better idea before buying. Ever so useful to know how close some of the colours are, especially when money is an issue. Thank you for such a thorough review 😊

Thank you for all you do! You’ve had a rough yr!! ** so sorry for what you’re going through.

I’m not an artist at all I just love to do adult coloring and these are truly luxurious to have. When I first got the 72 sets, they reminded me of my childhood with the coloring books my mom would buy that had the ink already in the book and you would just take your paintbrush to create the magic. Albeit this ink is way better than what was in those books and I just love these pencils. I did breakdown and purchased the 28, paid twice the shipping for them LOL but life is short so love and enjoy your pencils is what I think. Thank you for all your videos and sending all the best as you navigate the season of life your currently in. 💙

Hi Harry another excellent review of such superb pencils the quality of your artwork makes them really pop.I’m sorry for your loss and I hope your art will help you through these awful times .

My condolences to you and your family, Harry. Hang in there. I really enjoy using Inktense! Love the versatility of activating them versus leaving pencils dry. The colors are so rich and vibrant! Thanks for this great review and in-depth comparison of the new colors to existing colors!

Thank you so much for your in-depth review. I love the Inktense and use in all my colouring books (with a bit of clear gesso when the pages are really thin). Healing thoughts to you and your loved ones during this time.

You're a good man Harry You have my support and I will keep praying for you and your family

So sorry to hear your family and you are having such a hard sad time. May your Uncles memory be a blessing for you all

My condolences, Harry! Wish you and your family all the best in face of the difficult circumstances. I love these pencils as well, and the new colors look pretty cool. Your video does an amazing job of illustrating why the pencils are so great. Even with all the difficulties, it’s truly surprising how quickly you managed to produce this video review, and how deep it really is. 😺 Oh, and a few words about your artwork: I love how contrasty and punchy it looks, and the depth of the black background. I also think your use of cold press paper might have not been a bad match, as that type of paper tends to provide superior pigment spread and just smoother results on both flat and gradient washes. Your final result looks really smooth and nice from here, and I don’t see detail being compromised that much - a great job indeed! 😺

Patty-I love Inktense pencils. I started put with Prismacolors, Polychromos and Inktense pencils. Once I realized what I had, I was in love with the Inktense pencils. I love them wet or dry. I now feel I need to get the blocks and the pans. I'm so sorry about your uncle and the rest of the family. I've lost 2 siblings, one just this year, so my heart goes out to your family. You are all in my prayers.

Hullo Harry, thank you for sharing this excellent review of these unique art medium! I have use watercolor pencils and inks on fountain pens and dip pens and the Inktense mediums are just so amazing! I prefer the blocks as they are most like watercolor pans. I have used some inktense pencils and the color blooms are very surprising and very vivid! I hope your family situation has calmed down to acceptable levels. I send my very best wishes to you and yours. Thank you again for showing us these wonderful pencils and the artwork you created.

Much love and prayers to you and your family at this difficult time. I have no brilliant words to share that will make things better.

I have always loved Inktense, not that I can afford it, but from what I've seen of it. I've always wanted it in pencil form and figured they would never bother. Glad to see that they did. If I can ever get them, I will for sure. Thanks for showing all the pros and cons of the set.

I am wanting to try inktense so bad...I will hopefully sometime soon. I have seen so many great reviews ! I haven't gotten to try the blocks yet either, but heard lots of good about them too. Love the simease fighting fish , its so nice and vibrant !...ty for sharing !

I'm sorry for your loss, hope you feel better now❤

My condolences to you and your family harry 🙏.. great upload such beautiful pencils tysmfs 🥰

I LOVE the Inktense pencils. The colours are absolutely fabulous and I adore all the lovely yellows and blues in the set but I totally agree with you, it would be so good to have some paler colours. A few years ago Derwent came out with some pastell colour watercolour paints in a set and those are a nice addition if you need some light colours to work with. I do use them a lot with colourless blender markers if I am working on thinner paper and I don't want the paper to warp. Another great way to use them is to add details to half dried watercolour paintings. I love to do that because it creates a really unique effect.

Thank you - this is the most helpful video I’ve watched. Your Beta fish is absolutely gorgeous.

@TheArtGearGuide

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, I liked the final outcome but I wasn’t excited about it. Nothing to do with the materials, simply down to my own inabilities.

@FreedomEscapismASMR

5 ай бұрын

​@TheArtGearGuide I love the videos you make. A lot more detail than videos made by other KZreadrs. Thank you for all the hard work you put in to making such informative videos. I love the artwork you create. You have wonderful artistic abilities. You are an artist who inspires me and loads of people. I recommend your videos to everyone I meet who likes art and art supplies ❤

Sorry for your troubles, Harry. Keeping busy and productive is best to avoid a "pity party". There is an old saying, "Hell is sitting around thinking about yourself". Your art work is absolutely GLOWING! What an amazing skill you possess. I did not see the speed version of the fish with the dry to wet, but perhaps that is elsewhere or yet to be published. (Edit - I just found the video, and don't know how I missed it.)I have been using solely watercolor for many years, and do find the Derwent to be an excellent product. However, pencils are quite labor intensive. The Caran d'Ache palette is a bit helpful. Perhaps I am not experienced enough with this new medium, but I find that even when I make sure all of the pigment is activated by water, it still will reactivate a wee bit for glazing at times. The colors, while bright, had quite a drying shift and dried lighter. For me, it would be simpler (less labor intensive) to paint the BG instead of using pencil. Currently I am attempting a piece with a blurred BG in watercolor and autumn leaves as the foreground subject in Inktense. The results you have achieved are stunning.

