Speedball Art Products Company Water Soluble Block Ink

Im new to linocutting & printing so wanted to get a smaller bottle to ensure I'd use it all before investing in different colors. Its nice & smooth - no clumps! However, it dries really fast! Prints come out nice as well. As a beginner this great for small test runs til you get the hang of the hobby.

I highly recommend this ink for anyone trying block printing for the first time. I was impressed by how little I needed in order to cover a substantial area- I imagine it could even be watered down to stretch it further, and this may even be desired in order to spread it further and manipulate the resulting texture.

Usually speedball is perfect. Have been using it for 45 years. This one was very sticky and made uneven prints with raised, splotchy ink balls. Trial and error to thin it out.

Black, thick sticky ink. Brayer use a must. Easy clean up tho.

This printing ink has been great for my daughter's project. Not only is it incredibly easy to clean ['cause is water soluble] but it makes all her work to look really clean and well-printed. She used it with Rubber Stamp Carving Blocks and it adapts to the paper's texture very well. It dries fast and the ink doesn't run when you pass your fingers over it. I took a couple of pictures of her work using this ink for you to see. Most of the textures where caused by the stamp and the different types of paper actually. The ink has a matte finish as well. A little bit of the ink is just right to printing a tons. I would also recommend to get an rubber roller to smooth out the ink before using it. By the way, using too much ink can cause the finish of the art to not be as clean as it should.

As described

I found this ink to dry out far too quickly to be useful. By the time I roll it out, get a good amount on the impression source (linocut), then it is almost dried out. You have to move very quickly to use this. To use this link you really need to use some sort of paint conditioner to lengthen the work time available. At least cleanup is easy.

Too light for print making. You’d need to use a black paper sheet. Or stamp a darker color down first then this color on top to be able to see it. Kind of disappointing