Hey,
I have a question concerning the eyes on a smallish drawing. I was wondering if I should try and detail the eyes on a drawing done in a smaller scale. I seem to not be able to do the iris, highlight, etc. because of the size of the eyes themselves. Do I need to worry about this, or not. Is it something that will make my drawings more realistic ? Thanks for the help, always !!

Jonsie

Hi Jonsie, I am new here but not too new to drawing people , I think when drawing on small scale its not too important to put too much detail, there is no room , the bigger the picture the more detail you need , one idea you could do is draw it on reg scale put your detail in then size it down . Wondering here why the small scale ?
Mark

Mark's quite right Jonsie. In a small drawing, you can't get all the detail but have to indicate shape and shading more generally.

You have to follow your reference image and place what you see there into your drawing. If your drawing is small, make sure you use a very sharp pencil or a fine pen if its pen and ink to ensure that your line doesn't overpower the size of the drawing.

What is the size of your drawing Jonsie? Is this the Colonel again?

Ms. J,
Yeah, it's still the "colonel". Me and him aren't getting along !! Must be that danged rebel in him, or me, haha. I just try and do too much it seems, and always end up, with that "overpowering" line thing. I'll have to be more careful.
Mark, I posted a pic in the critique forum, or a pic, that I was "trying " to do, and to me, it's sort of "small scale". I was just having a problem with my/his eyes. I use a magnifying glass sometimes to critique my own work, and under that thing,it looks just awlful !! But, when I go by it , and it's laying on the table at a distance, I think, " Hey, that almost looks ok ". Thanks for the help.

Jonsie

Markita,
Thanks for the helpful hints. I looked at the picture you got on here, (just saw one), and your facial features are really good !! How long have you been doing this ? Do you always work in color ? Do you have any more pictures posted on here ? Sorry for all the questions, but I do try and glean as much as I can from everyone, that way, maybe one day someone will ask, " How do you do that ? " , haha. Good to have you here. Oh , what exactly did you mean when you said, " size it down"? cya.

Jonsie

Thank you Jonsie for your nice comments, my word girl using a magnifying glass to critique your work ? wow I could never do that or I would never be happy .
I have been drawing a very long time, Artist run in my family so maybe its just in our blood.
sorry I do have only one posted , I will post more as I do them while here in drawspace, I am getting ready to post a toy I drew for the life drawings thread.
size it down means a few different things to different artist , to me I meant draw the drawing normal size then when you take the picture of it or scan it use a program to size it down , this way you can keep all the detail but it you draw it small scale always use a sharp pencil and dont over do the detail .
again thank you for the comments and please feel free to ask anything anytime I am more than happy to help if I can
Mark