Advanced Jewelry Design Rendering Class
(Rapid Rendering II)
Advanced Rendering
Students pick up where they left in Rapid Rendering class and focus free hand sketching. In this class you will work on building a portfolio and designing collections. This course has a strong emphasis on ring designs and rendering rings with top, front and side views, pave settings, rendering phenomenal stones with proper pencil colors and proportions.
Takeaways
- Emphasis on free handsketching.
- Draw and render faceted gemstones and cabochons.
- Illustrate surfaces, shapes, and textures in white and yellow metal.
- Make realistic renderings by understanding the behavior of light and shade.
- Students will leave with renderings for their portfolio.
Prerequisite:
Recommended Classes
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$595.00
Mondays (8) sessions
September 13, 2021
November 01, 2021
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
No refunds after classes begin.
Location: 17 West 45th Street, Suite 904
New York, NY 10036
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$595.00
Fridays (8) sessions
October 01, 2021
November 19, 2021
10.00 am – 12:00 pm
No refunds after classes begin.
Location: 17 West 45th Street, Suite 904
New York, NY 10036
Course Videos
Watch a Preview of the Advanced Rendering Class
How to Paint a Cabochon Gemstone
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Raffaella Stern
About the Instructor
Raffaella Stern is an accomplished Italian-American jewerly designer, with over 30 years of experience. She has designed for companies that producted for Boucheron, Cartier and H.Stern. Currently she is working as a freelance desinger for Marina B. She has taught jewlery design for over 7 years in an Italian school for goldsmith craftsman. She brings her novel creative approach and specialized mastery of jewelry designing to the New York Jewelry Design Institute.