This makes it essential for us, as artists, to study facial features in isolation and understand their structures and proportions, as well as their appropriate location within the head area. We are used to seeing faces day-in-and-day-out, which makes us highly susceptive to noticing mistakes in a portrait drawing or painting.Įven if a non-artist wasn't able to decipher where the error is located specifically, he/she will most likely know that something doesn't look quite right.

To finish up, I will also be sharing a few essential tips to have in mind whenever attempting to draw anything realistically.ĭrawing portraits, or any individual facial element, is difficult and requires practice. In this blog post, I'll be sharing the method I go through when drawing realistic eyes, as well as the key components of eyes that should always be included in order to make them look believable. They play a huge role in portraiture because they have the ability of expressing emotion and the story behind the subject on hand. A lot of artists love drawing eyes (myself included) and this makes total sense! I really believe eyes are the windows to the soul. :)ĭo you find your eye drawings look slightly 'off' and have trouble pinpointing areas of improvement? Have you wondered what you can do to make your drawings of facial elements look a bit more realistic? Would you like to take your portrait drawings a step further and give them more expression and life? I receive small commissions for purchases made through these links at no extra cost to you. These commissions help me keep this site up and running, in order for me to keep providing helpful and inspiring art content.

How do you draw eyes