Now we will look at the drawing lesson of one of the most important details. The eyes are the reflection of the soul. They are able to convey information non-verbally about a person, his mood, desires, thoughts. Let's start studying
How to draw an eye with a pencil step by step
STEP 1. At the first stage, we need to draw the shape of the eye. Although this is the first stage of the picture, it needs a lot of attention. After all, if the shape of the eye is not what you want, then the whole drawing will not look very pretty.
STEP 2. Now draw the pupil. This is a hole in the iris through which light rays enter. The apple of the eye can constrict with the help of a sphincter or expand with a dilator controlled by sympathetic fibers. I will depict it fully expanded. Although such a state of man is not natural. 
STEP 3. A large pupil is usually caused by emotional arousal, pain, or the introduction of symptomatic drugs (cocaine, amphetamines, adrenaline), hallucinogenic (like LSD), or anticholinergic drugs into the body. A glare is also visible on the zenith - a reflection of light rays. One small round one is slightly above the center and the second one is located to the left (from the viewer's point of view). We need to add shadows. We will add eyelashes later. 
STEP 4. Here we will add a darkening in the pupil, which will give it depth and realism. I also added some shadows on the eyelashes and the top of the eyeball. 
Well, here is the end result: 
The lesson is small and, I think, not difficult. Leave your impressions about how to draw human eyes with a pencil and submit your work. See more useful lessons about other parts of the face and body: The eyes are not only the most expressive part of the face, but also an amazing mirror of the human soul.
Most often, a person can be recognized precisely by the eyes. And in order to do this from a portrait, you need to know how to draw eyes. Beginning artists often make mistakes when drawing eyes. can draw realistic eyes or depict them. Different artists offer different options about how how to draw eyes with a pencil. However, they all follow a certain sequence.
Eye location
First of all, you must correctly position your eyes on a piece of paper. To do this, draw a horizontal line across the sheet.
Do not press hard on the tool, because it will be an auxiliary line that will need to be removed later. Following the line, draw an almond-shaped eye so that on one side the lines taper downwards.
distance between eyes
It is important to remember about the distance between the eyes. It is generally accepted that it is equal to one more eye. Therefore, you can measure or draw an auxiliary eye in the middle with a light line, position the second eye, and then delete the auxiliary eye with an eraser.
Eyeball
The next step is the eyeball.
First, delete the horizontal guide line that you drew at the very beginning. Draw a circle inside the eye shapes. Remember that the diameter of the eyeball should be equal to the width of the eye. But you need to position it in such a way that there is a small space left next to the lower eyelid, and the top of the circle slightly extends beyond the upper eyelid.
tear ducts
No realistic eye is complete without tear ducts.
Therefore, you also need to depict them by drawing a line in the place where the eyes approach the bridge of the nose.
Eyelid borders
In order to make the eyes more natural, you need to draw the borders of the eyelids, that is, show their thickness.
This applies to the lower eyelid, so you will need to draw on it. Draw a border from the tear duct along the lower eyelid to the outer corner of the eye. Your line should pass under the eyeball, but not touch it.
Pupil
Let's draw a smaller circle, which we will position inside the previously drawn eyeball.
It will serve as a border separating the iris and the darkest part of the eye, the black pupil. Also, don't forget to draw the arch of the upper eyelid, which should go around the upper border of the previously drawn eyeball, but not touch it.
Erase extra lines
In order for the eyes to look natural, you need to remove the upper part of the large circle that extends beyond the upper eyelid and almost touches its borders.
As a result, it turns out that the iris of the eye is slightly covered by the upper eyelid.
It's time to highlight the drawn eyes. To do this, make the upper eyelid more expressive by making its line bolder. The upper border of the eyelid is also worth highlighting, but not as much as the eyelid itself, which is in contact with the iris.
Iris
The iris of the eye also requires special attention.
There are no identical eyes in nature. Each pair of eyes has its own unique pattern. You also need to draw a drawing on the iris of the eyes you have drawn. Draw rays that come from the very depths of the soul, that is, from the black pupil, and tend to the edges of the iris, the upper part of which should be slightly darkened.
Glare
In any case, when we draw eyes, we must understand that they have a glossy surface, which means that they reflect the light that falls from one of the sides.
As a result, part of the iris seems to us lighter, and some part is generally white. In order to reflect this on paper, use the eraser and lightly touch the bottom of the iris, thus adding the necessary highlight. The same must be done with the shadows around the eyes, the upper eyelid and the tear duct.
Eye. Without a doubt, this is a favorite subject of many artists! The human eye is undoubtedly a window into the human soul. But how to portray it?
To learn to draw eyes, first I will ask you to take a small mirror. I want you to keep this mirror close to you while you paint. I want you to be able to look at your own eyes at any time while you are doing this lesson.
