How to draw the female eye

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introHow to draw the female eye

Learn to become a professional pencil artist.
This tutorial will show you how to draw the female eye.
You can find more drawing tips at my website.

You can view a Mustang drawing video that I made at step 10! check it out :)

How to draw the female eye

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step 1Basic Shape

As reference I will use Adriana Lima's eye, because it's a very nice one! Remember to use a detailed and good quality photo as reference.

We start first with drawing the basic shape of the eye. It's very important to get the right shape. You can use a normal pencil for this.

Basic Shape

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Mar 18, 2010. 4:35 PMbullet-head says:

Very good work, I can draw and eye better then the one shown, but this is very helpful because of the proportional factor. 5* Great job!

Feb 17, 2010. 5:17 PMBright-Tutorials says:

Very cool this tutorial and the tutorial at bright-tutorials.com/how-to-draw-a-generic-eye-2/ helped me to draw some pretty cool eyes.

Dec 4, 2009. 8:14 PM

porcupinemamma says:

It's beautiful. The problem for me is that I don't know how to slow down the video. The steps went just too fast for me. It's such a beautiful piece of art!

Dec 20, 2007. 6:58 PMmusicalbee2003 says:

Now write one with the same title, except on how to get attention from that girl in class who doesn't know you exsist!

Dec 21, 2007. 6:44 PMSWV1787 says:

I dated an artist, that was wonderful to have her teach me how to draw then we would draw thing on notes we passed each other between classes. Girls are always impressed when you have a skill art is just one. try staring at her in class with a pen in hand and when she asks what you are staring at just say you are studying her eye so you can draw it because she has such beautiful eyes... it'll work trust me.

Jan 9, 2008. 11:42 PMStikk says:

You, sir, are a creep...

Dec 4, 2009. 8:11 PM

porcupinemamma says:

SWV1787 I think it sounds romantic :0)

Jan 26, 2008. 9:54 AMFather Christmas says:

actually, he's right. it'll work

Dec 21, 2007. 3:01 PMcry_wolf says:

Hehe..i've been quite successful with that. Good art+good girl= girl going crazy and being all over you (:

Here's a pic that did out of inspiration of your eye, i had a past drawing of an eye nose and lips but i'm too lazy to upload it XD

Dec 21, 2007. 3:16 PMThe Artist (author) says:

Always a pleasure being an inspiration!! With some professional pencils I guess you could easily achieve some shine effects on the knife blades, and some shadows on the wooden spoon. Great work!

Dec 21, 2007. 3:40 AMThe Artist (author) says:

hehe :)

Nov 24, 2009. 11:47 AMdserna says:

This is hard:(

Oct 13, 2009. 4:28 PMInstructah says:

respect man :D as a fellow artist i respect you

Oct 13, 2009. 8:06 AMmr.wii3 says:

thanks! i have a art class today and it really helped!

Jul 15, 2009. 6:18 PMOblivitus says:

Sweet car, how many hours did it take to draw?

Jun 14, 2009. 5:35 AMtashaf29 says:

thank you so much- you are a brilliant drawer!

Jun 6, 2009. 10:24 PMsocherished says:

My first try after tutorial turned out much nicer than before! Awesome tutorial, mad skillz. ty so much! :)

Jun 5, 2009. 11:42 PMcory.smith says:

bamf. i want that talent.

Apr 7, 2009. 9:40 PMeyebot117 says:

Photo-realism: the (awesome) abiltiy to use a pencil and paper to draw a subject with such detail that it looks almost photographic. Hats off to you, and don't stop drawing

Feb 17, 2009. 10:24 PMaddictodraw says:

AWESOME!!! I DID IT!!! EXACTLY LIKE YOURS!!! THANKS FOR THE STEP-BY-STEP DRAWING AND THE TUTORIALS!!!

Feb 10, 2009. 1:32 PMWasagi says:

Here's a Picture of my first attempt, It's nowhere near as good as yours... On a Post-It...

Feb 8, 2009. 2:50 AMtilsa08 says:

i did it !

Oct 6, 2008. 3:07 PMrookie1 says:

Really good work. I have always loved pencil. Although I use other mediums, my trusty #2 is the one I like the best.

Aug 15, 2008. 5:53 PMbrettbarth says:

I want you to know, My sketchbook is now filled with random eyes thanks to you.... ...but they still look awesome XP....

Jul 14, 2008. 5:02 PMalewis_6505 says:

stunning. you sir, are an incredible artist!

May 23, 2008. 8:54 PMsocksinmypocket says:

great instructable! I did all the steps, and I'm amazed :) thank you!

Apr 22, 2008. 11:01 PMdunnos says:

could you make an ible on the car? please? my dad loves them and i wanna impress him

Apr 5, 2008. 4:01 AM$ NAB $ says:

You're one level higher than me

Mar 13, 2008. 3:51 AMDeadly Man says:

Great Job, I am impressed.

Mar 13, 2008. 3:49 AMDeadly Man says:

This a great eye. thanks for teaching.

Dec 21, 2007. 5:38 AMpingeee says:

Well done. How about an instructable to draw human's nose? I have difficulty with that.

Dec 21, 2007. 5:44 AMThe Artist (author) says:

hi there! Maybe i do that one day. Did you try my eye tutorial?

Dec 22, 2007. 7:47 AMpingeee says:

not yet, will try that one day

Dec 22, 2007. 8:49 PMThe Artist (author) says:

okey cool :)

Jan 26, 2008. 9:55 AMFather Christmas says:

i agree with pingeee. an nose drawing instructable wouldbe fantastic, considering the clarity and extreme usefulness of this one. i used the same pic you did and it turned out amazing.

Dec 21, 2007. 3:03 PMcry_wolf says:

Love the Instructable, i like the muscle car, you seemed to use a ton of ebony pencil in that, and you got the shine perfect. Do you think finger blending is a good technique for something like that? Or should i use the rolled paper blending sticks?

Dec 21, 2007. 3:13 PMThe Artist (author) says:

Hi cry_wolf Glad you like the video :D I would not recommend using you finger. You won't achieve the same effect, it's hard to get the different contrasts with you finger and it's hard to remove it with an eraser and details are extra hard. So yes, go get yourself some paper blending sticks :)

Dec 20, 2007. 5:52 PM!Andrew_Modder! says:

thats sweet :-) but i really dont think i will EVER do this in my entire life. :-P

Dec 20, 2007. 6:00 PMThe Artist (author) says:

ah ah ah, well glad you like it anyway ! :-)

Dec 20, 2007. 3:04 PMGorillazMiko says:

WOW!! this is just AMAZING because that is just amazing! i.. am just speechless you are an AMAZING artist..

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