Derwent Inktense Paint Pan Travel Set | Review & Demo

[@moonram2569]

Hi, in my experience I find that Inktense looks very beautiful when applied in VERY thin washes and the layered. And this applies to pencils as well as blocks. Thanks for the review.

[@juststartingover2735]

Thank you for including mixing/blending in your demonstration. 👍

[@tattoolane1]

I've just bought them and used them and am totally in love with them. I don't use colouring books, I paint with watercolours. The colours layer beautifully once dry, and they are just so vibrant. I love them! Great to hear a Northern accent by the way.xxxxxx

[@lisathaviu1154]

I come at these from the opposite direction. I use watercolor sets, most of which I make myself from empty pans and tube watercolors. I have taken to fitting Inktense blocks into my watercolor tins. I usually include colors like sepia ink, payne's grey and iron green in order to paint my darks and base drawing, but I also include white for corrections and highlights.

[@Calliecuttlefishfan]

I have the watercolours, and I am OBSESSED with them. They work so well, and I have a really good pad for them!

[@miklosnemeth8566]

19:50 a very nice demonstration when warm blue is mixed with yellow. The warm blue has some red pigments snd thats the reasont it produces a muted green. The same mix is very easy to make with pencils either in multiple ways.

[@patriciaschoenberg1261]

I like that you used them on a Hannah Lynn book so that we can see how they work on that paper. I am thinking of getting the blocks, though the little pans are very cute.

[@lockettodd6639]

Really enjoy your videos on product review, as you give everything a thorough and fair appraisal.

[@BeyondMyIntuition444]

HI Claire :) Wonderful review, this looks like a great painting kit! I really like this watercolor brush, looks just like a marker type of brush. I'm getting back into my art & painting again. I will try the Derwent watercolor pencils & this kit together for my projects!❤️

[@xiaofeibajie4158]

Gosh, testing colour swatches on a colouring book is a brilliant idea. ❤

[@MayBrox]

I got mine from Derwent's own web page, and I really love them. They wet so easily and you can blend some really nice colors. Only thing I have changed with this set, is to put in one small tube of skin color. Because I'm not good to mix skin colors myself yet. And sense I love to color humans, I kinda need it. But compared to other wc-set's I have, this is my favorite. Thank you so much for this video Claire :D

[@ShawNshawN]

Great explanation on your inktense video. I think I'll have to redo mine seeing yours. :) I like the idea of painting next to all the squares in a book so you have an idea of how the paint works on paper. Congrats! ... don't forget to get the white on the inktense blocks. That makes it even better. :)

[@allshallparish5235]

Coming from using a Koi set. I find it to be incredibly comforting to watch this review and be able to purchase the next step up in materials with complete confidence. Thank you very much for your review!

[@lo3551]

Great idea. As usual no shipping to Australia 😏. I’ll try amazon au. Once again a fabulous video Claire. You’re so easy to listen too and you give great reviews🙏🤗👏🌹

[@panther5031]

I'm in Australia and discovered the 24 set in my art shop just today 7 January 2021. I love Inktense so when I saw this for the 1st time and saw many different colours compared to my 72 Pencil set I just HAD to have it. Thank you for this very informative video Claire💙💜💙💜

[@laitae]

Thank you so much for this review, what a clever product! It would be nice if they gave the paints numbers that correspond with their standardised approach in the pencils. Hopefully they will start selling the replacement pans too!

[@snuuby5468]

I love the concept of having pencils in a pan. I was looking forward to being able to blend together like watercolor. PROBLEM these are not permanent like the pencils. I used them on watercolor paper and they reactivated just like watercolor paint. What a surprise !! Have you heard of this happening?

[@nikitea123]

Ohh so far this hasn't happened with mine unless I don't let them dry properly

[@jlm517rocks]

I noticed this on Paris paper for pens, 108#. Very smooth, great for brush pens and fine nib pens and the ink takes longer to dry as it sits on the paper longer rather being absorbed by the toothed watercolor paper. Same with hot press watercolor paper (which i prefer to cold pressed). Wait a bit, or use a heat gun if you're impatient. They won't move after 12-24 hours if air dried.

