How do you silk screen print using oil pastels as a blocking medium?
indeed you can, its a monoprint technique. You carefully draw on the screen with the oil pastel and then pull your ink across it, wherever you’ve drawn you should have a clear area. Keep in mind that you need to be gentle when drawing on the screen so as not to damage it, but press hard enough so that you fully block the screen. The difficult part with this method is that you can’t remove the pastel with water and soap, you have to use solvent (either turpentine or mineral spirits) Being as how you can’t flush solvents down the drain, you have to dispose of them properly and carefully, it makes this technique a bit difficult if you don’t have the right surroundings. So, that in mind, heres a few other similar options: speedball screen filler, you can paint it onto your screen and wash it out chemical free caran d’ache or chalk pastels can be used to make positive images on a silk screen as well, you draw on the screen with the crayon or pastel and then pull a clear ink over the drawing
