Cathy Hull

Blackberry pink, seven colour screen print. The colours are intuitive, the print dictates what colours to use. Composed of sponge marks and brush marks. Part of a series of four prints.

Seven colour screen print composed of thick and thin brush strokes and sponge marks. Windows of transparent colour to view the layer beneath.

Some images showing process and colour mixing. Printed at the wonderful Sonsoles in Peckham as always.

Seven colour screen print, continuing the theme of playing with transparent and opaque colours. Starting to build a core colour palette for my prints but wanting to introduce new colours while maintaining a harmony.

Lime green tangerine, five colour screen print on 310gsm Southbank smooth.

Dirty orange pink, six colour screen print on 300gsm Somerset satin.

Burnt red blue, five colour silkscreen print, printed on 300gsm Somerset satin white.

Raspberry blue olive green, seven colour screen print, printed on 300gsm Somerset satin white.

Indigo magenta, seven colour screenprint, printed on 300gsm Somerset satin white.

Indigo magenta alternate, seven colour screenprint, printed on 300gsm Somerset satin white.

Colour triptych

How each layer is built. Slowly with care and focus.

The silkscreen process. The exposed screen is taped up and secured onto the press. All edges are taped to avoid any unwanted ink onto the paper. Beautiful raspberry blue waiting to be printed.

The starting point for my silkscreen prints, acrylic brush marks, oil pastel scribbles and drawn line images. The marks are random and often I don’t know how these will work together. The marks are scanned and then brought into photoshop. I will spend hours arranging and re arranging them until they click together. Colour is really important in my prints so I spend time making sure that the colours harmonise. I create a colour visual that I will use as a guide when mixing the colours. The next step is to isolate each layer that is to be used in the print, clean them up and then send off for acetates.