Daily Eye Drawing Practice: Warm-Up and Step-by-Step Techniques

Hello, Sumine here.

Today, I will be practicing **drawing eyes**.

WARM-UP SESSION

Before starting, I practiced creating the eye framework first, refreshing my head structure to avoid forgetting it.

Here is an overview of my warm-up session.

Figure 1

Figure 2

You can see from my warm-up session that I drew the head framework first.

I started with a circle > small circle as a marker > center line > chin line > eye and nose lines.

Next, I started the actual practice.

I began by drawing the eyeball first and then the eyelid on top of it.

In my opinion, eyelids have several shapes:

1. Parallelogram

The most basic and common shape is a parallelogram.

2. Capsule

The capsule shape is generally used for semi-realistic drawings.

3. Half-circle

Finally, the half-circle shape is commonly used for cartoon or anime styles.

Figure: Basic eye shapes

Figure: Parallelogram eye shape

Figure: Eyeball at various angles

Figure: Parallelogram eyelid on eyeball from different angles

From today’s practice, I concluded that:

The ratio between the pupil and the eyelid depends on the expression.
If the distance between the pupil and the upper and lower eyelids is wide, the eye shows a surprised expression.
If the eyelids are almost closed, the eye looks sleepy.
If part of the upper or lower pupil is covered by the eyelid, the eye appears normal.