This tutorial over how to draw gemstones is now one of my favorites on the TPK blog! If you’ve got a couple of minutes and some wax crayons, it’s absolutely worth a try.
I recently came across a tutorial detailing how to draw gemstones using markers and colored pencils. I was intrigued, and I immediately stopped what I was doing to try it! The results, however, were less than impressive. The gems in the tutorial looked gorgeous. Mine, in contrast, ended up being full of paper fibers … the markers were too abrasive for my 70# drawing paper.
I was left scratching my head. At this point, I was determined to draw gemstones that looked as pretty as the ones in the tutorial. So, I conducted a little experiment …
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