Drawing an eye step by step We draw the eyes of a person, with a simple pencil in stages
In this tutorial, we'll show you how to draw a realistic eye with a pencil and add texture to the skin.
So, let's begin:
Draw the contours of the eye with a soft pencil.
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We dip a soft brush into graphite powder and cover the drawing with it in 2-3 layers, thereby making the tone. The brush can be taken in any size, the main thing is that it be soft and fill the grain of the paper well. By the intensity of the tone, we focus on the iris of the eye - if the tone turned out to be very dark, lighten it with a soft rubber band.
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We take a smaller brush and betray the color to the eyes, working out the shadow areas in detail.
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Wipe the highlight area with a soft rubber band.
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With a soft pencil (2B) draw the darkest areas - the shadow in the crease of the upper eyelid and in the upper part of the iris.
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Using a very hard pencil (5H) draw the iris. A hard pencil is necessary so that in the further process of drawing the lines are not smeared and rubbed.
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Again we take soft pencil(2B) and draw dark areas of the iris with it.
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Now we again need a soft brush - we are working on the shape of the eye: we intensify and deepen the colors, detail the shape. The white of the eye also needs to be darkened, giving it a shape - for this we take a hard pencil (5H) and strengthen the lines of transition from the eyelid to the protein.
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It's time to work on the texture of the skin. We take a pencil of medium hardness (HB), with light circular movements we add tones to the upper eyelid and the skin around it - you should start with darker areas, i.e. from the crease of the eyelid. To smooth out the roughness, use shading and a hard brush.
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We carry out similar actions with the lower eyelid.
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In addition, we strengthen the shadows on the entire surface of the eye - for this we take a pencil of medium hardness HB. To work out the thickness of the lower eyelid, we need a 5H pencil and finally, with the help of 2B, we will work out the shadows all on the same lower eyelid.
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To convey realism to the skin, let's add a grid of small wrinkles. To do this, using the HB pencil, draw small light lines, then gently lighten a small area next to each wrinkle with the help of an elastic band. To make everything look natural and to hide the artifacts of the eraser traces, we use a brush and shading. Let's apply the same technique to detail the white of the eye and the tear duct. With the same pencil (HB) draw the eyebrows - draw each eyebrow hair, reducing the pressure on the pencil towards the tip of the hair.
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The last step will be drawing the eyebrows. When the skin is already finished - you can proceed! The upper eyelashes are always darker than the lower ones, and also darker than the eyebrows. We use a 2B pencil (it can be a little softer), draw eyelashes following the growth of the hair, reducing the pressure on the pencil at the end of each hair. Don't forget to draw the reflection of the eyelashes on the iris.
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Draw the lower eyelashes with a 2B pencil.
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Final touches - if necessary, slightly lighten the lower eyelid with an elastic band.
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If you lost your way at a certain moment or something didn’t work out the first time, don’t despair, but rather try again.
We hope this lesson on drawing an eye with a pencil turned out to be useful for you!
Many people miss the small but important details of the structure of the eye, presenting it schematically. For example, many people forget to draw a third eyelid in the corners of the eyes near the nose, or that a shadow usually falls on the iris from the eyelid. If you want to learn how to draw, then I recommend that you start drawing from memory, and not copy someone's eye from a photograph, then you will consciously remember the basic principles.
First, mark a barely noticeable horizontal line on a piece of paper (later we will erase it), the entire drawing will be built from it, but during construction it serves as a guide.
Now we draw the outline of the eyes, it will also be the borders for the eyelids. Note that the pupil is human eye located not exactly in the middle of the eye, but shifted slightly upward. This is very important to create a realistic look.
When the main boundaries are outlined, you can start hatching. To do this, it is better to change the pencil and take as soft as possible so that the shading is dense without pressure. Mark a highlight on the iris in advance, which will "go" a little on the pupil, this area does not need to be shaded (erasing dense hatching is still a hassle!).
Shaded pupil? Go to the iris, stroke it thin lines, without going to the boundaries of the flare. It should always remain the brightest part of your eye, this will give it a realistic "humidity". You don’t need to try to draw everything perfectly at once, draw every line, you need to create the general appearance of the eye, outline how light falls on it.
Let's move on to centuries. Apply hatching not with sharp movements, but with long lines, following the smooth shape of the eyelids. This will immediately give them a spectacular volume. Do not press hard on the pencil, but rather use the shading of all the shaded details.
It can be a thick napkin or a piece of clean, fleecy cloth. But do not start shading with dark details like the pupil, it will get dirty and then mess up the whole drawing! First, we shade the lightest parts, the sequence is as follows: the eyelid, the white of the eye, then the iris, and only in the final the pupil.
