The digital revolution begins now!
Translate your inspirations into illustrated designs with the HRD Antwerp - Digital Jewellery Design course.
Design jewellery anywhere and anytime, as it is possible through your little portable tablet, and achieve fast and surprising results with the help of Procreate technology.
You will learn how to illustrate and render jewellery pieces using new technological digital techniques. Imagine a multimedia world, where images and creativity follow immediate paths, where everyday technology devices become the best means for developing your creative ability.
Program Overview:
Learn how to translate your ideas into digital drawings from our physical classroom using Procreate design program.
During this course you will learn how to start building a collection, gathering inspiration, sketching your pieces and the different methods to illustrate them in perspective. You will learn how to render your pieces by coloring metal, drawing, and rendering gemstones, and building your stones gallery that you can use in all your future designs.
You will finish this course with a mini digital portfolio of a complete collection illustrated and rendered on Procreate.
You will have built your metal gallery and your stones gallery as well, which will enable you to assemble elements and create jewellery pieces in a few minutes!
iPad: suggested 11-inch 128Gb plus Apple Pencil. Min: 11-inch 64Gb plus Apple Pencil.
App: Procreate, downloadable from the Apple Store.
• Jewellery lovers and enthusiasts interested in starting their careers in this field.
• Beginners and experienced jewelry designers and entrepreneurs interested in developing their jewellery illustration skills to design pieces for their clients.
• Anyone who likes to draw and is willing to develop a new hobby.
• Design Methodology and how to build a collection
• Sketching and Illustrating jewellery
• Intro to Procreate tools
• Drawing in proportions and guidelines
• Drawing band rings, cocktail rings, and engagement rings in perspective
• Coloring metal
• Drawing 12 different cuts of gemstones
• Coloring diamonds and gemstones
• Coloring cabochon stones and pearls
• Building a stones gallery
*no prior experience in sketching or drawing required.
Learn how to translate your ideas into digital drawings from the comfort of your home using Procreate design program.
During this course you will learn how to start building a collection, gathering inspiration, sketching your pieces and the different methods to illustrate them in perspective. You will learn how to render your pieces by coloring metal, drawing, and rendering gemstones, and building your stones gallery that you can use in all your future designs.
You will finish this course with a mini digital portfolio of a complete collection illustrated and rendered on Procreate.
You will have built your metal gallery and your stones gallery as well, which will enable you to assemble elements and create jewellery pieces in a few minutes!
• iPad: suggested 11-inch 128Gb plus Apple Pencil. Min: 11-inch 64Gb plus Apple Pencil.
• App: Procreate, downloadable from the Apple Store.
• Jewellery lovers and enthusiasts interested in starting their careers in this field.
• Beginners and experienced jewelry designers and entrepreneurs interested in developing their jewellery illustration skills to design pieces for their clients.
• Anyone who likes to draw and is willing to develop a new hobby.
Learn how to translate your ideas into digital drawings from the comfort of your home using Procreate design program.
During this course you will learn how to start building a collection, gathering inspiration, sketching your pieces and the different methods to illustrate them in perspective. You will learn how to render your pieces by coloring metal, drawing, and rendering gemstones, and building your stones gallery that you can use in all your future designs.
You will finish this course with a mini digital portfolio of a complete collection illustrated and rendered on Procreate.
You will have built your metal gallery and your stones gallery as well, which will enable you to assemble elements and create jewellery pieces in a few minutes!
Learn how to grade diamonds in one of the diamond capitals of the world. Our highly experienced lecturers will guide you through the fascinating world of diamonds. You will study the 4C’s: Carat, Colour, Clarity and Cut.
These courses learn you how to sort a pile of rough diamonds into different categories according to various criteria such as size, colour, clarity and morphology. These courses focus on practice with a sound theoretical background. The new and extra module about Rough Diamond Management is the practical extension of the Introduction course.
During these courses you’ll investigate the properties of gemstones, using specialized tools and you'll learn how to distinguish synthetic from natural gemstones (ruby, sapphire, emerald and more).
HRD Antwerp's Custom-Made courses are available on request. Course subjects include diamonds, gemstones, jewellery design and retail sales.
These courses will teach you how to translate creative ideas into contemporary jewellery designs using different illustration techniques. You’ll also learn about the use of diamonds in jewellery and the different methods of diamond setting.
Would you like to know more about fancy coloured diamonds, diamond treatments or laboratory-grown diamonds and diamond spectroscopy? HRD Antwerp offers workshops designed to introduce you into the fascinating world of extraordinary diamonds and focus on ruby, sapphire and emerald.