Gillian Park graduated from Glasgow School of Art and spent over 20 years as a graphic designer. A completely self-taught painter, she works loosely in bold colour using oils and mixed media, and now takes her artwork into fabrics, homeware and upholstery.
She’s the author of “Don’t Be a Starving Artist” and runs her online art club, The Creative Coorie, along with a range of DIY workshops in her online Art Academy. A two-day workshop exploring outdoor mark-making, surface design and lampshade construction.
Day 1 – Field. We’ll work outdoors in expressive inks and water-based media, capturing Arran’s colours, textures and wild marks
exactly as Gillian does when creating artwork for her textile designs.
Day 2 – Fabric. In the morning, we’ll refine your potential pattern pieces and learn how to take your own paintings and turn them
into digital fabric designs for future projects – a gentle, beginner-friendly introduction to pattern creation and surface design.
In the afternoon, you’ll make a beautiful 30cm lampshade using either: a fabric panel of your choice from Gillian’s designs
(available to pre-order for £15 – choices will be available 2 weeks before workshop), or a bring your own (you’ll need 970mm x
255mm non-stretch fabric).
Please note: your day-one artwork won’t be printed in time to use for the lampshade, but you’ll learn exactly how to create your own designs for future fabric printing.