How to learn to draw eyes beautifully with a simple pencil. How to draw human eyes with a pencil step by step

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Today we have a very interesting and important topic, we will learn how to draw a human eye. The eyes, as you know, are the mirror of the soul, the most eloquent and attractive part of a person's face.

Structure

First, let's define the terminology, and for this, let's look at the general simplified structure of the eye:

This scheme is not for studying anatomy, but for understanding the drawing technique, all the most important parts are indicated here.

How to draw an eye

Steps to create a pencil sketch

At the beginning of the lesson, let's just try to make a light sketch, step by step. We use a pencil.

Now we will not delve into the nuances and features of the structure of the eyes.

How to draw eyes with a pencil:

1. We designate the shape of the eye, enclosing it in the framework of an angular figure. We will also show the folds above the upper and lower eyelids.
2. Weft shape, make the lines smoother, smooth the corners. We outline the eyebrow pupil and iris. Let's slightly denote the thickness of the eyelid and teardrop.
3. We specify the thickness of the eyelids, designate a highlight on the iris, shade the dark pupil, easily show the shadow under the upper eyelid on the sclera. We refine the eyebrow a little.
4. We give color and pattern to the iris, opposite the glare, a reflex light spot is formed on the iris. Add shadows on the rounded shape of the eyeball. With the help of strokes, we shade the upper eyelid, select and refine the crease above it.
5. We detail, refine the shadows and light, add eyelashes.

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The form

The eyeball is shaped like a ball, which is attached inside the eye socket. We see only a part of this ball, covered with eyelids. When drawing an eye in any technique, you need to remember and understand that we show light and shadow on a spherical shape.

The lidded eyes are almond-shaped, this nut is the most accurate for comparison. In fact, the eye is an oval whose outer corner is pointed, the inner is rounded. This oval, like the almond nut, is not symmetrical, this is their main similarity. Look, if the eye is divided by a horizontal line, and find the widest place in the upper and lower parts, then we will see that these points are in different parts oval.

At the top, the most high point will be closer to the lacrimal gland, and in the lower - to the outer corner.

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Eyelids

The eyelids are not flat, they have quite a noticeable thickness, enveloping the rounded shape of the eyeball. If you look at the face in profile, the thickness of the eyelids is clearly visible. The lower eyelid is deeper set than the upper.

thickness is indicated in orange

The upper eyelid and eyelashes cast a shadow on eyeball.

Eyeball without eyeshadow and with shadow

The thickness of the lower eyelid is lighter than the upper one, since more light enters this part.

Fold

Above the upper eyelid there is always a fold of skin that covers part of it. At different people this fold is formed in different ways, sometimes hanging over the inner or outer part of the eye, and in Asians it completely covers the teardrop and completely the entire upper eyelid.

The direction and shape of this fold will help you draw the eyes more correctly and accurately.

teardrop

In the inner corner of the eye is the lacrimal caruncle - an elongated convex semi-oval. There is no special attention or any nuances in the image of this part of the eye, but without a teardrop, your drawing will look implausible. You can mark it with a slight hint, or you can draw it to the details and veins, depending on the task, but in no case do not forget about this important part of the eyes.

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Pupil and iris

The direction of gaze can be determined by the position of the pupil, and with it the iris. The pupil is a perfect dark circle, it is always in the center of the circle of the iris.

In a resting position, the eyelids cover about 30 percent of the iris, sometimes part of the pupil.

• To show wide eyes, open most iris (more than 30%) or draw it completely.
• Covered squinted eyelids open only a small part of the iris and pupil.

If you look closely, look at the eye in profile, we will see that:

The iris has a convex shape, similar to a bowl. The pupil is completely flat black spot inside, it has no volume.

The illustration shows what the eye looks like in profile, the shape of the iris and the pupil. If you wear contact lenses, then you know perfectly well what is at stake. Do not draw the pupil at the edge of the iris.

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Glare and reflex

The glare will lie down in a rounded shape, a reflex is formed opposite the glare - a spot of scattered light. The glare is formed on the side where the light falls, and the reflex is on the opposite side.

Green is the highlight, and orange is the reflex.

Eyelashes

A beautiful expressive eye can be depicted without eyelashes, although this will be a little unnatural. Eyelashes are a detail that needs to be added at the very end of the work, when everything is ready and looks pretty decent without them.

Let's see how it is, and how not to mark eyelashes.

