This detailed drawing, of an eye of Shadow the Dalmatian relies completely on freehand sketching, without the help of drawing tools such as a grid. You add the values and texture to her eye, and the surrounding fur, with mostly hatching.

Preview lesson M03 - Detailed Dog Eye

I've been drawing my Golden Retrievers and was stuck on getting the eyes right. I followed your instructions and the results were terriffic. I kept looking at my work because I couldn't believe I'd done it. Thank you for your easy-to-follow instructions.

Now post those golden retrievers with the sparkle in their eyes into your Gallery here at Drawspace. This way we can all see how Brenda did a fine job of fixing you.

Eric

Not a bad lesson, I learnt how to blend and crosshatch.

Great lesson

I did this eye and was truly amazed at my drawing and myself. You do such a good job of getting the best out of us. I have tried drawing my son's dog and he was so surprised that I got him so good. You say to stand back, look at your drawing and pat yourself on the back. I did. Thanks, Cotton

:P Good Job! I am a sculptor and doing a bear. Having trouble with the eyes. This lesson is a great help, at least I think it will be. thanks. bob

I find eyes hard to draw, but now I have just done a very good dogs eye
thank you for your easy to follow instructions.
I am very glad I found this site.

I just finished the detailed dog's eye and even my boyfriend said it was good!!!

Normally I get these really "dead" eyes, so thanks for fixing this for me. The eye is alive and the blending was a succes, I learned a lot

Thanx

Nicole

[/color]it is soooooooooooooooo pretty 10/10 good score huh !!!!!!!!!!! keep up the good work......love me [color=#FF0000]

[/color]it is soooooooooooooooo pretty 10/10 good score huh !!!!!!!!!!! keep up the good work......love me

Thanks for the great tutorial Brenda it is really helping me fintune my drawings.

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not satisfied with the fur

overall i'm ok with it though

thats a very nice job you have done

Thank you very much!

After not having done a lot since last year, I am quite pleased with my dogs eye & since this weeks homework [pet portrait course] is.... TA DA.... dogs eyes this has helped no end.Will post it this evening so I can walk away from it & adjust it if needed.

Challenging lesson! I could have done better....

The eye is alright but my hatching on the fir needs work with this one.

I was thrilled with this lesson, great practice for the fur.

Mindy that looks so good!

I've always had trouble drawing fur, hopefully I'll be better by the time I get to this lesson. lol

Thanks! I really had no clue how to draw fur until I started doing these lessons. It's all in the smoothness of your hatching, which takes practice. With this lesson in particular, it's tricky where the fur droops over the eye area, because you have to draw around each strand to make it pop out. If you pay attention and be very patient, it will pay off!

Here is my try. The fur was very difficult.Click to view attachment

Thank you so much for this lesson.
It was really helpfull!
You made a thing that seems extremly hard become almost easy.

good thx but it could have been a little better... or maybe it's just my drawing.

Really helpful,make me understand a lot about the whole processes!!!

great lesson, thanks!