How to learn to draw expressive human eyes. How to draw eyes with a pencil

What You'll Be Creating

Eyes are a great subject for an image, they combine a lot different materials and they look like gems hidden in our body. They are also pretty hard to draw, but that doesn't mean you can't do it! In this tutorial I will show you how to draw a handsome, realistic eye no original image.

What will you need

Paper
HB pencil
Pencil 2B
Pencil 4B
Pencil 5B
Pencil 7B or 8B
rastushka
Eraser (preferably soft)
Pencil sharpener

1. Start Drawing the Eye

Step 1

Take a pencil HB, approximately draw a very light oval. The line should be barely perceptible.

Step 2

Draw two curves intersecting the oval that will create the eyelids.

Step 3

The eyelids should have a certain thickness, so add an edge to them.

Step 4

Draw a round iris, a pupil in the middle, a glare reflection shape, as well as the corners of the eyes.

Step 5

The eyebrow is the frame for the eyes, so don't forget about it! Draw the eyebrow using straight lines to recreate the 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. How to Draw a Realistic Iris

Step 1

Take the most soft pencil(a 7B or 8B pencil works best) and then paint over the pupil, leaving an area for the 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 supporting ligaments extending from the center of the iris. Walk around the highlight area. Tilt 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 further darken the edges. Shade the iris by adding more supporting ligaments or fibers, individual fibers should be darker than the rest.

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 rasshki, carefully align the outline of the iris. This is the part eyeball, so the iris should not have a completely hard edge.

Step 8

Take a pencil 4B to draw the shadow from the upper eyelid over the iris. Do not forget that the eye is not flat, and therefore the shadows should be curved.

Step 9

Using the same pencil, draw the shadow of the eyelashes. The shadows will be most visible above the reflection area of the highlight.

Step 10

Take a pencil 5B to correct the contrast of the eye. Darken the shadows to make the highlights stand out more.

3. Shading the Eye

Step 1

Take a pencil HB, and then create gentle 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 combine them even further to the center.

Step 3

Take an eraser to clean up the illuminated areas. The eye isn't exactly smooth, so it will look even better if you break up the soft shadows with the hard edges of the eraser strokes.

Step 4

Take a pencil HB and then draw the details lacrimal caruncle. This area is wet and shiny, so add the outlines of small highlights.

Step 5

Gently shade the tear duct area.

Step 6

With a pencil 2B, further shade the above area. Using the same pencil, add a gentle 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

Line up the shaded area with feathering.

Step 9

Using the same technique, shade the rest of the skin around the eye. Draw with a slanted pencil to capture a large area at once and also avoid hard lines

Step 10

Take a pencil 2B to add shadows where needed.

Step 11

Take a pencil 4B to further darken the shadows.

Step 12

Finally, take a pencil 5B to further darken the crease of the upper eyelid.

4. How to 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 don't have to be sharp - their width will depend on the scale of your image. Tilt the pencil, if necessary, to achieve denser strokes.

Step 3

Take a pencil 4B to thicken the front lower part of the eyebrow.

Step 4

With a pencil 2B, apply the outline of the direction and shape of the eyelashes. However, before you begin, look in the mirror and try to understand what you see. Eyelashes are curved in nature, and their shape depends on the perspective. They fall slightly down, 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

Eyelashes tend to stick to each other, creating a tight tuft.

Step 7

With a pencil 4B thicken your lashes by adding more hair between them. Eyelashes do not 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's well-sharpened, and then emphasize some areas of the lashes.

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: thin veins in the eye area, including small wrinkles around the eye. You can make the skin more uneven by simply applying rows of thin cross lines.

If you decide to digitize your drawing to publish it on the Internet, then do not forget to pre-prepare it:

What About the Other Eye?

I will tell you a secret: there should be no “other eye”. When you draw a portrait, then draw both eyes at the same time, step by step. This way you will simply draw both eyes without copying them one by one. And the good news is that they don't have to be absolutely identical - our faces aren't exactly symmetrical!

People who are learning to draw are often interested in the question: how to draw eyes so that the drawing is as if alive? Indeed, the eyes always play leading role in a portrait. Therefore, when learning to draw a person, of course, you need to pay enough attention to the drawing of the eyes. In this lesson I will tell and demonstrate how to draw eyes using the example of my drawing. If you do not get distracted by the details, then you need to learn a few key thoughts.

1. So, the first. The eye is spherical. Therefore, this is not a flat, but a three-dimensional shape with the name "eyeball".

