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How to Draw Eyes with Colored Pencils
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How to Draw Eyes with Colored Pencils

Learn to Draw and Shade with Realism
Created byJasmina Susak
Last updated 10/2019
English
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What you'll learn

  • To create proportional sketch from scratch
  • To blend the colored pencils
  • To create photorealistic textures
  • To draw lifelike skin with colored pencils

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Course content

2 sections • 11 lectures • 2h 41m total length

  • Tools0:44

    Hi.

    Thank you so much for enrolling.

    Please find downloadable materials such as Skin Tone Value Viewer, coloring pages, 2 eBooks containing 5 step-by-step drawing tutorials on portraits and also, my pencil sketches. After practicing drawing this eye, I would like to see you drawing the whole portraits from reference photos.

    Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions.

    Hope to hear from you soon,

    Jasmina


  • Sketching7:29

    Sketch the iris boundary with a compass set to 2.3 cm, adjust for the pupil boundary, and outline the upper and lower eyelids, then mark the sclera tear duct corners.

  • Coloring the Pupil and the Iris13:50

    Color the pupil with deep black, define a dark iris boundary, and build the iris with blue tones and spokes radiating from the pupil, then blend and add highlights.

  • Shading the White of the Eye12:31

    Shade the whites of the eye with a cool gray gradient from 30 percent to 10 percent, blending toward the iris boundary and under the upper eyelid shadow.

  • Drawing the Skin Around the Eye23:54

    Use beige and peach beige as base, press hard for texture with dark brown shading around the eye, and blend to create highlights and shadows for a smooth eyelid fold.

  • Drawing Eyelashes23:36

    Learn to draw upper and lower eyelashes with varied length and density, using quick strokes, shading with cool grays and browns to create depth and shadows.

  • Adding the Highlights8:42

    Add lifelike highlights to the eye by applying white marker and white pencil, blending edges, and placing tiny dots on the iris, skin, and lashes for a shiny, wet look.

  • Drawing the Eyebrow6:54

    Learn to draw realistic eyebrows with colored pencils, using hair-by-hair strokes, directional cues toward the temple, and color choices like espresso and warm gray for realistic shading and highlights.

Requirements

  • You will need a set of 150 colored pencils by Prismacolor Premier
  • High-quality paper
  • A graphite pencil for sketching
  • A white, opaque marker

Description

In this course you will learn to draw blue and brown eyes from complete scratch.

I will walk you through the process that I use to draw proportional, lifelike eyes with colored pencils. I will show you the tools I use and explain why and how I use those art materials.

As a bonus, you will be receiving my how-to-draw eBooks containing 5+ drawing tutorials on the whole portraits, the Skin Tone Value Viewer and other helpful resources so that you can learn even more and faster.d.

Join me now, and let's draw!

Jasmina


Who this course is for:

  • This course is suitable for anyone who wants to learn to draw with colored pencils.

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