Akua Intaglio Water-Based Ink, 8-Ounce Jar, Carbon Black

Professional art materials for art submissions. Easy to wash off hands. Water soluble.

We got this for my son who likes to compete in a printmaking category for school. Last year, he used regular water based ink and kept having problems with it drying too fast to do a good job. This stuff was great! It doesn't dry right away which gave him plenty of time to be careful and even roll out multiple colors on his matrix before making the actual print. The only caution is that it stays 'powdery' after drying so it's a good idea to spray it with a fixative to avoid smudging.

Great product for doing Intaglio ink. Easy clean up and nice product for making art.

Works perfectly, nice black DARK pigments. Mix before using and your prints will come out great, but you gotta work fast. I successfully used this ink with damp papers, intaglio method, despite the ink being water based. Cleans off slabs well with regular cleaning products

The product works great but what a mess it creates!

This is how my ink arrived: completely bused open and soaking the envelope it was in. I actually love this ink, but am completely baffled that this seller found it appropriate to mail this way.

I like to do monotypes and these are superb as they are slow drying acrylic based pigments. they don't dry up quickly like acrylic paint allowing time to work them for an extended amount of time. they stay fluid so i can keep working on them until im ready to transfer the worked art to paper.

The color is nice. The ink is thick. It does not cure fast. It has been over 24 hours and still wet.