New Solo Show at frameshop in OTR

Walls of Cincinnati: New Works in Watercolor Monoprints and Serigraphs by Billiter Studio

CINCINNATI, OH - 

"Walls of Cincinnati," a show of new monoprints and serigraphs by Billiter Studio, 
opens May 27th from 6-10pm at frameshop, 1317 Main Street.

On Final Friday the walls of frameshop will be adorned with the beautiful façades of our Queen City. “The Walls of Cincinnati: Monoprints and Serigraphs” by James Billiter Studio features articulate, illustrated renderings of Cincinnati’s landmarks. These landmark art prints are a combination of monoprint originals featuring watercolor dyes as well as affordable handprinted, limited-edition screen prints. Frameshop will be complimenting these elaborate art prints with exquisite and unique framing using a variety of heritage materials. Aside from the framed originals, a variety of frame-ready screenprints will be available, ranging in prices from $10 to $50.

For more information visit the event page https://www.facebook.com/events/279904965679057/

Four Color Screenprinting Techniques

This is Aaron Kent's, the owner of Cincinnati's DIY Printing, approach to four color printing:
Yellow first, straight from Magenta, adding 20% transparent extender base Cyan, adding 30% trans 80% trans, with black
Prefers a halftone of 35 frequency for 230 mesh screen

I have been going at it this way, I add 50% transparent extender base to magenta and cyan. I heard that if your image is blue or green in overall tonality, print cyan third — if it's warmer or redder, print magenta third. I tried to print yellow first once — but it was hard to register second color through the yellow mesh.

I've been also preferring 30-35 dpi, I think I printed a smaller 8x10 print at 50dpi. I think a 50dpi on a 18x24 print would be very inconsistent.

Angles of colors:
Cyan 80 degrees
Yellow 105 degrees
Magenta 20 degrees
Black 50 degrees

I don't start at 45 degrees because it creates angles the eye can pickup.