Eyelashes are thicker, at the base of the eyelid, it is more noticeable than at the tips. Eyelashes have different lengths, and next to a long eyelash are short ones. Naturally, in different people they are of different lengths and thicknesses, twisted up or directed straight. If you want to highlight the eyelashes, don't draw them in the same length and thickness.

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Directions and Landmarks

Superciliary arches and eyebrows protect our organ of vision from various external stimuli, so they always rise above the eye, which is located in depth.

The eyebrow is always located above the eye, moves forward. The lower eyelid is slightly deeper than the upper. These directions must be observed, they are shown in the picture with red lines.

Proportions relative to the head

It is important not only to show the eyes beautifully, but also to place them correctly, observing the basic proportions of the human head.

We have already studied many rules in the previous lesson: how to draw a face. For example, how to find the line of the eye and determine their size.

How to draw human eyes:

Line of eyes in the middle of the head, wings of the nose on the same vertical axis with teardrops

• To correctly place the eyes, draw a horizontal axis in the center of the head.
• The inner corners of the eyes are always in the same vertical line with the wings of the nose, no closer and no further (second part of the illustration).

Eye. Without a doubt, this is a favorite subject of many artists! The human eye is undoubtedly a window into the human soul. But how to portray it?

To learn to draw eyes, first I will ask you to take a small mirror. I want you to keep this mirror close to you while you paint. I want you to be able to look at your own eyes at any time while you are doing this lesson.

Mark Kistler picked up this technique from a visit with some alumni to DreamWorks a few years ago. The animators were working on Shrek, and their workstations had several computers, monitors, drawing tablets, and, interestingly, two mirrors flanking their desks. While the animators were working on various parts"Shrek", he could watch them frown in the mirrors as he drew Shrek's scowling face. Mark saw them holding their hands in different positions as they drew Shrek's hands. It was very interesting to see how world class artists brought Shrek to life. Now let's add life to your album - let's draw eye.

1. Sitting at the table, take a look in the mirror. Hold on for a few minutes... You are just a miracle. Just take a look! These eyes! These lips, nose, ears, hair, just a great model for drawing. You redrawn da Vinci in , and now you will draw from the most perfect eye model on the planet - from yourself! Lightly trace the shape of the eye. In this tutorial we will draw an eye that resembles the shape of a lemon, with a small tear duct. When you draw a lot of eyes (and you will undoubtedly draw more than a hundred of them, because they are so cool to draw), you will notice how many different eye shapes people have on the planet. In this tutorial we are using simple form lemon.

2. Take a look in the mirror and examine your left upper eyelid. Notice how the folds follow the shape of the eye. Draw the upper eyelid starting from the inner corner of the eye.

3. Draw a perfectly round circle of the iris, bending a little under the upper eyelid. We use the law of overlap. Remember that the iris is a perfect circle, not an oval. Look in the mirror. Look closely at the thickness of the rim along the top of the lower lid. The interesting thing is that the smallest details, like this, are what you are looking for and drawing. These details really give a "wow" effect. Without them, your drawing will look unrealistic.

4. Take a look in the mirror. Look closer at the pupil in the center of the iris. Notice the perfect circumference of the circle. Notice the tiny highlights inside the black circle. Draw a perfect round pupil in the middle of the iris. Inside, draw a small circle for highlights.

5. Take a look in the mirror. Look closer at your pupil again. Look at the black pupil and the light highlight. Draw this dark black pupil with a light highlight.

6. Take a look in the mirror. Look closely at the surface of the iris around the pupil. Take a closer look. And further. Just an amazing play of light, color, humidity, shape, such details! When you fill in the iris, make radial pencil strokes coming from the pupil and use lines of various lengths: some short, some long. As you experiment with colored pencils, I would recommend that you start with this tutorial.

7. Draw your chic eyebrow. Make out each hair separately, starting from the bridge of the nose and moving along the forehead. Moving away from the nose, draw with more horizontal fluttering lines. Start shading the eyes along the inside of the eyelids.

8. Take a look in the mirror. Take a close look at your eyelashes. Pay attention to how your eyelashes are collected in small groups of two or three, and not from one eyelash. Notice how the lash clusters start from the nearest edge of the upper eyelid. Notice how your eyelashes curl from the eyelid, following the contour of the eye. Pay attention also to the location. Make sure you draw them on the very edge of the eyelid. Pay attention to the direction of the bend of the eyelashes. Be careful not to draw too many eyelashes, and also do not draw them too vertically (otherwise you may get a "spider web" effect).

