So the other day I was given the option to screen print my cat riding the penny farthing. I decided to take this opportunity with open arms as I have yet to experience this form of printmaking. It has been a medium that I have been wanting to experiment with for some time now.
Firstly I watched this Youtube clip in order to get a grasp on the technique.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee_8IMx0uMo
I then had to decide weather I wanted to use one or more colors. I decided that I wanted to use black for the drawing and a background color that I am yet to decide on. Ideally I would like to print my work upon brown paper but I shall have to enquirer whether this will fit in with the briefing requirements.
Each color has to be printed using a different screen so I had to divide my image up into layers, using black where I want the color to be. Therefore the picture displayed is for my background color.
I am going to partake in a screen printing workshop tomorrow so will let you know how I get on. If it does not come out to a high enough standard then i shall simply create my image as an illustration.
1 comment:
Fuck, Rosie, that looks so good. As always. Well done!
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