Mark Kistler picked up this technique from a visit with some alumni to DreamWorks a few years ago. The animators were working on Shrek, and their workstations had multiple computers, monitors, drawing tablets, and, interestingly, two mirrors flanking their desks. While the animators were working on various parts of Shrek, he could watch them frown in the mirrors as he drew Shrek's scowling face. Mark saw them holding their hands in different positions as they drew Shrek's hands. It was very interesting to see how world class artists brought Shrek to life. Now let's add life to your album - let's draw eye.
1. Sitting at the table, take a look in the mirror. Hold on for a few minutes... You are just a miracle. Just take a look! These eyes! These lips, nose, ears, hair, just a great model for drawing. You redrawn da Vinci in , and now you will draw from the most perfect eye model on the planet - from yourself! Lightly trace the shape of the eye. In this tutorial we will draw an eye that resembles the shape of a lemon, with a small tear duct. When you draw a lot of eyes (and you will undoubtedly draw more than a hundred of them, because they are so cool to draw), you will notice how many different eye shapes people have on the planet. In this tutorial, we are using a simple lemon shape.
2. Take a look in the mirror and examine your left upper eyelid. Notice how the folds follow the shape of the eye. Draw the upper eyelid starting from the inner corner of the eye.
3. Draw a perfectly round circle of the iris, bending a little under the upper eyelid. We use the law of overlap. Remember that the iris is a perfect circle, not an oval. Look in the mirror. Look closely at the thickness of the rim along the top of the lower lid. The interesting thing is that the smallest details, like this, are what you are looking for and drawing. These details really give a "wow" effect. Without them, your drawing will look unrealistic.
4. Take a look in the mirror. Look closer at the pupil in the center of the iris. Notice the perfect circumference of the circle. Notice the tiny highlights inside the black circle. Draw a perfect round pupil in the middle of the iris. Inside, draw a small circle for highlights.
5. Take a look in the mirror. Look closer at your pupil again. Look at the black pupil and the light highlight. Draw this dark black pupil with a light highlight.
6. Take a look in the mirror. Look closely at the surface of the iris around the pupil. Take a closer look. And further. Just an amazing play of light, color, humidity, shape, such details! When you fill in the iris, make radial pencil strokes coming from the pupil and use lines of various lengths: some short, some long. As you experiment with colored pencils, I would recommend that you start with this tutorial.
7. Draw your chic eyebrow. Make out each hair separately, starting from the bridge of the nose and moving along the forehead. Moving away from the nose, draw with more horizontal fluttering lines. Start shading the eyes along the inside of the eyelids.
8. Take a look in the mirror. Take a close look at your eyelashes. Pay attention to how your eyelashes are collected in small groups of two or three, and not from one eyelash. Notice how the lash clusters start from the nearest edge of the upper eyelid. Notice how your eyelashes curl from the eyelid, following the contour of the eye. Pay attention also to the location. Make sure you draw them on the very edge of the eyelid. Pay attention to the direction of the bend of the eyelashes. Be careful not to draw too many eyelashes, and also do not draw them too vertically (otherwise you may get a "spider web" effect).
Next step - shading. This step makes the eye actually appear on the page! There are five specific areas for shading. The first is right above your upper eyelid, the entire length of your eyeball. The next area is along the lower eyelid, above the water line, directly on the eyeball. Shade lightly at first, then you can create a darker effect (if you shade too much it will look like a very heavy gothic makeup, but maybe that's what you're going for?). The third area is the small crease at the top of your eyelids, the line that separates your mobile eyelid from your upper, fixed eyelid. The fourth area is the lower part of the orbit, which is darker in the central corner near the nose and tear duct. This shadow is shaded and falls on the cheek.
Just as Leonardo da Vinci used feathering when shading Mona Lisa's eyes without hard dark lines, you also need to make the feathering very soft when shading the 3D eye. Be sure to shade and blend the fifth shading zone - the tiny "hidden" shadows at the corners of the eye sockets and eyelids.
LESSON 29: PRACTICE
I like draw eyes. The more you draw them, the more you enjoy them. Eyes are the most important element in drawing the face of a person, animal or magical creature. Draw some more eyes in your sketchbook, some looking at yourself in the mirror, some watching YouTube tutorials. There are incredible amateur lessons for you to enjoy.
The hardest part about drawing a realistic eye is:
Compliance with all proportions;
Drawing a realistic pupil of the eye;
Eyelash drawing.
In this article, we will teach you how to draw all these difficult moments.
Drawing realistic eyes is not an easy task. At the same time, we have to draw eyes quite often. We start drawing the eye with a pencil from the main lines (they should be thin, since we will erase them later). Look carefully at the image, keep all proportions when redrawing, as this is very important. Our eyes look a little up. When you understand the basic principles, you can draw the eye the way you need it.
