[Lesson 12] Eyes
Ready to continue with other features of the face?
This lesson is all about painting eyes! Eyes are one of my favorite things in a fashion illustration; they’re always expressing something whether it’s joy or enigma. In this lesson, you’ll see how to paint a couple of green eyes, but you can follow exactly the same process with any other eye’s color 🙂
Ready?
Before Starting
To have a perfect learning-practice day, make sure you are ready:
- Gather all your materials, and set them in your favorite place to work with watercolors. Check out the materials list for this lesson below the video.
- Sketch a couple of eyes before you click play. In the video, I show how to paint the eyes, so you have to have a sketch of a pair of eyes ready to use in the watercolor paper you will use. If you need help with drawing faces (eyes, noses, mouths, and figures), check my other course (and workbook) Fashion Drawing Basics 😉 – And, the more sketches you have to paint eyes, the better!
- Play your favorite music, and now you’re ready!
Let’s go!
Painting Eyes
Materials:
Watercolor paper: I used 180grs/m2
Watercolors: yellow ochre, sap green, and payne’s gray.
Other: Water, brushes, and a mixing palette.
Share your Eyes!
Let me know about your progress and how you’re doing with these lessons. Feel free to send me an email, post a comment here, or share your progress via Instagram 🙂
If you have questions, post a comment here and let me know!
LOTS of LOVE!
TODAY’S ASSIGNMENT
- Read and watch the lesson.
- Grab your materials.
- Sketch a pair of eyes at least twice – the sketch I created is a whole face; I’m painting the eyes in this lesson, and I’ll paint the nose and mouth in the following lessons (you could create a whole face too 😛 )
- Stretch your paper.
- And practice painting eyes in your favorite colors, and also remember to experiment and try different combos 🙂
