Draw and Render Juicy Gems - Materials you need
We’ve compiled a list to make it easy for you to get the rendering materials for this class. These are just Venice’s personal preferences; if you have your own already, you can certainly give it a try with those. Scroll down for direct links.
- Faber Castell Albert Durer Watercolour pencils
- Drawing paper (100 to 180gsm)
- Round template
- Mechanical pencil with 0.3mm HB lead
- Set of triangles
- Regular ruler
- Erasers
- Titanium white gouache paint
- A paintbrush, colour plate and a glass of water
Watercolour Pencils - Faber Castell Albrecht Durer
Faber-Castell Albrecht Dürer are Venice’s personal favorite coloured pencils because the colours are strong and vibrant. Unfortunately though they are not particularly budget-friendly. However, don’t worry; we’ve listed all the coloured pencils you need via an Amazon link so if you want to use the same brand as Vennice, you can just purchase the individual colours she used for the classes.
The Full Set
Individual Pencils
Render a Rose Cut Garnet
Render Baguette Cut Tourmalines
Render a Yellow Citrine Cushion Cabochon
Render a Tanzanite Sugarloaf Cut Gemstone
Render a Blue Topaz Round Brilliant Cut
Drawing paper
For Vennice’s final renderings, she prefers to use heavyweight, good-quality paper or even lightweight cards to achieve perfectly crisp details. However, most often, she draws on paper weighing between 100 and 180 grams.
Round Template
Even if you aren’t naturally skilled at drawing, the round template allows you to easily and accurately transfer your designs onto paper. Any brand of round template will do. However, Vennice’s favorite round template from Timely Templates is currently unavailable on the website. She will provide an update once it’s back.
Mechanical pencil with 0.3mm HB lead
Whenever Vennice is drawing things to present to a client o create a final drawing, she generally uses a 0.3mm mechanical pencil with an HB lead. Using a smaller lead requires a lighter touch to avoid breaking it, which is why she doesn’t generally use it for sketching. However, it does allow for much more detailed drawings.
Set of triangles
Regular ruler
You will also need a regular ruler. You probably already have one of these, but just in case!
Erasers
I generally use two erasers. One for erasing larger areas and one for smaller areas. For erasing small details such as guidelines I prefer to use the Mono Zero Eraser from Tombow.
Titanium white gouache paint
Paintbrush
The paintbrush she loves to use for creating crisp and clean highlights is size 10/0 or 15/0. It’s a super fine brush with relatively short and firm bristles, perfect for making your drawings pop!
Colour plate
As the white gouache is a very thick paint, we’ll use a colour plate to mix this with a little water. Honestly, any plate will do for this though, or even an old take out lid!
If you have any questions, please head over to the forum and I will be there to answer all the questions regarding the materials!