How to draw Human Eyes--Easily

Now you know general idea of drawing human face. So let’s be more specific and learn how to draw each part of face in details.

It would be better to start with eyes as it is the most complicated part. There are many different methods of drawing, so we will discuss them in our illustration tutorials. In this tutorial I’ll show you the most simple part of the process.
Before getting started, you should know and understand the basic anatomy of the human eye.

Eye Anatomy

The eyeball itself is roughly spherical, with a bulge over the pupil due to it’s lense. This bulge is the reason highlights often fall on theiris and pupil area of the eye - it sticks out further and catches the light.

The eye is suspended in the eye socket by muscles and soft tissues. The hard bones create highlights around the perimeter of the eye socket. Soft skin folds over the sphere of the eye, and eyelids wrap around its surface. Notice that you can see the upper edge of the bottom eyelid, as it curves under the form of the eyeball. It’s essential to visualize the 3D structure of the eye anytime you are drawing one.

Highlights on the eye are often bright and sharp, due to the moistness of the eye itself. These highlights should reflect the intensity, direction and shape of the light source in your drawing.

Ideally, you have to read this article on Wikipedia. It’s long and sometimes complicated, thought worth it for your future drawing illustrations experience.

Getting started

First we draw an oval shape which define the whole eye. If you look at an eye and the shapes around it you can see an oval shape from the bony protuberance of the eyebrow and coming around to the upper part of the cheek. Now we have a rough oval shape.

Then draw the main shape of the eye itself, going over the basic oval shape we already made. Observe carefully the outline shape of the eye, it has subtle little curves and shapes on the top and bottom lids, the top lid is very different in shape than the bottom one. Draw in the crease above the top eye lid and note that this line doesn’t exactly follow the shape of the top lid so good observation is needed here, lastly put in the little nodule at the left corner of the eye observing its shape. Drawing the eyes as with anything else is all to do with shapes and once you get into the habit of observing what’s going on in whatever you are drawing you will be well on your way in your art