Human eye drawn in black and gray fineliner on pale cream textured sketchbook paper, with a complete silhouette and open margins.
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Human eye fine ink study

One human eye and eyebrow in three-quarter view, coherent upper and lower lids wrapping a visible iris. Practice structure, perspective and developed values in fine ink.

PeopleChallengingFineliner70 min, at your pace
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A way into the drawing

  1. Establish the main shapes

    Set the eye opening and iris position.

  2. Connect the structure

    Wrap the lids around the eye and place the brow above.

  3. Develop the drawing

    Resolve the connected planes and overlaps, then build layered details and a full range of local values. Preserve clear paper highlights.

A small thing to tryLet the upper lid overlap the top of the iris.