The next step - shading. This step makes the eye actually appear on the page! There are five specific areas for shading. The first is right above your upper eyelid, the entire length of your eyeball. The next area is along the lower eyelid, above the water line, directly on the eyeball. Shade lightly at first, then you can create a darker effect (if you shade too much, it will look like a very heavy gothic makeup, but maybe that's what you are going for?). The third area is the small crease at the top of your eyelids, the line that separates your mobile eyelid from your upper, fixed eyelid. The fourth area is the lower part of the orbit, which is darker in central corner near the nose and tear duct. This shadow is shaded and falls on the cheek.

Just as Leonardo da Vinci used feathering when shading Mona Lisa's eyes without hard dark lines, you also need to make the feathering very soft when shading the 3D eye. Be sure to shade and blend the fifth shading zone - the tiny "hidden" shadows at the corners of the eye sockets and eyelids.

LESSON 29: PRACTICE

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Many aspiring artists most aspire to draw human faces. This is understandable: the face is the most important aesthetic component of the body, and orders for portraits are received much more often than, say, for the image of the feet.

If you have more or less studied general structure of the human head, the initial construction and the basics of chiaroscuro, you can begin to master the details. The most expressive part of the face is, without a doubt, the eyes - it is them that we will learn to draw today.

So let's get started!

First sketch out the outlines of your eye. Designate general form, outline the teardrop and eyelid.

Then draw the contours of the iris and pupil, then outline the outline of the highlights and lightly shade the iris, bypassing the marked highlights.

In the next step, shade the pupil (immediately make it darker to separate it from the iris). Start drawing the veins on the iris, and also draw a drop shadow from the upper eyelid. Don't put too much pressure on the pencil so you can gradually pick up the tone in the right places.

Draw the veins on the iris more carefully, work out the shadows above the upper eyelid, and also draw a shadow under the lower one. Walk a thin line of the undercut elastic around the eye: on this light line we will draw eyelashes.

Draw eyelashes - and the drawing will immediately take on a completely different look. The upper eyelashes cross, forming "triangles". The lower lashes are usually much thinner, shorter and less frequent than the upper ones. It will also be useful to work out the texture of the iris in more detail: apply on it dark dots and strokes, and gently rub out tiny light areas with a rubber band.

It remains to work on the details. Strengthen all dark places: the pupil, the contour of the iris (its upper border is in shadow, therefore darker), the lower border of the upper eyelashes. The shadows above the upper and under the lower eyelids also need to be made a little darker. Pay attention to highlights: they should be as light as possible. Add volume to the eyeball by slightly intensifying the shadows and highlights.

Every artist who depicts someone's portrait should be able to draw the person's eyes. At first glance, it seems that there is nothing complicated in this. However, in order for the drawing to turn out realistic, it is necessary to take into account all the nuances and small parts. How to draw a person's eyes beautifully with a pencil?

human eye structure

The human eye consists of several external structural elements, each of which performs a specific function:

• upper eyelid;
• lower eyelid;
• upper eyelashes;
• lower eyelashes;
• iris and iris;
• eyeball (sclera);
• pupil;
• teardrop.

To draw a human eye with a pencil, you need to take into account all the folds with smooth lines, shadows and much more, as well as choose the right location for the eyebrow. Otherwise, the drawing will seem implausible.

Step by Step Instructions for Drawing Human Eyes

It is necessary to draw a person's eyes with a pencil in several stages. Step by step, line by line, a whole image is formed from the structural elements. The step by step process of drawing a human eye can be seen in the picture.

Step 1

First you need to draw the shape of the eye. To do this, it should be enclosed in a frame with corners. Immediately you need to draw the folds that are visible above the upper and lower eyelids. Also, the shape of the eye can be drawn from two perpendicular lines, crossed among themselves. The horizontal line should be longer than the vertical one. Then four points are smoothly connected. A teardrop is indicated in the inner corner, without which the eye will turn out to be unnatural. External and internal corners can be drawn both on one and on different levels. Extra lines need to be erased.

Step 2

It is necessary to draw the iris, which should be round. It is important to take into account that the third part of it is hidden by the upper eyelid. Inside the iris, strictly in the center, you need to draw a pupil, paint it in a dark color.

