Textile Screen Printing: Design and Print Your Patterns

Learn about Ana's career, discover how she started working with screen printing and pattern making, and hear about why she created her own studio, El Presente Perfecto. In addition, discover her main influences and go over the basic structure of the course.

Then, learn basic screen printing concepts and the main graphic resources used for this technique. See how to use basic colors and combine textures to create shadows. Build a mood board with your references and start working on your sketches.

With your ideas and sketches organized, begin developing the pattern design for your screen print, both manually and digitally by using Adobe Illustrator. Ana teaches you how to work with colors and experiment with your palette.

Get down to business and start the screen printing process. After organizing your materials, workspace, and paintings, begin the first stage of the process: preparing the canvas. Then, expose your screen to the light to record your drawing.

Finally, make the pattern’s repetitions one by one, using the continuous or "lyonesse" technique. Then Ana gives you some closing tips about how to use your printed fabric in different ways.