The Eyes are the Windows into the Mind
Thanks to +June d'Arville for allowing
me to use her image in this post.
From a portrait artists point of view
all the features of a face even down to the tiniest crease are very important
to capture the mood and personality.
In saying that I personally think that
the eyes have the edge, I mean they do much more than anything else to show how
a person is feeling at any one time.
You can draw a person smiling but if the
eyes aren’t smiling it’s just someone with their mouth turned up at the edges.
Serious/Sad
Surprised/Shocked
Happy/Smiling
I use basically the same routine for
eyes on all my portraits, first of all the shape it’s quite important to get
that right from the outset.
Then the pupil must be the right size
and shape depending on the mood of the subject.
Now I get to work on the cornea, I like
to harden the edges a little then make various curved lines around from pupil
to edge this tends to give it a bit of a 3D look although most of it will be
smudged out.
I then get to work on it with my cotton
bud.
Now with a pliable eraser in just the
right places it’s time to make the eye come alive.
That eye, I would say comes from a very
sparkly person.
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