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| © linda germain 2012 love birds screen ready for screen filler |
I wish I had a thermofax machine, but since I do not I try other ways to make screens for mixed media printmaking. I am getting better at the drawing fluid method. It is good for simple line drawings.
- transfer your drawing on to the screen with a pencil
- “Paint” the pencil lines with drawing fluid
- let the Fluid dry – speed up with hair dryer
- With a squeegee, pull a bead of screen filler over the whole drawing. You don’t want to be able to see through your screen. If you can see light through the screen, then allow to dry and pull another thin layer of screen filler over the image.
- Allow filler to dry
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| ©2012 linda germain 5.5″ x 4.5″ love birds card |
- gently rinse out the blue drawing fluid
- The goal is to have screen filler everywhere except when the drawing fluid is. And the blue fluid is water soluble so it starts to dissolve the more you squeegee the screen.
Now you have a screen ready to print with. For more instructions. Or a dick blick video
Happy Printing!
Post by Linda Germain
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Your passion for printmaking shows through in each of your blog posts! Thanks for the info and the video link.
you are very welcome!
Linda – have you ever tried the “photo-ez” screens? I’ve been considering them as an alternative to thermofax.
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SarahS – I have not tried them, but they look like a good option. If you try it I would like to see your results and application. Happy Printing