As you draw a lifelike eye, you are challenged by the adversary of portrait artists' natural looking eyelashes. Eyes are the most expressive feature. The shapes and sizes of people's eyes can help identify their gender, age, and cultural origin. In a portrait, the eyes alone can often identify who the person is. Skills presented in this project include: understanding the various facets of an eye; correctly rendering eyelashes; using crosshatching and squirkles to properly depict an iris, pupil, and highlights; and adding shading to the white of an eye.

help me alot with the details of an eye

is really wonderful this lesson...congruatulations and thanx a lot

Aww... mine didn't come out as good.

Thank you for the lesson. Those eyes, I draw from photos.

Ok ladies, Im on a bit of a freak out right now. I have severe AA- more than 50 loss, but the fallout has recently been lessening. However, I noticed today that I have a tiny hole in the eyelashes of my right eye. Does this mean Im going toward AU or can AA patients sometimes lose just part of their eyelashes?

The lesson was amazing!!! I think I said this before, but I'll say it again. Drawspace Rocks!!!

I just hate drawing eyelashes...

My eye could have been better but I like the whites of the eye.

Thanks!Your site is perfect!

hi im an ew artist and i have a question. what type of pencil should i use to draw a realistic eye?its not regular number two lead pencil is it?

great lesson. this is what I learned...