Over the weekend, I prepared the first screen of my next print and shot some photos and video to make a process video . . . which I don’t know how to do (yet), so stay tuned for that! While making the screen, I learned something valuable: if your screen filler is chunky, let it go and move on. I had been using the same, somewhat-old screen filler for a few years because I like to use everything up until it dies, but it was chunky and really difficult to paint with. I happened to have a fresh container waiting in the wings, and what a difference! Lesson learned: it’s worth your time, your sanity, and your cleanly painted lines to toss the chunky screen filler and move on to a fresh container. (I might strain the old container.)

I’m off to learn how to make a video . . .

A fresh container of screen filler sits next to an old, chunky container of screen filler