How Do You Make A Hand-Drawn Positive For Exposure Onto A Silk Screen?
Drawing on Mylar can yield greater detail and can result in a greater range of expression than drawing directly onto a silk screen. Have a photo emulsion-coated silk screen ready for exposure. Choose any of the following methods or combination of methods to create original art for silkscreen printing. Select a transparent material such as Mylar (use plain Mylar if you’re using a greasy drawing medium); a frosted Mylar or Lexan (this is bumpy, so is good for tonal work); wet-media acetate (best with ink); or a translucent drawing vellum. Place photographs, photocopies or other appropriated materials underneath your transparent material as a guide, if you wish. Choose a drawing tool: materials that work well and are very expressive are any kind of grease pencil (a No.1 litho crayon is perfect); Conte crayon; undiluted india ink with brush, pen and ink (as long as the line work is not too fine); black Prisma pencil (effective on frosted Mylar with a heavy tooth for shading); and virtually
