Drawing Eyes Master Course: Drawing Concepts & Techniques

Intro video for Section 2 "Drawing Eyes"

This video offers a brief introduction to Section 2, including the lectures, what you will learn, and mediums used.

Students will follow along with Jonathan in this drawing demonstration, learning basic head/face proportions and structure from a front view. This will help students better understand the correct placement of the eyes and how to think about them in relation to the rest of the head/face. This lecture is about eyes, but students will also get great bonus material about basic proportions and drawing the head/face.

Students will follow along with Jonathan in this drawing demonstration, learning how to draw a 3/4 view of the head, emphasizing correct eye placement and proportions for this view. Students will learn a basic proportion system for laying out a head/face in 3/4 view, including proper placement for the eyes. Concepts of the eyes as a plane, placement of the eyes, and head proportions will also be covered.

Students will follow along with Jonathan in this drawing demonstration, learning how to draw a side view of the head, emphasizing correct eye placement and proportions for this view. Students will learn a basic proportion system for laying out the head/face in side view, including proper placement for the eyes. Concepts of the eyes as a plane, placement of the eyes, and head proportions will also be covered.

Students will follow along with Jonathan in this drawing demonstration, learning essential concepts that offer a more in-depth understanding of the eyes as planes and the structure of those planes. Jonathan will take the concept of the plane and apply it to the structure of the eye sockets. Visualizing and understanding the structure of those sockets will help students better understand and draw eyes within a head.

Intro video for Section 3 "Drawing Eyes"

This video offers a brief introduction to Section 3, including the lectures and an overview of what you will learn.

Understanding and drawing three-dimensional forms are the first steps to successfully drawing eyes. In this video, students will follow along with Jonathan's drawing demonstration, learning the concept of the eyeball as a sphere for the basis of the beginning stages of drawing eyes.

Building from the concept of the eyeball as a sphere, Jonathan's drawing demonstration in this video will focus on the basic anatomy of the eye and how the eye moves in the socket.

Intro video for Section 4 "Drawing Eyes"

This video offers a brief introduction to Section 4, including the lectures and what you will learn.

Students will follow along with Jonathan in this drawing demonstration, learning drawing concepts for a more in-depth understanding of the structure of the eye, including the iris, pupils, and lens. Students will learn techniques to better capture the likeness of the eyes with a greater understanding of their structure and how to shade them.

Students will follow along with Jonathan in this drawing demonstration, learning concepts for drawing light and understanding value. Again, building from the eyeball as a sphere, we will draw and shade a realistic looking eyeball in light. Students will learn to draw with values using lights, highlights, midtones, darks, shadows, and contrast. They will also learn how to approach shading and shading techniques, and how to draw the eye as “wet,” capturing a lifelike feel.

Students will follow along with Jonathan in this drawing demonstration, learning how to draw the eye, iris and pupil with proper scale, alignment, placement, and proportions. The pupil will be further discussed in relation to how it illustrates emotions, as well as how to capture a pupil’s dilation (larger) and constriction (smaller).

Intro video for Section 5 "Drawing Eyes"

This video offers a brief introduction to Section 5, including the lectures, what you will learn.

Students will follow along with Jonathan in this drawing demonstration, learning concepts for the drawing eyelids. They will gain a greater understanding of visualizing and drawing the structure of the upper and lower eyelids, how they wrap around the eyeball, and their basic function and movement.

Students will follow along with Jonathan in this drawing demonstration, learning concepts for rendering the contours, angles, and structure of the overall shape of the eye opening, and how this shape is created by the structure of the eye and eyelids.

In this lecture, students will follow along with Jonathan’s digital drawing demonstration as they review real examples of eyes. He will draw over them digitally as he demonstrates how the previous drawing concepts taught in Lecture 21 “Drawing Eyelids: Eye Opening Shape & Angle” apply here. Included are examples of models of different ages, genders, and ethnicities, with varying types of eyes and facial features. Students will gain an even greater understand of drawing the structure, angle and shape of the eye opening.

Students will follow along with Jonathan in this drawing demonstration, learning to draw different eyelid types such as double, mono, and hooded. Students will learn the types of eyes, their structure, and how to better draw people with different eye types.

In this lecture, students will follow along with Jonathan in a digital drawing demonstration, viewing examples of real eyes. He will draw over these examples digitally as he demonstrates how the previous drawing concepts taught in Lecture 23 “Drawing Eyelids: Eyelid/Eye Types: Double, Mono, Hooded” apply here. Included are examples of models of different ages, genders, and ethnicities, with varying types of eyes and facial features. Students will gain an even greater understand of drawing double, mono, and hooded eyes.

Students will follow along with Jonathan in this drawing demonstration, learning concepts for drawing the eyes, eyelids, and eyelid structure. He will also explain how the eyeball, lens, and cornea work with and affect the shape of the eyelids and eye opening, as well as the direction the eye is looking. Students will be able to better draw an eye looking in any direction and with more subtle details in structure.