We outline the pupil along the contour with a pencil (darken the contour) - we do this with a transition. At the pupil - the darkest place, and closer to the outer side - everything is lighter and lighter. A very soft pencil is best suited for these purposes.
Now let's draw the inner part of the large circle. It is very important that the stripes and spots are arranged in a circle. Look at the picture below and try to repeat all the dashes and spots exactly as in the picture.
Next, darken and shade the entire surface of the large circle - try to achieve the most realistic effect. Note that some areas of the eyeball are darker while others are lighter. This effect should also be reflected in your drawing.
Completely paint over the pupil with a pencil and remove the auxiliary circular lines.
Let's shade some parts of the eye to give volume.
We draw the lower eyelashes. Do it exactly as we have in the picture. The lash line doesn't have to be perfectly straight. Eyelashes begin to grow under the lower auxiliary line, and not on it. If you are drawing an eye for the first time, it is best to repeat each eyelash. In the future, you will be able to draw eyelashes without visual cues.
We draw the upper eyelashes. Do it exactly as we have in the picture. The lash line doesn't have to be perfectly straight. Eyelashes begin to grow above the upper auxiliary line, and not on it. Eyelashes are hard to draw. Each eyelash is drawn separately - it will take a lot of time, but it is well and believably traced eyelashes that make the drawing of the eye with a pencil as effective as possible. For the best effect, sharpen the pencil and preference in this case should be given to a soft pencil.
We remove all the remaining hint lines so that the eye looks realistic. You should get something like this:
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Let's be honest, drawing a face is not easy, especially if you have no experience! It's not the same as painting landscapes, where it doesn't matter if the tree is shifted sideways by a centimeter, or if it has changed its shape. When you draw a realistic face, everything must be in its place, otherwise it will turn out to be ridiculous. And not only that, each part of the face has its own unique anatomy, which must be taken into account - at least as a basis on which you can then build something!
In this tutorial I will show you how to draw eyes. I hope that this lesson will be useful not only for beginners, but also for those who have been in the field of drawing for a long time, but will be happy to learn something new and develop their skills even more - or maybe just try something new .
INTRODUCTION
They say the eyes are the window to the soul and without a doubt they are the most expressive part of the face. I heard that if you draw the eyes correctly, then you are halfway to a good portrait, and this is somewhat true. The eyes are also often the element of the face that makes a portrait look lifeless, and this usually happens when the artist doesn't fully consider their anatomy.
So, before we start drawing realistic eyes, let's look at a line drawing showing what an eye looks like in reality. Of course, the eyes come in different shapes and sizes, but the general shape will always be the same. The eyeball is called so for a reason - it has a spherical shape, and its lines are visible even when we do not see the entire eyeball. If you look from the side, it becomes even more obvious. Further, in the inner corner of the eye is the lacrimal canal, and, of course, the upper and lower eyelids. Omission of any of these details leads to an inadequate result!
To achieve a more complete picture, I will show you how to draw an eye in two perspectives - a front view and a ¾ turn, because. these two perspectives are most often found in portraits.
SO, LET'S BEGIN!
To begin with, open a new file and choose a skin color for the background fill - something in between, not too bright and not too dark. Add a new layer and make a sketch of the eye, not forgetting all the little things that were mentioned above. Our light source will be on the right, so we can now add its reflection to the sketch.
First of all, let's give shape to the adjacent area of the eye. You can paint directly on the background, or (the most convenient option when creating a realistic portrait) just add a new layer below the sketch layer and paint on it. Select a standard round brush with Opacity (Opacity) in the mode of Pen Pressure (Pen Pressure), pick up an orange-brown tone for the shadows and a yellow-beige for the light spots, so that you can start shading. Move the brush along the natural curves of the eye sockets and eyelids.
Continuing to work with the round brush, we paint in the shadows and highlights, and add some gray-purple to vary the color, even if this color is not very noticeable. To smooth out the brush lines a bit, I usually use the Smudge tool in Finger Painting mode, the brush tip in Scatter mode and Opacity in Pen Pressure mode. Experiment with the settings; these parameters are my personal choice, but maybe completely different ones will suit you!
To get a clearer picture of what the eye will look like, let's paint in the white of the eye. The most common mistake here is choosing pure white for the squirrel. Remember, we have to take into account the round shape of the eyeball, as well as the reflections of the light source. Use a grayish tint - it will work best here - the degree of its lightness will depend on the overall illumination of the picture. Adding a bit of skin tone (or a tint of light if it's bright enough) to the white of the eye can make it look more realistic. And with regards to the lacrimal canal, you can take a beige-pink shade as its basis.
Now let's color the iris. I choose a color that fades from medium to dark blue and then add a light, light layer on top of this base. This already gives a sense of depth. Next, add the pupil. Please note that on a ¾ spread, the pupil is no longer round, but slightly oval; this is due to a change in perspective. Don't forget the little bright dot to illustrate the reflected light flare, because it will help you fine-tune the iris later on!
