SpeedballArt 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.

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

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.

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.

Easy printmaking ink for kids. Washed of tables and plates with water. Be careful with clothing and wear an apron.

This dye works great. Good consistency and does the trick. It’s a loose dye so you have to be careful not to use too much. Would recommend!

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