2. Second. The eyeball is protected from above by the eyelids, which form the usual contours of the eyes.

3. Third. The eye is located in the "recess" of our skull, which is called the eye socket. Therefore, drawing an eye does not mean drawing the contours of the eyelid, but “sculpting” the volumes of the eyeball and what surrounds it.

4. Each eyelid is thick and rises above the surface of the eyeball. In addition, the eyelids form characteristic skin folds.

5. To learn how to draw eyes, you need to understand the shape of the eye socket, eyelids, eyeball. To do this, I draw a conditional line in my drawing, repeating the "relief". With the help of this line, the shape of the eyes and all the curves are clearly visible. In the final version of the drawing, this line, of course, should not be drawn. I added it for educational purposes only.

6. For even greater clarity, I apply conditional hatching according to the shape of the surface. The lines of this hatching show all the bends. Our drawing, as it were, consists of planes or faces, with the help of which the form is “molded”. Such a “faceted” drawing helps to understand the essence of the form without being distracted by unimportant details. This greatly simplifies the drawing process for beginner artists.

In conclusion of this stage of the drawing, I will also add that each person, of course, has his own unique shape of the eyelids, eyebrows, bridge of the nose ... But we are all united by a number of features inherent in all people. Therefore, my drawing is conditional, conveying these key features.

7. Next, I proceed to transfer the volume using hatching (read how to hatch). As you know, the volume is transmitted according to the well-known law of chiaroscuro: the brightest place is a highlight, then light follows, after light - penumbra, then a shadow, and finally - a reflex. It turns out such a tonal stretch - from light to dark. Depending on the direction of the light, a person's face can be illuminated from above, below, or from the side. Therefore, the transition from light to shadow can be not only from left to right, but also from top to bottom. Therefore, I shade the eyeball, eyelids, nose bridge, eyebrow area, taking into account this moment. For example, the area between the eyebrow and the eye will be the lightest on the left and top, and the darkest part of it will be on the right and bottom. The same applies to the upper eyelid - it will be the lightest on the left, and the darkest on the right. It turns out such a tonal stretch from left to right. But the direction of the light may be different. For example, a person's head is illuminated not by the sun from above, but by a lamp from below. Then everything will be different. But the principle I'm talking about will remain. Therefore, you need to understand how the light is distributed in shape, which side the light source is on, etc.

8. Now I enhance the shadows that were only outlined at the beginning of the drawing.

9. I continue to work, I work on the tear and lower eyelid.

10. I draw the iris and the pupil of the eye. This stage always interests people the most. How to draw eyes so that they are "as if alive." To do this, you need to understand a simple principle, which I clearly outlined in the diagram below. If opaque spherical objects are light on the light side and dark on the shadow side, then transparent spherical objects can look exactly the opposite. Depending on what surrounds such a transparent object, it may look different. For example, often from the side of the illuminated part it is dark, and from the side of the shadow, on the contrary, it is light. It turns out that the usual chiaroscuro (glare, light, penumbra, shadow, reflex) will be absent here, since the object is transparent and shiny. Therefore, here you need to convey glare and reflexes (reflections) on the surface of the eyes. The iris and pupil are located under the transparent lens-shaped cornea of the eye. The shiny surface of the eye (cornea) reflects light in the form of glare. In addition, everything that surrounds the eye is reflected on the surface of the eye. These reflections (reflections) will not be as noticeable as glare. The artist does not have to list all these reflections. You should choose the most interesting ones and focus on them. An excess of such details will not only complicate the work, but also ruin the drawing. Having coped with this stage of the drawing, the eyes will turn out “alive”, with a “sparkle”.

11. Now about eyelashes. Most often, the drawing should not draw them in detail. It is enough just to outline a dark line on the upper eyelid. This line will look like a row of lashes. However, in this tutorial I do a detailed drawing. Therefore, I draw eyelashes in more detail than usual. But even in this case, they should not be drawn in the same degree of detail. For example, I make the lash line darker on one side and lighter on the other. Those. I emphasize the center of the picture. Also, the clarity of drawing eyelashes will be different: somewhere they are more blurred, and somewhere more clear.

Some people think that transferring an image to a piece of paper is higher art which is inaccessible to the general public. Knowing the little tricks of skilled artists, everyone will know how to draw eyes with a pencil. The human visual organ consists of the eyeball, upper and lower eyelids. The eye is drawn in the form of an elongated ellipse, with slight bends in the form of a drop near the nose.

The drawing technique is to create additional lines, on the basis of which each part of the organ will be drawn. First you need to draw 3 concentric circles. The first one should have a radius that is 3 times the radius of the middle circle.

