An alternate version of this print will also be feature in our up coming 2 person show Peaceable Kingdom: New Screenprints by Tim Gough & Greg Pizzoli. Opening Reception Saturday, September 18th 6-10pm at Masthead Print Studio 340 Brown Street Philadelphia, Pa 19123.

Greg and I created this print without and computers or long discussions. We showed up at the print studio did some sketches, rough drawings, cut some amberlith and 12 hours later we had a 4 color print. I wanted to share how we put this all together.

Thumbnails, and working on the full sized drawing.

We  started with some very simple thumbnails that help work out the composition and decided what kind of elements we be drawing in the final. From there we moved to a full size sheet and worked in timed 5 minute intervals drawing buildings and structures in our city landscape.

Tight Pencil Sketch

Above is the final pencil drawing. This would be our guide for blocking out color and creating layers for the final print.

Cutting Amberlith

Next we blocked out where our first color would sit in relation to the sketch we just finished.

First Color

Our first color was a split fountain. Which is a way to blend two colors in one pull. We used green ink at the top of the screen and blue at the bottom and when you pull them at the some time they create a subtle gradient.

Second Color

Our second color was drawing by hand on translucent mylar with brush and ink that we laid on top of our original sketch and added more details.

Third Color

We used amberlith again to mask out areas for our next color. While creating this layer we kept in mind that we would be using a transparent ink that when printed on top of another color would mix with the ink underneath that would give us an additional color with out having to actually print it.

Transperent inks

By printing with a transparent magenta we were able to create a purple color when ever it printed over our blue-green gradient.

Final Color

We once again used brush and ink on mylar to complete the final outline and bring all the layers we have been building up together.

The Finished Print

This was a great way to create a print. Being away from the computer screen and creating color separations by hand was a freeing experience. If you like this print and want to see more please check out our show in September.

Peaceable Kingdom:

New Screenprints by Tim Gough & Greg Pizzoli.

Opening Reception Saturday, September 18th 6-10pm

at Masthead Print Studio 340 Brown Street Philadelphia, Pa 19123.

I still have some of these in the shop for $22:

http://printliberation.com/blog/?author=26

I am happy to announce that along with fellow Philadelphian Mikey Burton, I am now part of the amazing pool of artists at Scott Hull Associates. Scott has great views and ideas on creativity and the illustration world. I recommend checking out his blog http://visualambassador.com/ or some of the audio interviews http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/2010/07/13/podcast-episode-42-creative-identity-w-scott-hull/ and http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/2010/04/20/artist-representative-scott-hull/

SHA recognizes two esteemed representatives from the great state of Pennsylvania

Tim Gough joins the SHA family from Philadelphia, bringing both brotherly love and a passion for silk-screen conceptual art. Tim melds images of spies and monstrous creatures with bursts of color and densely clustered patterns, creating dynamically rich works that are equally inspired by mid-century graphics and the screen-printing process itself. 

Tim has been working a designer/art director for various agencies and design firms for the past 8 years, but in 2007 he left the agency life behind to pursue illustration and art full time. His work can be be found in books, magazines, newspapers, and other ephemera nationwide and abroad. Tim also publishes a limited edition zine called “Cut and Paste” – a regular consortium of his various drawings and ideas – and frequently shows his illustrations and screen-prints in galleries and shows.

So far Tim has worked with The New York Times, Business Week, The Progressive, The Philadelphia Weekly, Nylon Magazine, Bust Magazine, Fast Company, Burton Snowboards, Poketo, Leo Burnett, Warner Bros. Records, and Urban Outfitters. And who knows? If you’ve got a need for some visually arresting, conceptually interesting and rough-textured art, your name could be next on that list.
An Ohio native, Mikey Burton proudly describes his design aesthetic as “Midwesterny” and draws much of his inspiration from artifacts found throughout the hardworking, blue collar Rust Belt: old type-specimen sheets, arcane equipment manuals, ancient textbooks, you name it. “I’m fascinated with how past designers had to come up with ideas and solve problems using limited resources,” Mikey says. “For instance, figuring out how two colors can work harder than four. It helps me get to better solutions myself.”

Mike worked hard and got to a BS/MA in Visual Communication Design from Kent State University, in addition to helping found Little Jacket Design. Since then he has worked with Wilco, The Sundance Channel, MTV2, Facebook, Spoon and Wired magazine, among others, and received awards from Communication Arts, Print, HOW, CMYK, Logo Lounge and recently Print’s New Visual Artist. Mikey now lives in sunny Philadelphia, where he enjoys the myriad culinary delights of his adopted hometown, and continues to nurture his lifelong obsession with bears, which are “so cute and lovable,” despite being “probably the most dangerous animals ever.”

Here is a little preview of my print that will be for sale at the Eating Dandelions show this Friday at Masthead Gallery. All the info is here.

Inspired by spaghetti westerns and mid-century print making. A four color print on tonal French paper. 16 x 21.5 in an edition of 30. Get it Here

“Masthead is a print studio and gallery for all things screenprinted and on paper. We aim our efforts at presenting artists that not only want to show their work, but will teach the community about their process.”

Here are some of the artists that will be showing:
Adam Smith Steven Speir Hilary White Andy Schulz Dan Judge Dan Hughes James Heimer Tim Gough JP Flexner Greg Pizzoli Elizabeth Janssen Dan Knapp Kevin Mercer Justin Miller Mike Wohlberg Edward Kelley Rob Leef StrawberryLuna Kyle Fisher

The infamous butt hole is now available as decoration for the walls of your home, available in 3 different colors. One color print on French Paper 11 x 14. Signed and numbered. Limited edition of only 10 in each color way. Get them here.

I have chosen the Red Cross’ Haitian Relief and Development Fund as my artwork’s charity. This branch of the Red Cross is working to support emergency relief and recovery efforts to help those people affected by the earthquake in Haiti. The Red Cross is currently working to provide personnel, relief supplies, and financial resources to the people of Haiti. $250 dollars from the sale of his print will be donated to the organization.

“Mad As Hell” letterpress print  edition of 100. Measures 9″ x 7″ $25.00

Howard Zinn

Teddy Pendergrass

J. D. Salinger