Eyes are so hard to draw!

[billyskank]

x(

[progmom]

1. who are you drawing today, billyskank?

[billyskank]

5. Perhaps I'd best not say

Because I'm not making a very good job of it x(

[LeftyMom]

7. I wanna know

PM me puhhleeeeze?!?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

2. Draw the person smiling?

Their eyes can be drawn as slits? It's easier.
Duckie

[billyskank]

10. I'm trying to draw from a photo

I want it to be a faithful rendition, if I can. *If* being the operative word!

[Whoa_Nelly]

18. Look for the negative spaces and shadows

And draw those. Work on the highlighting after you have the dark areas completed.

Since you're working from a photo, scan it, then use your photo program (if you have one) to enlarge the eye area, crop it, then make it a negative to help you better see those areas.

[In_The_Wind]

Awww

[billyskank]

13. :)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

3. Everything is hard to draw for me.

:D :D ;)

[Shine]

4. maybe you should draw the curtains instead.

ba da bum. sorry, dorky, I know....

:eyes:

[Richardo]

6. .

[billyskank]

8. Are you giving yourself the eyes?

You crazy! :loveya:

[Shine]

11. LOL! I hadn't considered that one. You're quick.

clever boy. :hug:

[yvr girl]

9. When are you going to draw me?

Don't you love me?

[billyskank]

12. I would LOVE to draw you

All I need is a picture in which I can clearly see your features! It needs to be a close shot.

[yvr girl]

14. There's one in the gallery

Plus I PMd another.

[billyskank]

15. I got it!

I will be honoured. :loveya:

[Left Is Write]

16. I like drawing the eyes the best.

:hi:

[DS1]

17. use shading and move away from drawing lines

hard to do with a ballpoint pen, so use a pencil

http://www.geocities.com/michaelp3000/eyes.html

http://www.portrait-artist.org/face/eyes.html

[billyskank]

20. Pencil is a good medium, but the problem I have is

it doesn't scan very well. It seems to reflect the scanner's light. I have the same problem if I attempt to capture it using a camera (it reflects the flash).

[jus_the_facts]

19. Here I'll model for you....

[ScreamingMeemie]

21. Hi there!

How are you today? Put a pair of sunglasses on the drawing.

:loveya:

[billyskank]

22. Hi MrsG!

I don't want to cheat. ;)

:loveya: back! :hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

23. I'm sure it is beautiful.

All of your drawings have amazed me. They look just like the Duer's picture. I wish I had that kind of talent.

[billyskank]

24. Aw thanks!

:loveya:

[Heidi]

25. I'd rather draw (or paint) eyes

than noses, _any_ day of the week. :hug: :hi:

[billyskank]

26. I don't find noses so bad

especially when the nose in question belongs to LeftyMom or progmom, both of whom have painfully cute noses. :blush:

I find mouths very difficult also.

:hi: Heidi! :loveya: :hug:

[KitchenWitch]

27. That is funny - eyes are the only thing I can draw in a realistic manner

go figure!

[billyskank]

28. I can draw eyes in general

but it is trying to draw a particular person's eyes that I find difficult. :hi:

[justabob]

29. Turn the photo and your drawing upside down

That sometimes helps. I always have a hard time with mouths and this method seems to help. The best way I have found to work from photos though is to lay them out on a grid, but some would call that "cheating". :)