The small circle is the pupil, the second is the iris, and the third will limit the eyelid and eyebrow line. We draw a line of the upper and lower eyelids in the form of an elongated ellipse. The upper part should slightly cover the moving part of the eye. Just below the top great circle draw a line of the overhanging edge of the eyelid.

Let's draw some lines a little.

draw parallel line lower eyelid, on which eyelashes grow. Select the pupil with black, leaving a highlight near it. Decorate the iris: draw lines different lengths in the middle of the eyes, shade them.

The turn of the century zone has come. Shade each line with light strokes.

Draw a row of eyelashes on the upper eyelid.

We do the same with the bottom.

It remains to draw the eyebrow. It should start at the level of the nose and make a slight bend a little further than half of the eye. At the beginning of the line, several hairs are depicted, shade the area, carefully separating the hairs in some places.

And painting, depict eyes, then, most likely, he will draw two ovals with a circle in the center. This is what is the simplest sketch of the eyes. But in order to understand how to draw eyes with a pencil correctly, you need to carefully consider each individual part.

What do you need to know about eyes?

It is necessary to properly consider the subject of your interest before wondering how to draw eyes with a pencil. For beginners, the structure of the organ of vision and the ratio of chiaroscuro on the iris will seem unusually complicated, but you need to start somewhere.

The darkest part of the eyes is the pupil, which is a black circle in the center of the eye. Around the pupil is the iris, it is she who determines the color of the eyes. If you look closely at the iris, it will seem very complex - a lot of shadows and highlights, some lines, spots and an incredible variety of shades. It is very difficult to convey this complexity in a pencil drawing, without the right balance of dark and light, the eyes will look flat and inanimate.

It is important to remember the shape of the eyeball - it is a ball, and that is why the shadow and highlights on it are uneven. In order for the eye not to lose realistic volume, it is necessary to learn how to apply strokes correctly. Below is an instruction explaining how to draw eyes with a pencil in stages. To do this, you need paper, pencils different hardness and thickness, eraser and pressed cardboard blender.

Step 1 - sketch

Drawing an eye with a pencil for beginners starts with drawing a contour. We need to depict a minimum of details, but in such a way that the shape of the eye, pupil, iris and main highlights is visible. It is important to avoid deep fat contours, it is difficult to get rid of them later.

The pupil is painted over soft pencil, 6-8B. It is better to apply several layers than to press hard on the pencil. We try not to touch the highlights, because they should remain almost white.

Then, with a less soft pencil, for example, 2-4B, we easily paint over the outer part of the iris. We smooth the strokes with a cardboard blender so that a smooth, light layer of graphite is obtained.

Step 2 - Adding Details

Are you thinking about how to draw eyes with a pencil in the most realistic way? A simple and very short key to success will be the word "details". They are very important in any pencil drawing, because with their help not only the texture is transmitted, but also the color, depth and shape of objects.

On the shaded part of the iris, draw lines using a thin, hard lead. A mechanical pencil is perfect for this purpose. The messier the lines, the more natural the result. We will be guided by them when applying shadows and highlights.

Using the same hard pencil, lightly paint over the middle part of the iris, right around the pupil. Don't forget to carefully avoid round highlights. Smooth with a blender finishing touches, while blending them with the pupil border. This will add depth and realism to the pupil.

Add some shadow to the middle part of the iris of our eye. We try to make these shadows random and uneven.

Step 3 - Smoothing Out the Details

Using a blender, we draw straight lines from the pupil to the border of the iris, while avoiding glare. As soon as the lines are evenly spaced, you can roughly see the future application of shadows and reflections.

We outline the contour around the iris with a 4B pencil, try not to put pressure on the stylus, this makes it harder to erase it if necessary.

With the help of a nag, we determine the first reflections of light around the pupil. In order to apply them correctly, you need to determine from which side the light falls, that is, which part of the iris will be darker and which part will be lighter. Accordingly, there should be more reflections on the light part.

Step 4 - Finishing the Iris

Thinking about how to draw eyes with a pencil, we subconsciously divide the whole process into stages and try to predict the most difficult of them. So, work on the iris is the most hard part. It is almost impossible to provide a sufficient amount of highlights, their intensity and contrast with the shadows.

Using a blender, smooth out the reflections and shadows so that they smoothly blend into each other. If the result seems too light, add some more shadows. Now we smooth out the borders of the pupil so that they blend a little with the middle part of the iris. The border of the middle and outer parts of the iris of our eye should be slightly darkened.

Using a soft pencil, make the outer border of the iris a little darker, from the contour inwards. We try to do it unevenly, creating an uneven, trembling circle. The outer side of the circle should not be much darker than the inner, and the borders are best smoothed out.