Awe sorry to hear all this prayers 🙏 georgeous art love the vibrancy they're on my wish list thanks Harry

sorry for your family.. thanks for this review

Im praying for you and yours. Art is a great healer of broken hearts. Take care 💚💚

I’m pretty I’m the one that mentioned the colourless blender’s because that’s what I used in my colouring books, when I still have these. Edit: I used it for the colouring and stuff like that in my colouring book and colouring book pages tend to be thin, it kept the pages from buckling

I live in NZ where it is hard to get hold of the new pencils. I did order from the UK the brown / grey new ones as part of an order, and think they are the best addition to the current 72 set. I fan see a lot of uses for trees, rocks etc.

Thank you so much!

Thank you very much!

I kept alcohol wipes, and I used to send to clean off the end of my colourless blender. And then a spare sheet, to double check on. That’s how I recommended it when I did it in colouring books.

I'm very sorry for your loss 🙏

I love the inktense Colour, i have 72 set in pencil and 72 in blok.

Love you as always. But I gotta go now I’ll be back watch the rest of it after

Very sorry about your dad. The art will help. This was a wonderful review. I dont feel experienced enough to use mine.

Where could I purchase that palette please? Sorry to hear about your loss.

Condolences for your Uncle.

I think you might have a light balancing issue in this video. A lot of the bright colors like orange, red, yellow, show up weird and way too similar. Also your hands have that weird "glow" that people get when the light balance is off and skews orange. I have watched on three different devices with different settings, and I'm seeing the same thing from this video on each device.

@TheArtGearGuide

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the heads up, I’m not sure what more I can do though. I use Final Cut Pro which is a powerful editing software package and I use all the off setting tools on that to rectify things like saturation and white balance. I’m not sure if you are familiar with FCP but it’s pretty easy in that once you select a video clip and you go into your saturation, color and contrast settings, there is like a line graph which you just move the relevant saturation, color and contrast options util it is all flat and uniform. I’m sure there are more accurate and complex ways of editing within FCP but I’m just not competent enough to mess more indepthly. I must admit, I’m not a video editor nor am I a photographer, I’m just an ex soldier, creating and uploading videos to KZread in the hopes of helping someone. I’ve watched a few videos on KZread learning how to do basic video editing and photography, but I am a million miles away from being proficient at either. I wish I had the time to learn, but I run this channel on my own, so I do all the writing on my website, take all the images and edit them, record the videos, edit them and upload them, research the products, test them, creat art with the product, reply to questions, emails, run a home, with three demanding kids of which two live out but still might as well live with us given the demands. I’d love to create a professional set up in terms of video quality, but I’m just not bright enough to master the technical aspect of photography and video editing and all the lighting etc. thank you so much for the advice, I will certainly take everything you’ve mentioned into consideration next video and try to sort it and make it a bit better. Thank you so much for all the advice my friend.

I found your video most interesting and informative Can you guide me in how to purchase open source Inktense blocks….it is a new concept for me ….. I am ignorant about how you go about this …. I really liked your fish drawing

@TheArtGearGuide

3 ай бұрын

You could order directly from the Derwent Online Store or Amazon. Depending on where you live, Art Stores in the US like Blicks, Jerrys etc or Jackson’s here in the U.K. will have the blocks open stock as well.

@kristasee

3 ай бұрын

@@TheArtGearGuide Thank you so much for replying I live in Australia and do order from Amazon I will check out your suggestions

My condolences for you and your family. I love the Derwent Graphitint line, it is one of their few products I use. I'd love to have more of their products, but I cannot justify buying them at the prices they ask. They're overpriced. Perhaps one day I'll pick up these inktense in a sale, but for now I stick to watercolor pencils and ink from other companies that just offer more reasonable pricing.

I’m sorry you’ve got so much going on in your life right now boo. I just wish you could have a whole bunch of happy days!

These Derwents are the ones I miss the most out of the whole collection of pencils that I ended up losing, because they didn’t just steal these. They stole all my derwents! All my graptinit pencils, So many. My caren cache lum (didn’t even get a chance to use them) my spectrum noir colour blend pencils they’re gone, the chameleon colour tones, all my fav pencils. Even my watercolour ones in graphitint my neocolors l and ll. Absolutely devastates me. Sad girl.

@jicolourist

8 ай бұрын

Wow sorry to read of your theft loss.

So sorry for you and for your family

Sorry for your situation.

My condolences ❤

My condolences on your father‘s passing.