Intro to Screen Printing

Join us for a dynamic 4-week workshop exploring the art of screenprinting on both paper and textiles. This versatile technique allows you to create stunning, high-quality prints and is perfect for beginners eager to learn the fundamentals of silk screening.

Through hands-on experience, you’ll become familiar with essential tools and techniques, mastering the process of creating a series of prints. The course uses water-based inks, which are easy to clean and ideal for continuing your practice at home. Whether you’re a designer, artist, or simply curious, this workshop is designed to help you build a strong foundation in screenprinting.

The workshop begins with one-color prints and hand-drawn designs, offering an introduction to the medium and its possibilities. As the course progresses, you’ll experiment with photographs and digitally manipulated imagery, advancing your skills and producing a unique series of original screenprinted artworks.

Classes meet on Thursdays over four weeks, totaling 10 hours of instruction. Upon completion, participants will qualify to book unassisted studio time in our screenprinting facilities during designated hours.

All consumable supplies are provided, though we will also review the different kinds of paper available for those who want to create archival prints.

At the end of the 4 classes, students will collectively look at the work produced and discuss technical and conceptual successes, skills learned, and future goals.

Classes Breakdown

Class 1:

• Demo Coating screen
• Demo Burning screen
• Demo printing on paper
• Students will coat screens.
• Students will work on design + burn screen.
• Homework: Send photo to be printed in class

Class 2:

• Intro to photographic manipulation of imagery (photoshop demo)
• Students coat screens
• Students will print designs from previous class
• Students will burn photographic image into screen.
• Students will layer 2nd image into first
• Homework: Students consider an edition of prints in multiple colors

Class 3:

• Demo multi-colored prints
• Demo registration techniques
• Print/make new designs
• Coat screens/ clean screens
• Prepare screens for final class

Class 4:

• Show images of screenprinted artwork examples
• Students will print final edition of prints.
• Students will reclaim their screens
• Pin up best work – talk about it.

About the Instructor:
Matthew Forehand is a painter and printmaker based in Miami, Florida. His art reflects a unique perspective, often patchworking elements of nature and the environment from his family home in Colombia And South Florida. He began studying art in his hometown of Pensacola, and later transferred to The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Matthew is currently a resident artist at Oolite Arts and has also had a residency at Ox-Bow School of the Arts in Saugatuck, Michigan. He has exhibited his work at Sullivan Galleries (Chicago, IL), Oolite Arts (Miami Beach, FL), and had a solo exhibition at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood (Hollywood, FL).