How to draw evil eyes. How to draw a realistic eye with a pencil step by step
In this lesson I will tell you how to draw an eye step by step. First, let's understand what the eye consists of; knowing all its components, you can easily achieve a realistic image of it.
Structure of the eye
We have analyzed the structure of the eye, let's move on to the drawing of the eye
Drawing 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 in it a smaller circle - the pupil.
Next stage. Draw the upper and lower eyelids. In order to do this correctly, let’s imagine that the shape of the eyelids resembles a fish. If we stretch our imagination a little, we should get something similar.
Draw a few highlights on our pupil - this will give the eye realism. Don't forget about the 3rd eyelid, about the thickness of the upper and lower eyelids. Once you are completely satisfied with the shape of our eye, we can forget about fish and fins.
No less important detail in drawing eyes - eyelashes. You need to understand for yourself exactly what shape your eyelashes are, in which direction they grow, and how not to draw them. Eyelashes are usually shaped like a reverse comma. They are thicker at the base and taper at the end. Eyelashes are never straight and of the same thickness, otherwise you will end up with rays of sunshine like 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, eyelashes usually grow in different directions depending on 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. Under no circumstances make them the same size, otherwise it won’t look believable.
In order to make our eyelashes look thicker, we stroke a little at half strength at the base of the eyelashes. This will give your eyelashes volume and thickness.
Let's move on to the tone, volume and realism part 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 completely erase its contours. Please note that the darkest thing in our eye is the pupil, then the eyelashes follow the tone, then the 3rd eyelid, the iris, and the lightest will be the white of the eye (don’t leave it white, it also has a tone).
For correct application I will mark the tones with red lines in which place it should be applied 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. If you wish, you can draw in volume the upper eyelid that covers 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 eye.
In this lesson we will show you how to draw with a pencil realistic eye and give the skin texture.
So, let's begin:
Using a soft pencil, draw the contours of the eye.
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Dip a soft brush into graphite powder and cover the design with it in 2-3 layers, thereby creating a tone. You can take a brush of any size, the main thing is that it is soft and well fills the grain of the paper. Based on the intensity of the tone, we focus on the iris of the eye - if the tone turns out to be very dark, lighten it with a soft eraser.
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Take a smaller brush and apply color to the eyes, working on the shadow areas in detail.
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Use a soft eraser to wipe off the glare area.
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Using a soft pencil (2B) we 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 do not become smudged or rubbed out.
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Again, take a soft pencil (2B) and draw the dark areas of the iris with it.
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Now we will need a soft brush again - we use it to work on the shape of the eye: we intensify and deepen the colors, and detail the shape. The white of the eye also needs to be darkened, giving it a shape - to do this, take a hard pencil (5H) and strengthen the lines of transition from the eyelid to the white.
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It's time to work on the texture of the skin. We take a pencil of medium hardness (HB), add tones to the upper eyelid and the skin around it with light circular movements - you should start with the darker areas, i.e. from the crease of the eyelid. To smooth out roughness, use shading and a hard brush.
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We carry out similar actions with the lower eyelid.
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Additionally, we enhance the shadows on the entire surface of the eye - for this we take a medium-hard HB pencil. To work out the thickness of the lower eyelid, we need a 5H pencil and finally, using 2B, we will work out the shadows on the same lower eyelid.
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To convey realism to the skin, we’ll add a network of small wrinkles. To do this, use an HB pencil to draw small light lines, then carefully use an eraser to slightly lighten a small area next to each wrinkle. To make everything look natural and to hide the artifacts of eraser marks, use a brush and shading. Let’s use the same technique for detailing the protein eyes and tear duct. Using the same pencil (HB) we draw eyebrows - we 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. Once the skin is finished, you can start! The upper eyelashes are always darker than the lower ones, and also darker than the eyebrows. We use a 2B pencil (a little softer is possible), 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, lighten the lower eyelid slightly with an elastic band.
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If you get lost at a certain point or something doesn’t work out the first time, don’t despair, but rather try again.