[@mooglemog_uWu]

Claire, my set just came the other day and the teal green and racing green were also swapped around like yours. Might be a mix up between how they set them up in the pans and the little paint swatches they give you? Just thought you'd like to know :) They are absolutely stunning though! I'm having so much fun playing with my set x

[@sannevintermoore]

Thanks for the great review. I got my set through Blick Art Materials here in the USA for $21.99 (It's now $24.49), so it can be found cheaper than on Amazon, yay! I still need to nerd around with them, but can't wait to see the difference from normal watercolors. Also, the Kiwi green is soooo lovely.

[@screamingmimi90]

Art Suitcase very helpful! Ty!

[@susanhoward7742]

Hi Claire great review. Would these be good for doing backgrounds?👏🏻👍.

[@susankievman642]

You can do something similar with the pencils. Scratch some color onto plastic frame the pencils and then use the waterbrush to paint or blend them

[@DemonKeeperArts.n.Crafts]

I'd love to get my hands on that pan set, it's absolutely lovely and perfect travel size.

[@DemonKeeperArts.n.Crafts]

It doesn't ship to the US from the UK, went and checked.

[@ColourwithClaire]

Oh no :( I’ll try and find another source

[@DemonKeeperArts.n.Crafts]

We can get them here through amazon US but they're a bit pricey

[@susankievman642]

I have most of the Inktense pencils but I have never seen the Ochre, Ultramarine, racing, kiwi or mango. Are those colors only in the blocks?

[@ColourwithClaire]

Yes I believe so

[@thepurplecat1714]

I think the sponge is to clean your brush when you are traveling so you dont have to bring a cloth to clean your brush

[@miklosnemeth8566]

That is true, but why not simply use a piece of tissue? 🤧 I wouldn't mess and make that nice sponge dirty. 😉

[@susananncherrysetter3902]

Really good tutorial, thanks for your time.

[@ozzymandi]

Very Nice and compact set of paints A good selection of usable colours. Highly saturated colours with great mixing capability and at a very reasonable price. A winner in my opinion.

[@silentprophecy013]

I bought this set thinking it was typical professional watercolors but I was pleasantly wrong. I had no idea what inktense was. Are these different then the color blocks or are you saying they are the same just cut up and used differently as paints? So say if I want to add colors to this I can buy inktense blocks and cut them up and use them like this?

[@janet3717]

I bought these from the Derwent shop in the Lake District back in March. I love them but really wish that a white had been included.

[@ColourwithClaire]

I agree xx

[@zendcreations]

Hello, Claire! Great review! The yellow sponge is to keep your paints moist. You wet it and leave it in the kit. I don’t use it, since the paints can run if too wet. Hope this helps. Have a great weekend! 💕

[@ColourwithClaire]

Huh, I would never have bought of that! X

[@donna1811]

Salina Z. W

[@Shiruvan]

wouldn't that adds likelihood for mold to grow inside if they're kept wet for too long?

[@cottonmouthxx7828]

I thought it was for cleaning off your brush when you wanna use another color! :)

[@sockwidowmaker]

This is a great review. Thought I'd add that you can blend the pencils , eg to make green. All you need is a Caran D'ache palette which has a textured side specifically for water activated pencils and it works fabulously. Hope you get a chance to try it. It's a great idea and love that its ink tense.

[@ColourwithClaire]

That sounds ideal! X

[@miklosnemeth8566]

... Or, you can simply use the top surface of the masking tape as pencil mixing palette. Surprisingly, the masking tape has a rough surface that takes enoughy pencil strokes.

[@susanhoward7742]

Oh eck you just answered my question, that will teach me to wait till the end of the video 😂

[@jillwiswall5386]

Very helpful review; thank you!

[@melissa61272]

Awesome review! Thanks.

[@eringaughn8082]

Thanks for the demo! Can you tell me how well the paints clean off the plastic palette? I know some watercolors stain plastic and was wondering if these do the same. Thank you!

[@thestourvalleysynthesizerc6543]

Hi, how would you compare these to Windsor and Newton Cotman sketch box set?

[@barbaralong5209]

Love the video wish they would make them in all the colors

[@hsteil]

Love Inktense....wish they had included white!

[@susankievman642]

What do you do with the white? I havent figured out how to use them

[@vidrovszki]

@@susankievman642 You can make pastel colours by mixing white with the others

[@ligaskirbauska8652]

Susan Kievman if you make any mistake you can cover it with white and later once it’s dry paint over.white is grate for highlights and so on.inktense white is permanent as ink once dried,don’t lifts as watercolour...best of whites for water media,if you ask me.just play around with it 😉

[@nikitea123]

Me toooo!!! I'm going to try using acrylic after I'm done to add highlights.. doubt it'll help with pastels though.. let me know if anyone's tried mixing separately/found a white that mixes nicely? Xo

[@jlm517rocks]

The second set has white.

