Wow, that looks gorgeous!
PS: you do a great job of passing the words along... :-D

I decided to try coloring with Inktense pencils after quilting on this practice piece. I colored with the pencils and then used water on my brush. I think the W&N batting absorbed some of the water, so there was very little bleeding.

Looks great to me.

Looks great to me.

That is so beautiful! I would like to try your method. Is there somewhere that I can maybe find a turorial? It would be so great, if you could add one to the message board with the other tutorials.
If you can tell me how to find info on the process, I would be so grateful.
Karen

I'm still getting inspired by this thread!
My printmaking class is over in two days. It's been very intense but very satisfying. I can really see where I can combine this with quilting. Had weekend plans that just fell through so am going to play, then.

beautiful

I'm hoping to put the info together soon, so it will be in one post. Scan through previous pages in this topic to see related websites.

Sew glad you will be doing this. I have edit/copied everything in this thread into a Word document for my own tutorial. You have given us such great info. Thanks!

PS: got my pencils, just need to find the time to sit down and work on this.

This was colored by a boy going into sixth grade.

Love the parrot. Of the two methods you have shown, I think I prefer coloring first and then sandwich/quilting. But, maybe when I try it I might use different approaches for differing affects. :-D

I made these Artist Trading Cards (ATC) using Inktense pencils for a swap in my Art + Quilt study group. We have a year's worth of studying Lyric Kinard's Art + Quilt book.

Artist Trading Cards are the size of a playing card 2.5" x 3.5". I used a Micron Pigma black pen last after coloring, applying gel, ironing, washing, drying, and ironing again. I am going to be trying the Pentel Gel Roller Pen for Fabric when I receive my order in the mail this week.

Most of these cards were done in the Zentangle style.

http://www.zentangle.com
http://www.tanglepatterns.com

This quilt was colored by a neighbor girl going into sixth grade. The leaves in the upper left corner were colored after quilting and activated with water.

Jane-
Your artist cards look like they could have been block printed! They are truly wonderful. I'm wondering if I could print over the colored pencil.
Also, the children's work (as I think I've said before) is so creative. You've done such a nice thing by offering this experience for them. What a confidence builder for a preteen or teen or whatever age!
Thanks again for sharing these with us.

Hi Jane, I have been admiring and studying the tree frog. Wow!

I wanted to ask if the following is how this was done.

1. colored the frog with the Inktense pencils and let dry
2. applied aloe vera gel and let dry
3. quilted
4. colored the leaves
5. brushed water on them and let dry

Then, did you cover that layer with aloe vera?

Your quilting really sets everthing off. I love it.

We searched for images of frogs on the web. This one was saved to the desktop and then cropped/resized for 8.5 x 10.75. It was printed in color (use grayscale to save ink) and traced lightly onto fabric with a regular pencil using a light box (can use a window). A white fabric eraser (Hancock's or Jo-Ann's) is used for mistakes. The frog is colored with the dry Inktense pencils which are permanent. Clear aloe vera gel which activates the color but prevents bleeding is applied with a fabric brush. It dries quickly. I heat set the ink using pressing cloths on front and back. I wash the fabric until the slippery gel is gone under a small amount of water in a cake pan. It dries and is pressed again. I quilt it. Color was needed in the quilted leaves, so the pencils were used to add more color. Then water was added to the leaves by using a slightly moist brush (tap once on scrap fabric to remove some water). A moist brush to the tip of a pencil can take some color to add to a few drops of water to get the desired shade. This can then be brushed onto the leaves.

I printed over the color with the black pen AFTER gel was added, dried, heat set, and washed off. I tried black before adding gel, but the gel slightly affected the black ink.

I've enjoyed working with the kids. I guess I miss my classroom days. The girl who made the frog said, "I didn't know it would turn out this good." She and her mom "had" to rush to Michael's last night to buy a plastic stand-up picture frame, so her frog could have a sleeve to fit over the frame.

Jane, there is one thing I don't understand with the Inktense pencils. All of the sites I have researched say you have to use a textile gel of some sort in order to make the color permenant. In your explaination of the tree frog I didn't see any mention about it.

So is the Inktense pencils permenant with only a heat set?

Thanks for the help.

I love this - gorgeous!

I don't want to answer for Jane, but if I remember correctly from all of her previous posts, she uses plain aloe vera gel in place of the textile gel.

The Derwent Inktense pencils are made of ink which is permanent after becoming wet and then allowed to dry. Water works great if you can control the amount of water in the brush. (Use different sizes of brushes and stroke from the middle towards the edges. Tap the brush on scrap fabric before brushing to remove some water.) Aloe vera gel is a moistening agent which will not bleed. Fabric medium will not bleed and can also be thinned to use to wet the ink, but I think it leaves the fabric a little stiff. I haven't used it enough to really critique it. I don't think you need to heat set the work after it's dry when using water or gel, but I have done it "just in case." : )

Description from the company...
Inktense - Pencil to ink in just one wash.
Pen and ink offers strong, intense colour combined with a translucent effect. Now you can enjoy these distinctive qualities in an easy to use pencil. Inktense has a highly blendable texture and comes in a range of 71 jewel-like colours, plus a non-soluble outliner which allows you to draw outlines that are permanent, even when water is applied. Apply pure, vibrant dry colour then wash the pigment out completely to leave an ink-like effect. Once dry, the colour is permanent and can be worked over with other media. The possibilities are endless, the results stunning.

http://hubpages.com/hub/Secrets-for-...olored-Pencils

It is totally gorgeous. i love changing fabric

Keep up the great work, Jane!
Makes me wonder if I'll find some kind of setting with kids after I retire. Our plan is for me to teach for the next four years. I think it's going to go by fast.

I've never heard of doing this looks like fun

Thanks Jane for your reply

I have just posted a tutorial summarizing the basic content of these posts at the following website:

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-140040-1.htm#3777162

I hope this is beneficial to those of you who are interested.

Please add comments about your experiences using these pencils and your quilts resulting from their use on that site.

Let's learn together how to use this tool in our quilting.

Jane Knapp

Love it. I have some of those Inktense pencils, won them in a magazine comp. Might have to use them now. :thumbup:

WOW Beautiful!!

cool.

How would this technique with the watercolor pencil work on T Shirts, has anyone tried it.

I haven't tried this on clothing, but I would use the Inktense pencils for permanent color if I did.

This picture is not a lily. It is a daylily. Lily flowers last for more than 1 day. Daylily flowers only last 1 day. For more information on daylilies check this website: www.daylilies.org

Thanks for correcting me.

My tutorial on the website given in a post above was deleted, because website addresses were included. I will post it in full here.

Go to this site for the tutorial without website addresses:

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-140660-1.htm

Here is the Derwent Inktense Pencils on Fabric Tutorial.

Where did you buy the Derwent Inktense colored pencils? Local store or an online site?

Download the tutorial at the bottom of page 21 for information regarding product purchasing.

I ordered my pencils (72) from Dickblick.com at 50% off and free shipping. You can order single pencils there, too.

My Michael's store carries a set of 12 and 24.

I purchased mine online at Dick Blick's Art Supplies. But, check Michael's, Hobby Lobby and Amazon. Prices and set sizes vary a lot. At Dick Blick's I was able to order single pencil colors to add to my set of 24 pencils. :-D

Thanks, I just bought a set of 12 at Michael's. If I want more, I'll prob. go to Dick Blick. I'm anxious to try these out on a current project.

Great!

After having used my pencils and seeing some youtube videos, I am going to also order some of the Derwent Inktense Color Blocks. NOW, if I only had a million dollars!

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