Printing Black

The photo on the left shows drawing fluid that has been painted onto the screen for the black stencil. You can see pencil lines on the screen for the dark red squares that will be on the finished print. You are able to see the screen filler that I had painted on the screen for the dark red stencil in the earlier post.
After I completed the drawing fluid, checked it for pin holes and let it dry, I spread screen filler over the image - let that dry - washed out the drawing fluid - let it dry and I was ready to print with black Speedball Textile screen printing ink. It will cover both reds completely.

Black printed over reds

The photo on the left shows black ink printed over the two reds. If you click on the photo you will see it more clearly. The darker red shows in in the four squares and the lighter red is around the edge of the image.

The photo below is of black printed alone.

This will be a true reduction print - often called a suicide print - because you can never go back once you have started printing. Reduction refers to the fact that the stencil gets smaller each time you work on it. The next post will show the finished print with four colors. Two reds, black and green.

Black alone