Screen Printing on Paper
A course by BarbaGraphic Designers and Screen Printers
A course by Barba, Graphic Designers and Screen Printers
Create a screen printing workshop in your home and make your first poster
Graphic designers Bea and Albert are better known as Barba—a creative studio and manual screen printing workshop specializing in printing on paper. In addition to designing, they love nothing more than endlessly researching and experimenting with printing.
In this online course, learn what screen printing is, how it works, and how to set up your own home workshop, as well as all the materials and tools you need to get started. Explore this creative technique to get a variety of different results and see how to correctly prepare your design for screen printing!
What will you learn in this online course?
12 lessons & 17 downloads
Work space
2 minutes, 31 seconds
Emulsified and insolated space
1 minute, 40 seconds
materials
5 minutes, 54 seconds
The photolith
2 minutes, 48 seconds
Exploring the possibilities of screen printing
7 minutes, 36 seconds
Design and preparation of the photolith.
15 minutes, 42 seconds
What's included in this course?
Your teachers start the course by telling you more about their work and biggest influences.
Moving on, look at how to assemble a workspace then all the materials and utensils needed to screen print. Bea and Albert show you some of the different possibilities offered by the technique, then take you through your design creation and preparing the color palette and the screen.
Wrap up the course by printing your design in two colors on paper for the final exercise, then clean the tools and learn how to dry your finished work.
What is this course's project?
Make your own screen print on paper: an A4 poster in two colors with an inspiring phrase to liven up your walls.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone interested in printing techniques and who likes to work with their hands.
Requirements and materials
You don't need any previous screen-printing experience to take this course. If you want to set up your own workshop, you'll need a space in which to do so, as well as the materials required to work on the technique, which your teachers explain throughout the course.
Reviews
- 2 months ago
Excelente
- 6 months ago
me encanto
- 7 months ago
El contenido es introductorio pero de gran valor y bien explicado
- 9 months ago
A fun course. I learned a new skill.
- 11 months ago
Válido para iniciar nesta área.
Content
- U1
We start
- Who we are and what we do
- References
- U2
Workspace and materials
- Work space
- Emulsified and insolated space
- materials
- U3
The photolith and possibilities of screen printing
- The photolith
- Exploring the possibilities of screen printing
- U4
The stamping and its tricks
- Design and preparation of the photolith.
- Emulsified and insolated screen
- Preparation of the screen and color
- Stamping and registration of the two colors
- Final piece. Cleaning and recovered
- FP
Final project
- Screen printing on paper
What to expect from a Domestika course
Learn at your own pace
Enjoy learning from home without a set schedule and with an easy-to-follow method. You set your own pace.
Learn from the best professionals
Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.
Meet expert teachers
Each expert teaches what they do best, with clear guidelines, true passion, and professional insight in every lesson.
Certificates
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Get front-row seats
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Share knowledge and ideas
Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.
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FAQs
Manual screen printing is a printing technique that transfers images or designs onto paper and other surfaces using a screen and ink. It’s perfect for creating artwork, posters, limited editions, and experimenting with graphic compositions.
This course is designed for people with basic knowledge of art or graphic design, but no prior screen printing experience is needed. All steps and materials are explained from scratch, making it ideal for self-taught learners and those wanting to set up their own studio.
You’ll need a screen, squeegee, inks, hinges or clamps, photosensitive emulsion, a work table, cleaning supplies, and paper or another printing surface. The course provides a detailed materials list and homemade alternatives.
You’ll learn the entire screen printing process on paper: from creating and separating images, setting up your workspace and screen, making photoliths, coating with emulsion, color registration, manual printing, to reclaiming the screen.
The course guides you on how to adapt a small home space into a screen printing studio, organizing a work table, emulsion area, exposure station, cleaning zone, and drying racks. Compact, ergonomic solutions for tight spaces are recommended.
A photolith is an opaque image on acetate or tracing paper used to transfer the design onto the screen. You’ll learn both DIY and professional methods to create photoliths, adjust opacity, and achieve great results.
The course teaches how to separate a design’s colors into different layers, create a photolith for each color, and manually register them so all colors line up perfectly in multi-color prints.