He earned a BA in architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. Gorski won a fellowship to study at the American Academy in Rome from the Chicago Architectural Club. It was there that he developed his technique using Prismacolor colored pencils. Gorski drew with colored pencils until he decided to adapt to technological advances. He now paints over computer generated drawings. Gorski also makes etchings using a Sturges etching press.Gil Gorski is a studio instructor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Source: Drawing, Summer 2005