Falling in Art Water-Soluble Block Printing Ink, 6-Color Printmaking Ink Set for Linoleum Block, 3.5 floz

I had a hard time finding block printing ink that wasn't super expensive and water soluble. This set is great quality and good value. I was worried about cleaning but it comes off the brayers and tables easily with water. The ink itself is also the right consistency and it doesn't bleed into other areas of the print.

Purchased this for a printmaking class. When I first opened it I was worried because the ink looked thicker than I was used to. I asked the instructor and she said it should work fine. She was right. We did linocut, acrylic etchings, gelatin prints and a few other things. All were successful. In fact several other students from the class asked to borrow my ink because they noticed better results with it. My instructor even made a note to recommend this ink to future students because of it's good value and good results. I noticed several other reviews commented that it was difficult to dry. I can understand that criticism because it is thicker than other ink I have used before. It would take longer to dry. But the results are beautiful. If you don't need it to dry quickly this is not a problem. Would highly recommend! Already bought another batch.

Muy buenas, un poco secas pero como son solubles lo podré solucionar con agua

This ink seemed okay upon first using it. However, it quickly became apparent after the first few days that it simply was not drying. I waited to see if it would start to dry in the sun, and gave it a couple weeks for that. At this point, most areas were still tacky, and some straight up were still wet. I can confidently say that after 5 months, we got to a place where the ink was not transferring to other objects if they touched, but a few places were still tacky. And lo and behold, after I have now glued the prints I made down to a backing after all of that time, everywhere the glue has even slightly touched on the back side of the print made the ink wet again on the front side. I bought these to save some money for a project, and I 110 percent should have just purchased a higher quality ink to do my project with to save a massive amount of time and headaches.

Perfect for a children’s example: roll out color, press paper to imprint. Stop printing and Immediately go wash everything because it is now to dry to use any further. Largest successful imprint on mulberry Rice paper: one 3inch by 5inch imprint. You cannot move fast enough to do two. At the rate of waste due to uncontrollable fast drying it turns out to be (predicted) three times the cost of high end oil-based professional ink. What a scam! What a waste.

Good quality and easy to use

I am loving this ink. So smooth and ink nicely on my roller. I like the thickness of the ink. Ink functions perfect being rolled on. I am happy with this purchase

Used for linocut.

I saw a review about how long it takes to dry, but honestly it does dry over night! Just take spoonful of the ink (can be less or more up to you) then use the roller to flatten the ink into a thick layer, add a spoonful of water to it, mix the ink with the water using a small spatula or something like the tool you use to ice a cake, then from there just by looking at it you can tell if you need more ink or a touch more water. As the product says it’s a water solvent so adding a touch of water can take out the thickness making it dry faster and apply better without losing the ink’s quality! Just don’t make it too watery like pen ink because then it may seep into the parts of your carving you don’t want to appear. I used a baking pan for the flat surface, a small container of water to easily get spoonfuls of water, a spoon, the icing tool, roller and other tools meant for this kind of art. Hope this helps!

The coverage of the paint is very good; however, the paint takes weeks to dry and even then it has a stickiness to it. Unfortunate as the colours blend well together. Had to return as all the pages stick together after printing and storing.

I seen a few review mentioning that the ink doesn't dry. Overall it is good ink, I found it’s best for porous materials meant to absorb it, such as canvas, or absorbent paper. The initial paper I used did not dry even after a week or so, however the canvas tote bags and sketch paper dried over night.

Contrary to what many people say, I really wasn’t satisfied with this product. It was very dry and even clumped on the brayer roller ,...