John Workman (painter)
John Workman or Warkman (died 1604) was a decorative painter working in Edinburgh. He was a son of David Workman, who was himself an Edinburgh painter and burgess of the town, and Margaret Schortess. There were several painters of the Workman family in Edinburgh. John Workman provided decorative painting, gilding, and heraldic work. There is no record of him making portraits. John and other members of his family probably painted some of the Scottish Renaissance painted ceilings but documentary evidence is sparse. David Workman painted the "roof of the inner tolbuith .of the lordis and above the  chymnay thairof" in November 1581 for the town coucil for 24 merks. Workman and his brother James painted and gilded several items for the Entry and coronation of Anne of Denmark in 1590, including; heraldry for the gates of Edinburgh, imitation stone work in the pends of the gates, decorating the mercat cross, the globe, tabards for actors in the drama, some of them pupils of Edinburgh high school, a bed at the Salt Tron, and a baton and rod for Hercules. James Workman's paintwork within the arches or pends of the gates was called "drawing of alschellar draughtis