We hope this lesson on drawing an eye with a pencil was useful to you!
What You'll Be Creating
Eyes are great topic for the image, they combine a lot different materials and they look like gems, hidden in our body. They are also quite difficult to draw, but that doesn't mean you can't do it! In this tutorial I'll show you how to draw a beautiful, realistic eye without a reference image.
What you will need
- Paper
- Pencil HB
- Pencil 2B
- Pencil 4B
- Pencil 5B
- Pencil 7B or 8B
- Shading
- Eraser (preferably soft)
- Pencil sharpener
1. Start Drawing the Eye
Step 1
Take a pencil HB, roughly draw a very light oval. The line should be subtle.
Step 2
Draw two curves intersecting the oval that will create the eyelids.
Step 3
The eyelids need to have a certain thickness, so add an edge to them.
Step 4
Draw a round iris, a pupil in the middle, a reflection of the highlight, and also the corners of the eyes.
Step 5
The eyebrow is the frame for the eyes, so don't forget about it! Draw your brow using straight lines to recreate a natural shape.
Step 6
Before we start shading the eye, we need to understand its 3D shape. You can solve this by drawing guide lines. I described this technique in my lesson
2. Draw a Realistic Iris
Step 1
Take the most soft pencil(a 7B or 8B pencil works best) and then fill in the pupil, leaving an area for a reflective highlight. The darkness of the pupil will determine the contrast for the rest of the drawing.
Step 2
Take a pencil 2B, and then draw the suspensory ligaments extending from the center of the iris. Go around the glare area. Angle the pencil slightly so that the lines are soft.
Step 3
Darken the edge of the iris and also draw a “ring” around the pupil.
Step 4
Take a pencil 2B, and then darken the edges even more. Shade the iris by adding more supporting ligaments or fibers, some fibers should be darker than others.
Step 5
Use the same pencil to shade the entire iris. Draw a penumbra around the ring, as well as small shadows between the fibers.
Step 6
Take a pencil 4B, make sure it is well sharpened. Use this pencil to accentuate the shadows you drew earlier.
Step 7
By using growers, carefully align the outline of the iris. It's part of the eyeball, so the iris shouldn't have a completely hard edge.
Step 8
Take a pencil 4B to draw a shadow from the upper eyelid over the iris. Don't forget that the eye is not flat, and therefore the shadows must be curved.
Step 9
Using the same pencil, draw the shadow of the eyelashes. The shadows will be most visible on top of the highlight's reflection area.
Step 10
Take a pencil 5B to adjust the contrast of the eye. Darken the shadows to make the highlights pop.
3. Shade the Eye
Step 1
Take a pencil HB, and then create subtle shading around the eyeball. During the shading process, remember that the eyeball is roughly a sphere, so don't make the shadows flat.
Step 2
Use a blender to soften the shadows. Don't be afraid to bring them even further into the center.
Step 3
Use an eraser to clean up the highlighted areas. The eye is not completely smooth, so it will look even better if you break up the soft shadows with the hard edges of your eraser strokes.
Step 4
Take a pencil HB and then draw the details lacrimal caruncle. This area is wet and shiny, so add small highlights to the outline.
Step 5
Gently shade the tear duct area.
Step 6
Using a pencil 2B, shade the above area even more. Using the same pencil, add a subtle shadow under the lower eyelid. This will separate the eye from the eyelid.
Step 7
Take a pencil HB to shade the edges of the eyelids. Don't forget about the location of the light source!
Step 8
Blend the shaded area using a feather brush.
Step 9
Using the same technique, shade the rest of the skin around the eye. Draw with the pencil tilted to capture it immediately large area, and also avoid hard lines
Step 10
Take a pencil 2B to add shadows where needed.
Step 11
Take a pencil 4B to darken the shadows even more.
Step 12
Finally, take a pencil 5B to further darken the crease of the upper eyelid.
4. Draw Eyebrows and Eyelashes
Step 1
Take a pencil HB to draw the direction of the eyebrow hairs.