Intro video for Section 6 "Drawing Eyes"

This video offers a brief introduction to Section 6, including the lectures, what you will learn.

Students will follow along with Jonathan in this drawing demonstration, learning concepts and techniques for drawing eyelashes, with emphasis on structure, value, placement, and form. He will also cover drawing techniques for the eyelashes and eyelash hairs, including line quality.

Students will follow along with Jonathan in this drawing demonstration, learning concepts for drawing eyebrows, eyebrow placement, eyebrow structure, and eyebrow proportions.

Students will follow along with Jonathan in this drawing demonstration, learning concepts and techniques for drawing eyebrows. He will cover eyebrow placement and value, as well as concepts behind drawing hair, including hair density, growth pattern, and direction.

Students will follow along with Jonathan in this drawing demonstration, learning concepts and techniques for drawing eyebrows. Students will learn about the parts of an eyebrow, planes, structure, lighting, form, and anatomy.

Intro video for Section 7 "Drawing Eyes"

This video offers a brief introduction to Section 7, including the lectures, what you will learn.

Students will follow along with Jonathan in this drawing demonstration, learning general concepts for drawing female eyes. He will render a female eye from the ground up, drawing it part by part while focusing on anatomy, bone structure, skull, eye socket, lighting, eyebrows, eye lashes, pupil, proportions, and angles.

In this digital drawing demonstration, students will follow along with Jonathan while viewing real examples of eyes. He will draw over them digitally as he describes how the previous drawing concepts taught in Lecture 32 “Drawing Eyelids: General Drawing Concepts for Female Eyes” apply here. Included examples are models of different ages and ethnicities, with varying types of eyes and facial features.

Students will follow along with Jonathan in this drawing demonstration, learning general concepts for drawing male eyes. Drawing a male eye from the ground up and part by part, he focuses on general concepts of a male eye, such as anatomy, bone structure, skull, eye socket, lighting, eyebrows, eye lashes, pupil, proportions, and angles.

In this lecture, students will follow along with Jonathan in a digital drawing demonstration, viewing real examples of eyes. He will draw over these examples digitally as he shows how the previous drawing concepts taught in Lecture 34 "Drawing Eyelids: General Drawing Concepts For Male Eyes" apply here. Included examples are models of different ages and ethnicities, with varying types of eyes and facial features.

Intro video for Section 8 "Drawing Eyes"

This video offers a brief introduction to Section 8, including the lectures, what you will learn.

Students will follow along with Jonathan in this drawing demonstration, learning concepts and techniques for drawing an eye, zooming in on the right eye. He will work step by step, building the eye from the ground up and focusing on its individual parts. The process begins with sketching the eye socket, followed by adding the eyeball, iris, upper and lower eyelids, tear duct, eyebrow, pupil, lens, and eyelashes. Throughout the demonstration, Jonathan will emphasize the structure, planes, and forms of each part of the eye. He will also pay close attention to lighting and shading, thoughtfully working with highlights, mid-tones, and darks to bring the drawing to life.

Students will follow along as Jonathan recaps, summarizes and reviews the previous drawing demo from Lecture 37, “Drawing Eye: Drawing Demo -Drawing The Eye, Building It Up In Parts. Red Conté" .

Intro video for Section 9 "Drawing Eyes"

This video offers a brief introduction to Section 9, including the lectures, what you will learn.

In this lecture (Part 1 of 1 )

Students will follow along with Jonathan in this drawing demonstration, learning drawing concepts and techniques while working from a reference photo (provided in Resources in this section).

Jonathan draws a portrait of a female subject from a front view using a reference photo (provided). Since the focus of this course is on eyes, he will emphasize and produce a more detailed and finished drawing of the eyes and surrounding areas. Students will get Extra Information on drawing portraits as well.

This step-by-step demonstration will guide you from start to finish. Jonathan will begin by blocking in the head, carefully establishing scale, proportions, and the placement of facial features —while devoting extra attention to the eyes. Throughout the drawing demo, he will review, expand upon, and integrate key concepts covered throughout this course. (Drawing Eyes).

In this lecture (Part 2 of 1)

Students will follow along with Jonathan in this drawing demonstration, learning drawing concepts and techniques while working from a reference photo (provided in Resources in this section).

Jonathan draws a portrait of a female subject from a front view using a reference photo (provided in Resources in this section). Since the focus of this course is the eyes, he will emphasize and produce a more detailed and finished drawing of the eyes and surrounding areas. Students will get Extra Information on drawing portraits as well.

This step-by-step demonstration will guide you from start to finish. Jonathan will begin by blocking in the head, carefully establishing scale, proportions, and the placement of facial features —with devoting extra attention to the eyes. Throughout the drawing demo, he will review, expand upon, and integrate key concepts covered throughout this course. (Drawing Eyes).

A short video featuring Jonathan with some final thoughts for you, a big congratulations on finishing the course and a huge thank you for taking it. THANK YOU!!