tutorial:

Diamond Drawing

how to draw a DIAMOND

Cut diamonds, like the one we are drawing today, have so many beautiful facets of different shapes. Symmetry is also an essential feature of a diamond sketch like this.

creating A DIAMOND drawing

STEP 1: DRAW THE BASE OF THE SKETCH

We begin our sketch with a base shape which is an isosceles triangle. Find the very central point of your canvas, and draw a large upside-down isosceles triangle.

step 2: PUT DIVISIONS IN THE BASE

Simply draw a vertical line down the center of your triangle shape. The line should extend up above the triangle a little way.

STEP 3: CONSTRUCTING THE TOP

Begin by drawing a vertical line on each endpoint of the base triangle. These lines should extend up to be in line with the central division line that you drew in the previous step.

STEP 4: SHAPING THE TOP FACETS

Begin at the mid-division line, and use short lines that slope down towards the end.

STEP 5: OUTLINING THE INNER EDGE

From the top edges, you drew in the last step, begin to draw cutting edge lines that are mirrored around the central dividing line.

step 6: CREATE THE FACETS

Using short straight lines begin to create geometrical shapes that extend from the top shape of the diamond to the sides of the triangle.

STEP 7: ADDING TO THE TOP FACETS

From the center of the top diamond shape, take two lines down and out towards the side of the triangle shape. These lines should end just before the edge of the triangle.

step 8: FINISHING THE TOP FACETS

You can now finish the facet shapes at the top of your realistic diamond drawing. Connect each of the cut lines with the edge cuts you drew in the previous step.

STEP 9: FINISH THE MID CUTS

Begin by taking a line down from the meeting point of your three main diamond-shaped facets, and then use two angled lines to join them together with the bottom points of the facets.

step 10: FINISH THE BOTTOM CUTS

In this step, you are going to finish off the bottom of this last section by drawing five narrow rhombus shapes.

STEP 11: FILLING IN THE DIAMOND POINT

Begin with two lines that extend down from two of the narrow rhombus shapes from the last step that ends at the bottom point of the diamond sketch.

step 12: ADD THE 1ST COAT OF COLOR

We begin our coloring process using a bright cyan blue shade. Use a regular paintbrush and fill the entire shape of your diamond drawing with this color.

STEP 13: HIGHLIGHTING THE DIAMOND

You are going to need a soft blending brush and some white paint. Add a generous amount of highlighting to each segment of your diamond sketch, covering almost half of each shape.

step 14: ADD CONTRAST STRUCTURE

Find a slightly darker shade of cyan paint, and use a small blending brush to add a shadow to the edges of each facet.

STEP 15: ADDING THE 2ND COLOR

You are going to require darker blue paint and a small soft brush. Use this color to carefully trace the edges of each cut facet, as you did in the previous step.

step 16: DEEPENING THE DEFINITION

You can now use a small blending brush and your dark blue paint to trace the outlines of each facet. This will enhance the structure.

STEP 17: FINISHING UP THE DIAMOND

To finish your easy diamond drawing, you can now erase the outlines. If you are using a digital tablet, you can simply remove the outline layer.