subject: Pencil Drawing: How to Draw Eyes [print this page] Author: NAVAL LANGA Author: NAVAL LANGA
The pencil drawing is a visual thought in the mind of an artist. When this thought takes the help of the tip of a pencil and get drawn on the face of a fine paper, it becomes an artwork.While doing portrait drawing, we have to perform several drawings: the drawings of eyes, nose, cheeks, lips, in addition to the outline of the face.
For the beginners of for an artist of experience, it would be advisable to start a portrait with drawing of the eyes. This puts a basic foundation about how the person looks, as we recognize a person mainly from his or her eyes. So drawing the eyes is so crucial, too. In the initial phase, just draw the outline of the eyes keeping in mind the shape of the eyes. Some marking of eyebrows and the darker places on the eyelids would be the essential features to draw here, as it might not be left out afterwards. While drawing the eyes, it should be kept in mind that the areas of the eyes that is wet, would take a different shine than the other areas. This can be done by using shading by giving lesser weight on the tip of your pencil. When the inner parts of the eyes are done with, you can concentrate on the eyebrows, adding bristle like hair or straight lining, as the case may be. Finally the lower eyelids and the parts of skin surrounding the eyes would take your attention. Constant practice would guide you where to do lighter or darker shading. It is simply like following the pattern of the light falling on the different part of the eyes. For similar lessons in portrait drawing, please visit the following links. LEARN PORTRAIT DRAWINGLEARN TO DRAW EYESAbout the Author:
