Jewelry Design (JD)
Jewelry Design (JD)
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Practice drawing and painting techniques that will help convert your design ideas clearly and appealingly to jewelers, manufacturers, clients and competitions.
Topics to be tackled during this program:
- How drafting tools simplify the job
- How to draw, shade and render various gems
(diamonds, common colored stones and pearls)
and metals (yellows & white) in full color - How to illustrate different types of jewelry
views (top, side, end, ellipse and perspective) - How to design men’s and women’s jewelry
- How to put a customer’s personal features
and needs into your design - How to know if your design is practical
for customer and manufacturer - How to do simple counter sketches
- How to present final designs (framing)
- How to create detailed views and layouts
for manufacturing - How to recognize a good design
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