Drawing eyes is not the same as painting eyes! (I think I can draw them better than I can paint them.)
The first eye is from the head-scarf lady (with the highlight added). The second painted eye is from another PaintCoach Patreon tutorial. The drawn eyes are from the Draw Awesome online class I took in 2022.
I did this quickie sketch using watercolor pencil.
Some time ago I bought the Kindle book Skill-Building for the Beginner Artist: How to Draw the Portrait in Pencil by Jacquelyn Descanso. She does hatching and cross-hatching rather than blending. One of practice exercises early in the book is to copy her graphite portrait of ‘Vanesa”. Below is the result of my drawing of her drawing.
I’ve been away from drawing and painting for a few weeks now… must be the summer heat. Finally picked up my Aquarelle pencils and sketch book to do this quickie face.
This sketch was done from a reference photo of my own.
This sketch is in graphite followed with up ink (SAKURA Pigma Micron 08).
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