How 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 :)

Step 1 Basic 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.

Comments

[MiCai26]

here's my first attempt! :)) i did not follow the tutorial but i did it! i used pastel and pencil into it..

[cwynn2]

Thanks for teaching! My eye came out great! this was VERY helpful, and you really did go STEP by STEP!
thanks again!

[aivarsson]

This is my first drawing in 15 years. Thank you for the great instructions!

[dtotterdale]

Here is my first attempt (I draw all the time and occasionally simpler eyes - Here is mine of your tutorial

[J-Manoo7]

Here's my first attempt using a regular ole numbah 2 and smudging it with my finger. And BTW for anyone reading this and thinking "I can barely draw stick people!!" just try it. You will surprise yourself because I certainly did.
Just tried to copy a picture I took of my friend. I didn't get the shape exactly right, nor the shading underneath the eye...
(Constructive criticism welcome)

[cairparavel]

I think you did and amazing job. The shape is great and sure the shading is a little dark but I always think it is better to be dark than too light because contrast shows depth and definition
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[J-Manoo7]

Thanks!! I realised later that the darkness right above the eye and under the eyebrow on the left was eyelashes but the picture is zoomed and cropped and at a really extreme angle (I found this out by titling my friend's face around).
I'm gonna keep doing the same one until I get an even better result.

[dimple_41088]

I tried to draw it first time..n I want suggestion what is wrong in this...n how is it?

[typenamehere_____]

It is well done, but I think the problem is the proportion of the eye to everything else—it is too small, or the space between the eye and the eyebrow and the eyebrow are too large

[commanderzhao]

can I use my tortillions?

[winterwonder11]

You Do a great job.... but I can't make it work

[bullet-head]

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!

[Bright-Tutorials]

 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.

[porcupinemamma]

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!

[musicalbee2003]

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

[SWV1787]

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.

[Stikk]

You, sir, are a creep...

[porcupinemamma]

SWV1787 I think it sounds romantic :0)

[Father Christmas]

actually, he's right. it'll work

[ethoo]

of course it has nothing at all to do with your looks...

[cry_wolf]

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

[The Artist]

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!

[The Artist]

hehe :)

[dserna]

This is hard:(

[Instructah]

respect man :D as a fellow artist i respect you

[mr.wii3]

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

[Oblivitus]

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

[tashaf29]

thank you so much- you are a brilliant drawer!

[socherished]

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

[cory.smith]

bamf. i want that talent.

[eyebot117]

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

[addictodraw]

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

[Wasagi]

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

[tilsa08]

i did it !

[rookie1]

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

[brettbarth]

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

[alewis_6505]

stunning. you sir, are an incredible artist!

[socksinmypocket]

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

[dunnos]

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

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