Derwent Inktense for Beginners: Avoid these 3 common mistakes

Having trouble with Derwent Inktense? I'll show you how to tackle three common beginner's mistakes in this video: overloading pigment, visible lines and streaks, and not letting things dry.
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[@marszenka]

I love inktense but have made all of these errors to varying degrees. Excited to try them again with some new knowledge! Thank you!

[@DanielOliveira-lk3tg]

This is a useful video for using correctly any watercolour pencils!

[@AlexBoonArt]

Thank you 😊

[@petercane6376]

Your work and books that are all hand done is a great inspiration.
All the nice hand writing to describe the nature you have captured with artistic beauty.
These books are priceless. I so love your work.
Thank you for sharing.

[@AlexBoonArt]

Thank you very much for such a lovely comment 🙂

[@sarahlucas1999]

I bought some more inktense pencils today. I'm slowly building up my collection. I've not used them yet but I have made the mistake with watercolour of not letting an area dry before adding a new colour. A mistake I'll be aware of while using inktense.
Thanks for the tips :)

[@AlexBoonArt]

Nice! Yeah, it is just like watercolour in that respect, really worth being that extra little bit patient 😊

[@MFSG67]

Many thanks! You reminded me to use my 36 pk. Inktense. Love your videos. Watching from New Zealand.

[@AlexBoonArt]

Brilliant, hope you enjoy them! 😊

[@deborahmeyers551]

Although I love watercolours and most of my work is watercolours I love your videos 😊

[@AlexBoonArt]

Thank you for watching 😊

[@snowpony001]

Great tips for beginners like me. Thank you

[@AlexBoonArt]

You're welcome! 😊

[@rumpeltyltskyn]

I’ve never heard of these style of pencils. I’m not great with watercolor but there seem like an extremely appealing middle ground between watercolor and something like markers, which I prefer. I love that you can layer without the colors reworking.

[@AlexBoonArt]

They definitely are, they suit me much better than watercolour. Might be worth a try for you 😊

[@Midgy21747]

I've definitely overloaded and given up because I don't like the intense colours (I know they are called inktense for a reason! Thanks for the useful video.

[@AlexBoonArt]

You're welcome - they can be made very soft and subtle when you know how 😊

[@jenihansen7201]

beautiful job in teaching. Thank you.

[@AlexBoonArt]

You're welcome 🙂

[@louisea966]

thanks i love my inktense pencils

[@AlexBoonArt]

Glad to hear that, thanks for watching 😊

[@marykbarendse-adams7104]

I think I have made each of those mistakes, but no more… yes I would like to learn more, please let me know when you have any new U-tube videos.

[@AlexBoonArt]

I don't think I can let you know exactly, but you can subscribe and hit the notification bell, then RUclips will notify you 😊

[@maryfeist8080]

Thanks.

[@user-cj6yw5fu4l]

Thanks, great tutorial 🎉

[@AlexBoonArt]

Glad it was helpful! 😊

[@cmeblu75]

Wax bloom when using the pencils for final details…there’s a shine like with colored pencils and it doesn’t look right. How to avoid that issue?

[@AlexBoonArt]

Hmm, well I never use them without water as I don't really think that is what they are intended for. If I were to add final details in a pencil, I would probably opt to do it in Procolour or another dry wax coloured pencil 😊

[@ClaireKenyon]

which waterbrush do you recommend ?

[@AlexBoonArt]

I prefer the Arteza ones but watch this space as next month's planned video is all about water brushes 😃