![]() At least, I think, a soft tissue acute tip or a piece of cloth will also do. I will use a synthetic makeup brush to wear makeup because makeup brushes are tightly packed and perfect for blending. I’m also going to use brushes for blending. For example, you can replace black pencils with soft graphite pencils from five to twelve B. I love using black pencils in my drawings because graphite pencils are Gray. I hope you find these steps and images informative and helpful.I am using my set of pencils for Human Eye Drawing, but I’m not going to use all of them. Finishing touches were made and some of the highlights on the lower eyelid were dulled a little. The lower eyelashes were drawn with the Faber-Castell 2B mechanical pencil. Reflections of the eyelashes were also drawn on the highlight of the iris. Again, following the direction of growth and starting from the root, lessening pressure as I come to the tip. Since the upper eyelashes will be darker than the lower eyelashes or the eyebrow, I used a Dong-A 2B mechanical pencil which is much darker than a Faber-Castell of the same grade. I always try to keep from drawing the eyelashes until the skin underneath is finished. The HB was used for the eyebrow - starting with the root of each hair and lessening pressure towards the tip. The same method used on the white of the eye was also used on the tear duct. A paper stump and a brush were used to soften and blend the lines. To create the wrinkles on the skin, I lightly drew lines with the HB mechanical pencil and then used a kneaded eraser to create fine highlights beside each line. 2B mechanical pencil was used for its darker areas. ![]() The 5H Staedtler pencil was also used on the thickness of the lower eyelid. Still continuing with the HB mechanical pencil. Step TenĬontinued with the lower part of the skin. I used a shop towel and a brush to smoothen out rough spots. Using a 0.5 mm HB mechanical pencil and a light circular motion, I added tones to the upper eyelid and the surrounding skin - starting first on an area which will receive more graphite (in this case, the skin around the crease) and moving towards lighter areas. Then I used a 2B mechanical pencil on the shadow areas to form the eyeball. Moving on to the white of the eye, it was also covered with a layer of 5H to create a smooth effect. I further worked on the iris erasing and adding graphite as much as needed to create varied tones. The 5H is also to keep the tones very smooth when darker tones are added. ![]() The reason why I use 2B is because it spreads more easily. Having used a 5H on the previous stage, I can now draw darker shades on the iris using a dark pencil (2B mechanical pencil). This will keep the paper from absorbing a lot of graphite in the next stage. Step SixĬoncentrating on the iris for now, I use a hard pencil (5H Staedtler) and fairly hard pressure to draw spokes originating from the pupil. I used a Dong-A 0.5 mm 2B mechanical pencil to draw the darkest areas like the pupil, shadow on the upper part of the iris and the crease of the upper eyelid. With a kneaded eraser, I cleaned up the highlights. Using a smaller version of the brush I used in the previous step, I begin forming the shapes of the eye by defining the darker areas. ![]() If I do get any graphite there, I tap the area with a clean kneaded eraser. I try to avoid getting tone on the highlight of the iris. Any brush can be used as long as it produces a very smooth effect and fills in the tooth of the paper. Using a soft brush dipped in small amounts of graphite powder, I cover the outline with two or three layers of tone. In this case, a Faber-Castell 0.5 mm 2B mechanical pencil. Since the outline was very light and will likely be smudged off when I start rendering or shading, I have carefully and lightly retraced the lines with a soft pencil. Visit her web site to view her extremely realistic paintings. Toni-Marie does animal paintings in mixed media. Before I begin, many thanks to Toni-Marie Hudson for the use of her picture. I myself sometimes do not follow some of the steps exactly as I like to experiment and try to find better ways of achieving a specific texture or effect. While I very much hope that it helps you in drawing realistic eyes, do experiment and develop your own way of drawing. The following is a step-by-step demonstration of how I draw eyes. ![]() My method in graphite pencil drawing aims to render subjects as realistically as I can. Here is the first tutorial from Art Studio - a female eye. ![]()
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