Step 3

Then you can start drawing the upper eyelid, behind which the part of the iris with the pupil is hidden. For this, the method of drawing lines in the form of strokes is used. The main thing is not to overdo it so that the eyelid turns out to be of optimal thickness, it is darkened in the crease zone. After that, you should draw the lower eyelid, which is selected from the inner corner of the eye.

Step 4

The next step is to draw a highlight near the iris on the pupil. It is depicted as a small circle. Opposite the glare, a spot of scattered light is formed, which is also located near the pupil, only on the other side. This is a reflex that needs to be drawn with smooth lines.

Step 5

The next step is the image of the eyebrows and superciliary arches which provide protection to the eye from external irritants. The eyebrow is always placed above the organ of vision and is pushed forward slightly. First, it is recommended to draw a test line, and then draw hairs from it. At the base of the eyebrows are thicker than at the temple. Hairs can be placed both in one direction and intersect.

The upper eyelid is higher than the lower. In the photo below you can see all directions. They must be observed, otherwise it will not work to draw a realistic eye.

Step 6

Eyes must be framed with eyelashes. They can be drawn in advance, but on final stages will still need to be adjusted. Like everything else, eyelashes should look realistic, and not like in children's drawings, where they resemble chamomile petals. The photo below shows the correct design. The upper lashes are always longer than the lower ones, thick at the base and thinner towards the end. To do this, as each eyelash is drawn in growth, the pressure of the pencil must be reduced.

Step 7

The last step is necessary in order to remove auxiliary lines, remove unnecessary strokes, make darker or lighter or darker certain places. That is, to bring your drawing to perfection.

Video: how to draw a person's eyes in stages with a pencil

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The eyes are the mirror of the human soul. To draw them realistically is a very delicate matter. That is what we will talk about in this article. You will learn how to draw

It is necessary to pay attention to every detail, otherwise the result will be unnatural. Prepare everything necessary tools: A sharp pencil, a fine-tipped eraser, and a sheet of paper. Now consider how to draw realistic eyes.

In order to get the desired result, the artist must understand. It is a small sphere that is located in the eye socket and is covered by the eyelids, the gap between them is the palpebral fissure. Inner corner, located closer to the nose, is always rounded and has a sharp end. External - the one closer to the ear should be pointed. The upper eyelid should be at or slightly above the pupil, it slightly covers. If you draw the pupil and in the center of the palpebral fissure, the eyes will look bulging, the drawing will turn out to be unnatural.

How to draw eyes with a pencil

So, let's get to work. The visual organ as a whole is a bit like an ellipse. We perform the following actions:

1. With very light strokes, we begin to sketch the eyes as shown in the figure.

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• the upper eyelid from the inner corner of the eye and the lower eyelid from the outer corner of the visual organ are straight, equal to about 1/3 of the length of the visual organ;
• if you spend horizontal line in the center of the eye, then the outer corner of the eyelid will be slightly raised, which is not necessary in drawing, but can give the look a slight cunning;
• the area of ​​​​the upper eyelid from the inner corner should be slightly concave, which will add sophistication to the pattern.

2. Considering all of the above, we create the outline of the iris, pupil and highlights. Shade as shown in the picture below.

3. Now you need to paint over the darkest parts of the eye. First of all, this is the pupil. Don't forget to leave a highlight on it! Look at the original drawing and darken the necessary places in your work.

4. Create dark rays by swiping thin lines sharp pencil.

5. Lightly blend the iris with your finger, but do it very carefully.

6. Now take the eraser. With its sharp end, add some natural light rays on the iris.

7. An artist who knows how to draw realistic eyes with a pencil must understand that the white of the eye cannot be completely snow-white! Add some grey.

8. Now work with the eyelids: add dark and light tones to them, then blend them.

9. Now draw the upper eyelashes. They should be slightly arched and necessarily have different lengths. They grow from the upper eyelid and end just above the lower one.

10. With light movements create thin lower eyelashes. If you are interested in how to draw eyes with a pencil so that they turn out natural, it is important to know the following: eyelashes cannot be perfectly even. They are somewhere more bent, somewhere carelessly lie. Therein lies a piece of natural beauty.

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1. Outline the eyebrows.

2. Shade and blend the area under them up to the upper eyelid. By the same principle, the area under the lower eyelid is processed.

3. Draw the main hairs, then add some small ones.

4. Slightly blend the eyebrows.

Now you know one way to create realistic eyes. You will definitely succeed!