Gather your materials. Gothic materials for textile arts include fabrics that are black, red, cream or white, and made of satin, velvet or lace, yarn with a purple-black or maroon-black gradation, ribbons, and leather or fake-leather scraps. Gothic materials for paper arts include glitter, silver paint-markers, black paper and feather fountain pens. Found Gothic objects for art can be anything from bits of metal found on the ground to natural items such as bird bones to antiques.
Plan out a potential project from the materials you've gathered. Doing a sketch on paper and creating a step-by-step plan of action for a particular project will ensure that you succeed in one attempt.
Use either invisible adhesives and connectives, such as clear glue and fishing line, or use adhesives and connectives that are in line with the Gothic aesthetic, such as black thread or copper wire. Remember that sometimes, the tools you use to make your art will have an impact on the meaning of the art. For this reason, use antique tools and non-industrialized methods whenever possible.
Research Gothic art and artists. Paintings and architecture will likely make up a large part of what you study. Studying artists such as Nicola Pisano, Fra Guglielmo and Duccio di Buoninsegna is a good place to start.
Decide whether you want to focus on painting, sculpture or architecture.
Take classes on painting, sculpture or architecture.
Gather materials you'll need for the kind of art you want to make.
Make your first creation a copy of a simpler, famous Gothic piece, and then move on to pieces you've designed yourself.