The serigraph medium reproduces brilliant colors and heavily textured brush work better than other printmaking media. Printers collaborate with artists to interpret the original painting. There may be variations in color and pattern from the original painting because the artist was not completely satisfied with a particular aspect of the original and took the opportunity to make the change on the serigraph.
       In the serigraph process, each pattern (color) is first drawn free hand on mylar with black ink. The pattern is then transferred to the screen and printed on all sheets of the paper by the action of a hand-held squeegee which presses the ink through the open areas of the screen mesh. (The open areas correspond to the mylar pattern.) The screen is then cleaned and the process in repeated for the next color. Each color must be very carefully lined up (registered) with the first color so the resulting image is sharp and clear. Both opaque and transparent colors are used.
       Since serigraphs are usually hand pulled, it normally takes the printer three weeks or more, working full time, to print one edition of 35-40 colors.