Using a nag, add unevenly spaced reflections of light along the perimeter of the border of the inner and outer parts of the iris. You can add more subtle highlights coming from the pupil itself. The main thing is not to overdo it.

Step 5 - the whites of the eyes and eyelid

Rainbow is over. However, this is not the whole answer to the question of how to draw eyes with a pencil. Of course, you can still play with shadows and highlights to improve the texture and depth of the iris. However, now we are taking on giving volume to the visible part of the eyeball. To do this, with light strokes, we apply a layer of graphite to the upper part of the proteins. Using a blender, smooth out the strokes. For the eyeball it is very important to convey the shape of the circle, for this we add strokes to the corners of the eyes. That part of the proteins, on which the rays of light fall, should be much lighter than the opposite. From the inner edge of the eye, it is necessary to leave an unpainted corner, with its help the texture and volume of the inner eyelid are transmitted.

Now unevenly darken the contour of the lower eyelid and deepen the shadow of the upper part of the eye. The upper eyelid, into which part of the iris goes, is drawn quite darkly and clearly. We also highlight the fold of the upper eyelid with relatively dark strokes.

On round highlights in the very center of the iris, add a reflection of future eyelashes, draw them with a soft pencil, unevenly and towards the center of the pupil. After that very hard pencil, for example, 4H, we apply a light fixing layer throughout the iris. With the same pencil, draw uneven capillaries from the corners of the eye to the center. We draw them very thinly, but clearly, giving them the shape of cracks or lightning strikes. Add shadows to the upper and lower eyelids.

Step 6 - eyelashes

Lastly, add the eyelashes. Thinking about how to draw eyes with a pencil, many consider drawing eyelashes to be the most difficult step in the process, because they are so small and uneven. In fact, the process only takes a few minutes. Eyelashes should be on top of all layers, so they are drawn last. The shape, length and thickness of the eyelashes are uneven, this is what adds realism to the eyes. The main thing is to show the bend correctly.

Lastly, add thin lower cilia. They should be not only thinner, but also lighter, so it is best to use a 2H pencil. Just like the upper lashes, the lower lashes are not straight, so it is important to convey their curve correctly.

Here is the answer to the question of how to draw eyes with a pencil in stages. At first glance, it seems complicated and time-consuming, but the more often we draw, the easier the process goes, and the better the end result. Don't worry if the first time it doesn't work out as well as you expected. The first pancake is always lumpy. The main thing is not to despair and continue to draw.

In this lesson, we'll look at natural eye drawing basics in profile, sideways and closed. Then we'll learn draw anime eyes characters in different angles, and also consider the examples different styles eye.

The eyes are the window to the soul...

After all, it is they who make all people unique, showing our inner world. And in order to draw them correctly, we will cover the basics.

Consider a photograph of the eye (front view).

This real eye middle aged person.

The eye has an almond-shaped shape, along the edge of which there are eyelashes of different lengths, and folds and wrinkles around the eyes emphasize the contours of the eyeball.

In the picture, I indicated in which direction, from the edge of the eye, the eyelashes go. Please note that the eyelashes are curved and of different lengths. I also indicated which long eyelashes are located around the eye (B-large eyelashes, M-small). Eyelashes tend to be higher in the center of the eye and smaller towards the ends of the eye, however long eyelashes can also be drawn at one end (which is further away from the nose).

Consider a photograph of the eye (side view).

Now the main shape of the eye is triangular instead of almond shaped.

Curved eyelashes and different lengths. In the side view, the location of the lengths of the eyelashes around the eye is more clearly visible (B-large eyelashes, M-small).

At the eye, half of the lower part of the almond-shaped shape is clearly visible, along the edge of which there are eyelashes of different lengths. Wrinkles on top of the eye emphasize the contours of the eyeball.

Eyelashes, longer in the center and smaller towards the ends of the eye (B-large eyelashes, M-small).

anime character eyes

Let's get acquainted with the basic shapes of the eyes.

With the help of the shape of the eyes, the individuality of the character is expressed. And also keep in mind that large eyes with large pupils are mainly suitable for girls and children, narrow eyes with small pupils for guys, men and women, and eyes drawn in one line for the elderly.

When drawing anime eyes, always start with the shape of the eyelashes. Having decided on the shape, draw two straight lines that intersect at one point and touch the edges of the upper lash shape. So we will define the contours of the apple of the eye. Then we complicate the eyelashes and draw the pupil.

If you want to draw a rounded eye shape, consider the following example.

At the base of such eyes, I always draw a circle first. Then I decide on the shape of the eyelashes and complicate them. After that, be sure to erase the auxiliary circle. Now I'm drawing the pupil.