The Complete Guide To Coloring Gemstones
Every course focuses on one technique and takes you from first stroke to finished piece.
Opals, diamonds, sapphires, amber, pearls. Each gemstone has its own rules for light, color, and transparency, and Lisa breaks every one of them down. This is the most comprehensive colored pencil gemstone course available, covering everything from the soft iridescence of opals to the hard sparkle of faceted diamonds.
You will work through four full modules plus bonus content, building from organic stones like amber and pearls through cabochon cuts, faceted sparkle gems, and finally diamonds. Each module includes color charts, homework, and practice pages.
After this course, you will...
- Render realistic opals, amber, and pearls with proper iridescence and luster
- Draw cabochon-cut gemstones including ruby, emerald, garnet, and star sapphire
- Create sparkling faceted gems at small and large scale
- Master diamond rendering with white and colorful variations
- Control transparency, glimmer, saturation, and contrast for any stone type
What's inside
- Iridescence / Opals
- Colors / Opals
- Blenders / Opals
- Highlights / Opals
- Color Chart / Opals
- Translucency / Amber
- Colors / Amber
- Blenders / Amber
- Highlights / Amber
- Color Chart / Amber
- Luster / Pearls
- Akoya Silver Pearl
- South Sea Golden Pearl
- Tahitian Blue-Green Pearl
- Pearls In A Shell
- Color Chart / Pearls
- Homework: Opal, Amber, Pearls
- Cabochons Overview
- Ruby Cabochon
- Emerald Cabochon
- Garnet Cabochon
- Peridot Cabochon
- Precious And Semi-Precious Stones
- Color Charts / Cabochons
- Star Stones
- Star Sapphire: Step 1
- Star Sapphire: Step 2
- Star Sapphire: Step 3
- Star Sapphire: Step 4
- Star Sapphire: Step 5
- Homework: Cabochons
- Gem Cuts
- Pear Emerald / Small Scale
- Heart Ruby / Small Scale
- Radiant Sapphire / Small Scale
- Common Elements / Small Scale
- Large Scale Gemstone Coloring
- Amethyst / Large Scale
- Amethyst / Round Cut
- Amethyst / Glimmer
- Citrine / Color And Transparency
- Citrine / Glimmer
- Common Elements / Large Scale
- Fantasy Red Gem / Full Scale
- Fantasy Red Gem / Paper Color
- Fantasy Red Gem / Adding Black
- Fantasy Red Gem / Transparency and Glimmer
- Homework: Sparkly Gems
- Diamonds Overview
- Three Drawing Types
- Round White Diamond
- Heart White Diamond
- Pear White Diamond
- White Diamond Colors
- Colorful Diamonds / Orange
- Orange Diamond / Saturation ▶ Preview
- Orange Diamond / Contrast
- Blue Pink Diamond
- Blue Pink Diamond / Contrast
- Diamonds / All Together
- Homework: Diamonds
- Crystal Therapy Coloring (3 rose quartz lessons)
- Blue Opal Full Recording (7 lessons)
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