Step 2
Take a pencil 2B to draw the hairs one by one. The hairs should not be sharp - their width will depend on the scale of your image. Angle the pencil if necessary to achieve denser strokes.
Step 3
Take a pencil 4B to thicken the front lower part of the brow.
Step 4
Using a pencil 2B, outline the direction and shape of the eyelashes. However, before you start, look in the mirror and try to understand what you see. Eyelashes are curved in nature and their shape depends on the perspective. They drop down slightly, right from the edge of the upper eyelid, and then curve upward.
Step 5
In the same way, add eyelashes to the lower eyelid.
Step 6
The eyelashes tend to stick to each other, creating a tight bunch.
Step 7
Using a pencil 4B, thicken your eyelashes by adding more hairs between them. Eyelashes don't grow in one thin row! Also, adjust the width of the eyelashes according to the scale of the image.
Step 8
Take the softest pencil, make sure it is well sharpened, and then highlight some areas of the eyelashes.
Step 9
The drawing is almost complete. Look at it from a distance and also try to see how the shading can be improved. Use all pencils for this task.
Step 10
Finally, add small parts to make the drawing more realistic: fine veins in the eye area, including small wrinkles around the eye. You can make the skin more uneven by simply applying rows of thin transverse lines.
If you decide to digitize your drawing to publish it online, be sure to prepare it first:
What About the Other Eye?
I’ll tell you a secret: there shouldn’t be “another eye.” When you draw a portrait, draw both eyes at the same time, step by step. This way you will simply draw both eyes without copying them one after the other. The good news is that they don't have to be exactly identical - our faces aren't exactly symmetrical!
The anime style eyes are very beautiful. The eye pattern in this style is a little distorted, but very effective. The eyes are unnaturally large with long eyelashes; these are the eyes that girls dream of. Unfortunately, such eyes are only drawn in pictures; in reality, human eyes look different. However, it is not necessary to have huge eyes and long eyelashes; any person has very beautiful eyes, especially when he smiles. Any portrait of a person is, first of all, correctly drawn eyes. However, drawing eyes correctly is quite difficult, since it is very difficult to convey a person’s gaze in a drawing. Let's try to learn draw eyes person with a pencil, step by step.
1. First draw simple outlines
To make it easier for you draw eyes man, I decided to draw only one eye. But you can immediately draw two eyes by placing them side by side in mirror image. To do this, draw both contours in your drawing at once. Please note that the eyes should be the same, but in a mirror position in relation to each other, otherwise they will look crooked and askew, which is naturally undesirable for drawing a girl’s beautiful eyes.
2. Add another outline to the picture
So far the lesson on how to draw eyes is more like a geometry lesson. But it is with these figures that it will be easier for you to learn to draw correctly. Please note that the second contour is not a square, but a rectangle, its horizontal sides are longer than the perpendicular ones.
3. Draw the general shape of the eye
Now you will need to draw the shape of the eye, “stretch” the previous outline and draw an oval for the cornea of the eye inside the rectangle. All this is not difficult to do, it is only important to accurately mark where the corners of the eye will be located. Please note that if the angled lines are connected too far, the eyes will appear narrow.
4. The eye takes on a real shape
When drawing eyes, it is important to correctly draw the shape of the eye, to “maintain” all the proportions, and that’s why we used geometric shapes. But at this step, we will no longer need them, and they will need to be deleted. But first you need to change the shape of the eye, just like in my drawing. The left corner of the eye (in relation to you) needs to be moved beyond general outline and lower almost to the level of the lower part of the oval of the cornea. And on the contrary, move the right corner of the eye inside the contour at the level of the horizontal marking line. After this, use smooth lines to connect the corners into one whole. Now you can remove the unnecessary ones contour lines and in the picture it is now real beautiful eye. This is a difficult step, give it the most attention.
5. Eye drawing is almost finished
Inside the cornea of the eye you need to draw a pupil. The pupils do not need to be drawn too large. Human eyes have small pupils in normal lighting. In the left corner draw a bag for tears, and on top parallel line upper eyelid. Now we can say that you were able to draw the eye almost completely. All that remains is to draw the eyelashes and shade the drawing a little with a pencil.