[@sarahquilt6687]

I've never heard of these before. WOW!

[@mrupskirt]

Not that it is really that important but the Racing Green and Teal Green are reversed/switched....the Racing Green is the darker color. Love the video, well done!

[@nikitea123]

She said that.....

[@kiwimumx3]

aaah us kiwis, bright n fresh!

[@jaynegarrity8621]

Got the pencils and the blocks and love them but I think I'm going to add this to my stash x

[@ilustralilian_]

I’m really hoping that this product arrives here in Brazil soon. Procolour still haven’t arrived. We have to import. I don’t really like to import Derwent products because we do have the online store here, so they should be easily available. Not always. Afff...

[@muskndusk]

You could probably add extra pans in the area where the brush is; this would be useful for adding colours. At the time of posting this comment refills are available.

[@rosegesford6359]

Can the pans be purchased extra colors once the color is used?

[@karenb8152]

Since I don't have the inktense yet, I would like to ask if these colors are different from any of the colors in the other sets?

[@ColourwithClaire]

They all have different names but I'm not sure if the colours are the same...

[@moniiibelle]

there are 7 different colors here

[@suekrieg2033]

Thanks for your interesting videos

[@Geetakruti]

can it be used on fabric? and washable?

[@anncurran4704]

See the video "Detemined" on the A Colored Mind channel. She does a travel set from her Inktense sticks. Enjoyed your review. Mine came without a cap on the brush. Have contacted Dick Blick for a replacement.

[@miklosnemeth8566]

This was a great suggestion to see how to make a custom inktense pan. Or simply keep a couple of small blocks in the sponge compartment.

[@kaos_kase]

Do they dry chalky?

[@nikitea123]

Hahah my real and racing look to be switched too. Thanks for the heads up 😂

[@nikitea123]

Ohh I mean teal!!

[@rosegesford6359]

How do you purchase more pans once your color is gone.

[@Rossco7422]

You can now get refills for these on ebay :)

[@meldradriscoll228]

I never put the Inktense pencil right on my paper! I touch my wet brush to the pencil tip and paint just like I do with watercolors. That way I don’t have scribble marks on the paper. Just want you to know there is another way to paint with the pencils. I’ve been doing it this way ever since Inktense was made.

[@miklosnemeth8566]

Yes, its perfectly fine when you need a small amount of paint.

[@bardotte5757]

Would have been good to have left each half of the swatches the light colour on your first layer so we can see you can have Light and dark, otherwise great!

[@lryan1965]

Hi Claire, do you know if these are available from anywhere else that will ship internationally? Amazon won't ship to Australia anymore and I desperately want this. Thanks for the great review xo

[@ColourwithClaire]

www.myshopping.com.au/ZM--1341679662_Derwent_Inktense_Paint_Pan_Travel_Set That's the only link I can find x

[@lryan1965]

you are amazing tyty xo

[@camamaja]

Just stumbled on this and wow, yours came with a complete brushpen The one in mine did not have a cap on it... wierd

[@ColourwithClaire]

How odd!

[@sugarcandy243]

I think that's what the sponge is for - so you don't need a towel or rag with you while traveling. Is mango a color in the inktense pencils? I don't remember it being a color in the 72 set..or maybe it's the sun yellow or something with a different name.

[@ColourwithClaire]

I need to compare them but they do have different names x

[@artycraftyalchemy]

My greens were switched when I got them too lol, we must have got a oops batch...

[@artycraftyalchemy]

Also something you didn't mention is there are 5-6 new colours in the pan set, Mango, Dark Plum, Mid Ultramarine etc

[@JMHaleSeattle]

Fun ty!

[@nikitea123]

Ohh also.. mine cost me $46.00 Australian for the kit (pretty expensive)

[@susankievman642]

20 quid. What is that in US dollars?

[@ColourwithClaire]

About $25

[@Angelwrites]

20 squids

[@TheRaccoonYT]

The sponge is to wipe the brush

[@bobbig.793]

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[@cookiegiblin6856]

Nibe

[@DreamItCraftIt]

Hahaha

[@scooterkev6978]

As a watercolour painter i got to say they look awful. Buy student watercolour paint instead.

[@abbyherrmann227]

You made a woman and a bird.