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Screen printing offers many creative ways to develop editions of artworks. In this one-day workshop you will learn a key screen printing technique –  how to create photo stencils. This is a hands on session that will take you through the whole process and arm you with tips to get the best results.

With this technique you make a stencil using a photographic process. Marks can be textured or clean line, large blocks of colour or fine detail. The original artwork is created in black and white, and the stencil can be printed in a single colour or a gradient of colours.

About the course:

The day begins with discussion of the process, and screen printed examples, to see the range of marks that you can reproduce with screen print design and learn some of the pitfalls to avoid. No experience is necessary, the class is suitable for beginners, and those wanting to refresh their screen printing skills.

We’ll take a break for lunch (there are cafes and shops nearby) and hot drinks are available all day.

After taking this course, participants can book our open access sessions to continue working with the equipment in our screen printing studio. To develop your skills further, we offer one to one training in screen printing, and we occasionally schedule a second day class.

Artwork

You can either bring along artwork to use, or create / copy something on the day. The general rule for screen printing is to use clear black and white line art with good contrast, and avoid grey tones and shading. If you choose a photograph to work with it will need to be processed to more of a contrasty photocopy style. The dark areas should be as black as possible on inkjet print outs. You can bring along images on a memory stick, or print outs at A3 size (or two images at A4). If you don’t have your own design to work with, you can pick something from the studio’s design library with hundreds of illustrated and vintage books. Drawings with black Indian ink or chinagraph pencil on thin (80gsm) paper also work well with the screen printing process.

Booking

To book a course, please:

• pay online with cards / Paypal (click on a date at the top of this page)
• or pay by cash or cards in person at Intra Arts
• or request an invoice for payment by bank transfer

If you have any questions about the course or payment, please call or send us an email.

Cancellations

Please give us as much notice as possible if you are not able to come to a course that you have booked. If you cancel with seven or more days notice, we will reschedule or refund your booking. For cancellations less than seven days before the workshop date – we may be able to offer you a re-booking subject to availability on future classes. Please note that we have to cover space costs, preparation and tutor fees, and if you cancel last minute we still have to pay for these in order for the course to run for the other participants.

Tags:

Silkscreen course, screen printing class, Medway, North Kent, Rochester, Chatham, learning printmaking