6. How to shade your eyes with pencil
To finally draw the eyes you need to add eyelashes, but small ones. We're drawing usual eyes a person, and not the eyes of a fashion model from a magazine. Please note that eyelashes can have an unexpected effect on your eye and should be used with caution. Then you need to darken some areas of the eyelids, as shown in the picture. You also need to add a stroke around the eye where the eyelashes were, and outline the iris. And of course, color the iris with colored pencils.
7. Add Color to the Iris
Now, when drawing a person’s face, you can confidently and correctly do eye drawing.
Drawings of faces, human eyes, portraits - this is the most complex look visual arts. Learn to draw a portrait of a person, a person's eyes, even with a simple pencil, requires not only time to learn, but also talent. The difficulty of drawing a portrait of a person lies in the ability to convey the emotional state of a person, his facial expressions, the depth of his gaze, etc. The most important thing in a portrait is to correctly draw the person’s eyes.
Eyes in an anime drawing are the basis of this style. All pictures of girls drawn in anime style are distinguished by huge eyes - black, blue, green. But be sure to be huge and expressive. To draw eyes correctly, you must do this step by step, since eyes are the most important and complex element any drawing of a person.
When drawing a person, you should see the entire future image from the expected lines and all you have to do is draw them. IN fine arts the most important thing is not the accuracy of the proportions and lines of the drawing, but the image of the main, most important thing. Very often, it is enough to accurately draw eyes that convey the mood and character of a person.
The lesson on how to draw a ballerina is designed for those who already know how to draw well, since drawing a person is not easy. Drawing a picture of a ballerina is especially difficult, since the drawing needs to convey the grace and elegance of ballet dance. But if you want to draw a ballerina, try it with us.
Pictures of Spider-Man attract with their dynamism and brightness. Spider-Man's eyes are hidden under a mask, with triangular slits for the eyes. But if you draw this character close-up, you will need to draw the eyes in more detail. To do this, you can use this lesson and draw the eyes accurately and correctly.
Let's try to draw a hockey player in motion, with a stick and a puck, step by step. You might even be able to draw your favorite hockey player or goalie.
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 by his eyes. And in order to be able to do this using a portrait, you need to know how to draw eyes. Beginning artists often make mistakes when drawing eyes. You can draw realistic eyes or depict them. Various artists offer various options About, how to draw eyes with a pencil. However, they all adhere to a certain sequence.
Eye location
First of all, you must position the eyes correctly on the piece of paper. To do this, draw a horizontal line across the sheet.
Do not press hard on the tool, because this 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 the distance between the eyes. It is generally accepted that it is equal to one more eye. Therefore, you can measure or draw a light line on the auxiliary eye in the middle, position the second eye, and then remove 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 extends slightly beyond the upper eyelid.
Tear ducts
No realistically depicted eye would be complete without tear ducts.
Therefore, you need to depict them by drawing a line in the place where the eyes approach the bridge of the nose.
Borders of the century
In order to make the eyes more natural, you need to draw the boundaries of the eyelids, that is, show their thickness.
This applies to the lower eyelid, so you will need to draw along it. Draw a border running from the tear duct along the lower eyelid to the outer corner of the eye. Your line should go under the eyeball, but not touch it.
Pupil
Let's draw a smaller circle, which we will place inside the previously drawn eyeball.
It will serve as a boundary separating the iris and the darkest part of the eye, the black pupil. Also remember to draw an arc for the upper eyelid that 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 great circle, which 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 of the eye.
Iris
The iris of the eye also requires special attention.
Doesn't happen in nature identical eyes. Each pair of eyes has its own unique pattern. You also need to draw a design on the iris of the eyes you drew. Draw the 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 they reflect the light that falls from one side.
As a result, part of the iris appears lighter to us, and some part is completely white. To reflect this on paper, use an 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.
