How to draw a Diamond with this how-to video and step-by-step drawing instructions. Simple drawing for kids and beginners.
Please see the drawing tutorial in the video below
You can refer to the simple step-by-step drawing guide below
Step 1: Create a diamond base
Let’s start drawing an easy rhombus with an isosceles triangle as the base shape. Create a large isosceles triangle in the center of your canvas with the pointed side facing down. This is just the basic form; we’re going to expand it to all sides, so leave plenty of space around the triangle.
Step 2: Divide the base
The bottom end of your diamond sketch will be represented by the triangle we created in the previous step. We will create a divider in the middle of this shape, which will be the starting point of the edges. Draw a vertical line in the center of your triangle. You want the line to continue slightly above the triangle.
Step 3: Create the top of the actual diamond drawing
During this phase, we will build the top part of your diamond drawing. Start by drawing a vertical line from one end of the base triangle to the other. These lines will extend up to meet the middle dividing line drawn in the previous period. To complete this stage, make a line across each of these ends to form the top rectangle.
Step 4: Create Facets for Top
You will now draw a series of shorter lines to form the sides of the top portion of the diamond that lies within the top rectangle of the diamond shape. Start at the center divider and work your way down using short lines that slant down towards the end. Make sure to check if the lines along either side of the dividing line overlap for balance.
Step 5: Create Outline of Inner Edge
You will now create a 3D design of your diamond by outlining the top edge of the diamond. Start by drawing mirrored edge lines around the center that separates the lines from the top edges you drew in the previous stage. The bottom of this top form will end a little below the midpoint in the rectangular building shape.
Step 6: Start creating Diamond Drawings in 3D Faces
During this phase, you will begin to design the faces that run through the body of the diamond drawing. Start by drawing short lines to form geometric shapes that extend from the top shape of the diamond to the sides of the triangle. Take a look at our illustration below to understand where these shapes are going.
Step 7: Additional details to the top
Now you will add some more cuts to complete the top faces of your actual diamond drawing. Make two lines going down and then out from the center of the upper rhombus to the edge of the triangle. These lines will end just before the border of the triangle. To complete this step, draw a line on each side of the top form to connect the lines you made in the previous step. This will result in a few small triangles on either side.
Step 8: Complete the above details of the diamond drawing
You can now perfect the facet forms at the top of your simple diamond drawing at this stage. Connect each line to the cutting edges of the previous step. The three sides of the rhombus will now pass through the bottom of the rectangle above the building.
Step 9: Completing Mid-Cuts
During this stage, you will need to create a few lines to link the bottoms of your diamond faces. Start by drawing a line down from the intersection of your three main rhombus faces, then connect them to the two corner lines at the lower ends of the faces. At the end of this stage, you have completed the middle cut of the diamond sketch.
Step 10: Complete the lower parts of Easy Diamond Drawing
In this stage, you’ll complete the bottom of the previous section by outlining five narrow rhombuses. Your diamond sketch should appear like the image below at the end of this stage.
Step 11: Create diamond points
Now we will finish the sides of the base of the diamond design. Start with two lines that continue down from two of the thin rhombuses of the last step, ending at the lowest point of the rhombus. Then, using a sequence of angled lines, you can create a variety of triangles.
Step 12: Now the coloring part
We start by coloring with a vivid cyan color. Fill in the form of your diamond design with this color using a standard paintbrush. Blue might seem an unusual shade for a diamond, but in the next stages we will add white to create the illusion of a gorgeous sparkling stone. Make sure the base coat is even and spotless.
Step 13: Add Highlights to Our Diamond Drawing in 3D
You will need a soft mixing brush and some white paint for this stage. Highlight about half of each part of your diamond doodle by a significant amount
Step 14: Complementary Structure Contrast
Find a slightly darker blue paint and apply a shadow to the contours of each facet with a small blending brush. You want to add definition and structure to the cuts of your diamond drawing. You don’t want the lines to be too hard, so try to soften the contrast a bit.
Step 15: Add a second color layer
This stage will require the use of darker blue paint and a bit of a soft brush. As in the previous step, use this color to trace the boundaries of each section meticulously. Focus on the bottom part of the diamond design with a darker blue color. Remember to let some of the previous color layers shine through.
Step 16: Deepen the Definition of a Diamond Drawing in 3D
In the same way as the 14th step, you can now trace the contours of each aspect using the small blending brush and paint your dark blue color. This will strengthen the structure. You should also try to get a more natural color blend in the texture lines.
Step 17: Final Step of This “How to Draw a Diamond” Tutorial
You can now erase the contours to complete your simple diamond drawing. You can easily erase the outline layer if you are using a digital graphics tablet. If you are using a physical medium, carefully paint over the design with the correct color at each border position. You should now have a completely seamless diamond design with no obvious black borders.
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