Digital Jewelry Design From Concept to Completion

About this class

In this course, students will immerse themselves in the world of digital jewelry design exclusively using Procreate. The curriculum is dedicated to honing skills in essential drawing and rendering tools within the Procreate environment, enabling students to craft intricate and detailed jewelry designs. Through hands-on exercises, participants will explore various aspects of jewelry design, including stone cuts, cabochons, pearl and metal rendering, and the creation of shapes, rings, and curved designs—all within the Procreate platform. The course also encompasses material importation and the creation of a gemstone gallery. The course culminates in a final project where students design their jewelry collection, fostering creativity and imagination. This course serves as a gateway for bringing imaginative jewelry visions to life.

Course Objective

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Illustrate various types of stone cuts in Procreate.
• Draw shapes and rings with different thickness in Procreate.
• Render jewelry materials, including metal, stones, and pearls, using Procreate.
• Create unique jewelry designs using the tools in Procreate.
• Build a gemstone gallery for design references.
• Develop the ability to find inspiration and utilize it to design distinctive, imaginative, and unique
  jewelry pieces, fostering creativity and originality in their design process.
• Encourage creativity and imagination in designing a full jewelry collection

Class Outline

Week 1

Class1 : Course Introduction – 3 hours

• Overview of the course objectives and expectations.
• Setting up digital tools: Procreate and Rhino.

Class 2 : Stone Illustration and Digital Tools – 3 hours

• Introduction to various stone cuts, such as Emerald, Asscher, Trillion Princess, etc
• Drawing different stone shapes using Procreate.

Week 2

Class 3: Continuation : Stone Illustration and Digital Tools – 3 hours

• Introduction to various stone cuts, such as Emerald, Asscher, Trillion Princess, etc
• Drawing different stone shapes using Procreate.

Class 4 : Introduction to Pearl and Cabochons – 3 hours

• Rendering different colors of pearls in Procreate.
• Drawing and coloring Cabochons in Procreate.

Week 3

Class 5: Continuation : Introduction to Pearl and Cabochons – 3 hours

• Rendering different colors of pearls in Procreate.
• Drawing and coloring Cabochons in Procreate.

Class 6 : Drawing rings and different design forms – 3 hours

• Learn how to draw various shapes, rings, and specific jewelry designs in procreate

Week 4

Class 7 : Continuation : Drawing rings and different design forms – 3 hours

• Learn how to draw various shapes, rings, and specific jewelry designs in procreate

Class 8 : Understanding metal rendering – 4 hours Please note that duration of this class will be an hour extra (5:00-9:00pm)

• Manually rendering gold in Procreate, including multiple gold colors, silver, gold, and rose gold

Week 5

Class 9 : Gemstone Gallery and Design Reference – 3 hours

• Study different types of gemstones and their colors.
• Build a gallery of stone shapes and pearls for design reference.

Class 10: Final Project and Creative Design – 3 hours 

Week 6 

Classes 11 & 12 : Final Project and Creative Design – 6 hours

The culmination of this course involves a comprehensive final assessment, which includes the presentation of your jewelry collection project. Your final project will showcase your concept theme, mood board, sketches, and the five final pieces comprising your inaugural collection. This represents a significant opportunity to demonstrate your creativity and proficiency in digital jewelry design. You will be tasked with creating a complete jewelry collection, incorporating designs for necklaces, bracelets, rings, and earrings, along with one distinctive piece, such as a wallet or eyeglasses. This process encourages originality, imagination, and innovation within the field of jewelry design. Subsequently, students will engage in sharing and constructive discussions concerning their final jewelry collection designs.

Materials needed

Please note: VCUQatar reserves the right to cancel classes for which not enough participants are registered. Already paid fees will be refunded.

Please do not purchase materials until VCUQatar has sent final course confirmation.

Items to buy/have for this class

• iPad with a stylus (e.g., Apple Pencil)
• Procreate app, available for download from the Apple Store (cost: 47 QAR)

Occasionally, additional materials may need to be purchased and brought in as directed by the instructor.

Where to buy your materials

Most of the materials are available from any art supply shop, for example:

• Cass Art (Fire station)
• Jarir Bookstore: on Rayyan Road or Salwa Road
• Color Note: on Al Nasser Street
• Ibn Al Qayyim: at Markhiya Roundabout
• Al Rawnaq

Schedule

Start: Sun, 20 Oct, 2024
End: Tue, 26 Nov, 2024
Lessons: 12
Days: Sundays & Tuesdays
Time: 5:00-8:00pm
Location: VCUarts Qatar
Cost: QAR 3900

Instructors