We have almost got quite realistic eyes, even despite the fact that the drawing is still raw and lacks many details. However, for now, we will work out the basic shape of the eye and give it volume. Taking a round brush, I choose a fairly rich orange-brown color for deep shadows between the upper eyelid and eyebrow. I also use this shade to add some shadow on the upper lid and a little on the inner corner of the lower lid. The tear duct takes on a beautiful rich orange tint, which is also lightly applied to the outer corner of the eye. To enhance the light spots on the eyelids, you can equally use both light beige and gray-green shades. We also once again draw shadows on the eyeball itself.
Further from this point on, everything is tied to further processing and adding details. We work with the same round brush, varying (manually) its Opacity (Opacity) and size. I always get the feeling that I am carving a figure in stone like a sculptor, and not just painting like a painter; adding shadows and highlights, I sort of enliven the figure, and it becomes voluminous and realistic. That is what we will do: deepen and draw shadows. Adding a soft but noticeable shadow on the edge of the upper eyelid helps to achieve the effect of eyelashes, and softens the edges where the eyeball disappears under the eyelid. The color of the iris is played with a pale green, and where the shadow of the eyelid falls on it, we add a very rich turquoise color.
Staying on the iris, take a small brush - either round or pointy - and you can start drawing a pattern of lines. There are such lines on any eyes, but sometimes this pattern can be so dark that it is almost invisible. However, the iris always has lines running from the pupil to the outer edges of the iris itself. In this case, we want them to be noticeable and saturated. We will choose pale green and turquoise for this purpose, but use both light and dark shades of the same or similar tone. From time to time, move away from the drawing and look closely at it, so you can notice some flaws that you need to work on. Here I've added a little more highlights on the outside of the eyebrow, on the edge of the lower eyelid, and around the tear duct. Then you can move on to the eyebrows.
With the tool Finger (Smudge tool) with a dotted tip of the brush, we carefully draw the iris. Please note that you need to move from the pupil to the edges of the iris: we do not want all the lines to blur! After that, we select a very bright - but almost desaturated - pale green color and go over the iris where the light falls on it: in the right side, and a little in the lower left corner, where a small glare from the light hits. To emphasize the line of the eyeball, we take the white-blue color and draw the main highlight on the eye. Now I draw it in the form of an arch, crossing the border of the iris and getting a little on the proteins. This will give the surface of the eye a wet sheen.
Using a small round brush with Opacity (Opacity) and Size Fluctuation (Size Jitter) in the mode Pen pressure (Pen pressure), now you can draw an eyebrow. Choose a nice dark brown and another regular brown. Lightly go over the eyebrows with the Smudge tool. Take the color of the skin surrounding the brow and use it to thin out the excess hair. Accentuate the skin around by adding a few spots of light, especially on the outside where the light will hit directly. After that, you can move on to eyelashes. Let's add a new layer so as not to spoil the overall picture of the eye. Select a small round brush with Opacity (Opacity) and Size (Size) in the mode of Pen Pressure (Pen Pressure) and start applying cilia with light movements. If they are not dyed with ink or curled with a special device, they practically do not bend up!
You can keep adding more lashes on the same layer, or you can create a new one to make them thicker. You can also duplicate the layer with the already drawn eyelashes and move it a little to the right or left, then reduce a little Opacity (Opacity), delete unnecessary elements and go over them with the tool Finger (Smudge tool). If you are satisfied with the result, we slightly blur the cilia in some places. Let's add a few small highlights between the eyelashes on the lower eyelid, and get a beautiful glitter effect.
The last step in every drawing is adding those little details that make the drawing come to life, to make it more realistic, even though the quality is rather obvious. Using separate layers for these details will only help you, because in this case you can edit and experiment with effects without damaging the drawing itself. But before we start detailing, let's work on the iris a little more. Take the darkest turquoise color and draw around the pupil a circle of lines coming from the center to the edges - some more visible and longer, some a little less visible and shorter. This will add greenery to the eyes and make them sparkle. Now we will add some more highlights to the laser squirrel using a standard spotted brush, then blur them with the tool Finger (Smudge tool). Using a smaller spot brush with 50% Angle Jitter, we will go over the eyebrows, eyelids and corner of the eye with a bright white-yellow color. All this is done on a separate layer! Slightly smudge overly visible points, some of them may need to be removed with Eraser (Eraser) to help better blend with the surrounding area of \u200b\u200bthe skin. Now duplicate this layer and set the layer blending mode to Overlay (Overlay), then slightly move this layer, and you will get a great imitation of the skin texture.
Now all that's left is to look at your drawing one last time, you may want to add a few more strokes to the lower eyelid or the corner of the eye, or adjust the highlights or shadows - and that's it! Ready!