The eye turned out, but may look a little pale. To "revive" it, you need to add a few details. Make a clearer and more pronounced contour at the iris, shade the outer and inner side of the eyelid, slightly darken the areas of the iris adjacent to the pupil and its outer circumference.
Just do not make all the strokes the same, they should be of different lengths and thicknesses, then the look will sparkle with live sparks. Don't forget about the third eyelid. There are often glare in the corner of the eye. Just use an eraser to erase a small speck to get a highlight, but not as bright as on the iris.
Finally lashes. We draw them only last, otherwise they will interfere with shading the eyelid! Real eyelashes are never straight, they are always slightly curved. We start drawing eyelashes from the upper eyelid, draw slightly curved arcs (the length of the eyelashes for each person is different, it all depends on your desire, but do not overdo it). Then slightly thicken the base of each to give them density and volume. Do not forget to tilt the growth of cilia according to the shape of the eyelids!
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 inner part big 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 maximum 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 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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In this tutorial I will show you how to draw an eye step by step. To begin with, let's understand what the eye consists of, knowing all its components, you can easily achieve its realistic image.
The structure of the eye
We have analyzed the structure of the eye, let's move on to drawing the eye
Draw an eye
Let's start with the pupil, you can use a circle or draw it freehand. We draw a larger circle - this will be our iris, and a smaller circle in it - the pupil.
Next step. We draw the upper and lower eyelids. In order to do this correctly, imagine that the shape of the eyelids resembles a fish. If we strain our imagination a little, something similar should turn out.
Draw a few highlights on our pupil - this will give the eye realism. Do not forget about the 3rd eyelid, about the thickness of the upper and lower eyelids. After the shape of our eye has become completely suitable for you, we can forget about fish and fins.
Not less than important detail in drawing eyes - eyelashes. You need to understand exactly for yourself what shape the eyelashes have, in which direction they grow and how not to draw them. Eyelashes are usually comma shaped in reverse. At the base they are thicker, at the end they taper. Eyelashes are not straight and of the same thickness, otherwise you will get rays of the sun as children draw. Pay attention to how not to draw eyelashes and how to depict them correctly.
Practice separately until you get it right. Now let's move on to the direction of eyelash growth. On the eyelid, as a rule, eyelashes grow in different direction depending on the location. In the figure below, I will show with arrows where and in which direction they grow. Do not forget that closer to the corner of the eye (3rd eyelid), the eyelashes decrease in size. In no case do not make them the same size, otherwise it will not be believable.
In order for our eyelashes to look thicker, we stroke a little at half strength at the base of the eyelashes. Thus, the eyelashes will acquire volume and density.
Let's get down to the part of the tone, volume and realism of our eye. In this lesson, our eye will be black and white in order to emphasize the basics and structures. Let's divide our eye into tones. The lightest part will be the highlight on the pupil. We will not touch it, but later we will generally erase its contours. Please note that the pupil is the darkest in our eye, then the eyelashes follow the tone, then the 3rd eyelid, the iris, and the white of the eye will be the lightest (do not leave it white, it also has a tone).
For correct application I will mark the tone with red lines in which place it is worth applying it so that you do not make a mistake. Remember that the highlight should remain pure white. The arrows indicate the direction in which your tone should weaken and merge with what you applied earlier.
You should get a similar image of the eye
Finally, add some contrast to your eye. If necessary, increase the tone where you applied it. Optionally, you can draw in the volume of the upper eyelid that closes the eye. This will give our eye even more volume and realism. Pay attention to the structure of the iris. Draw it, it will only be a plus for your eyes.
Some people think that transferring an image to a piece of paper is higher art which is inaccessible to the general public. Knowing the little tricks of skilled artists, everyone will know how to draw eyes with a pencil. The human visual organ consists of the eyeball, upper and lower eyelids. The eye is drawn in the form of an elongated ellipse, with slight bends in the form of a drop near the nose.
The drawing technique is to create additional lines on the basis of which each part of the organ will be drawn. First you need to draw 3 concentric circles. The first one should have a radius that is 3 times the radius of the middle circle.
The small circle is the pupil, the second is the iris, and the third will limit the eyelid and eyebrow line. We draw a line of the upper and lower eyelids in the form of an elongated ellipse. The upper part should slightly cover the moving part of the eye. Just below the top great circle draw a line of the overhanging edge of the eyelid.
Let's draw some lines a little.
draw parallel line lower eyelid, on which eyelashes grow. Select the pupil with black, leaving a highlight near it. Decorate the iris: draw lines of different lengths in the middle of the eye, shade them.
The turn of the century zone has come. Shade each line with light strokes.
Draw a row of eyelashes on the upper eyelid.
We do the same with the bottom.
It remains to draw the eyebrow. It should start at the level of the nose and make a slight bend a little further than half of the eye. At the beginning of the line, several hairs are depicted, shade the area, carefully separating the hairs in some places.
