Introduction to Screenprinting
Tutor
Katy Goodrich
23 November 2025, 10am-4pm
£98.00
- Category
- Day
- Tutor
- Katy Goodrich
- Price
£98.00
- Duration
- 6 hours
This one-day course introduces the basic principles of screenprinting. You will learn how to transfer an image to a silkscreen and print onto A3 paper. This course is ideal for beginners with no previous experience or is a great way to freshen your skills and includes lots of hints and tips about mixing inks, selection of paper types, working cleanly and efficiently and image choices. You will learn how to print onto paper and experiment with layering colours to produce your own photographic screen prints.
Course Structure
- Introduction to the workshop + Health and Safety
- What is Screenprinting? Covering the principles of the process and examples
- Coating screens and exposing images
- Printing image with registration demonstration
- Clean up and reflection
About the Tutor
Leicester based artist Katy Goodrich has been a part of Leicester Print Workshop for the last 15 years. Starting as a volunteer she then undertook a 5 year apprenticeship at LPW learning all aspects of print and in 2020 Katy became a technician here in the studio.
Specialising in screenprinting, Katy uses underwater photographs to create her work mainly using the CMYK colour separation technique.
Leicester Print Workshop
Leicester Print Workshop is the regional development centre for printmaking. Established by artists in 1986, we are a registered charity, supported by Arts Council England. Our RIBA award-winning building is situated in Leicester City Centre's Cultural Quarter and is home to a large, well equipped open access Printmaking Studio.
We have over 30 years’ experience of teaching people printmaking. Our programme offers the largest number and broadest range of printmaking courses in the region, with courses suitable for beginners as well as experienced printmakers, delivered by practicing artists and nationally renowned tutors. Participants learn in small and friendly groups in our purpose-designed studio.
Bookings
Online: You can book online here by credit / debit card or Paypal.
Telephone: You can pay by card over the phone during our opening hours (Wednesday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm). Call us on 0116 251 4174.
In person: Call in to Leicester Print Workshop during our opening hours (Wednesday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm) to book and pay by card, cash or cheque.
Pre-course information: We will send you details of how to find us and what to bring with you when we process your booking.
Concessions
Full-Print Members of Leicester Print Workshop are entitled to a 10% discount on our inhouse courses. Interested in joining LPW as a member? Click here for more information.
