Mysterious, beautiful, telling … the eyes in a portrait painting reveal as much about the sitter as they do the artist in some ways. Here, we hope you’ll find inspiration for drawing and painting eyes – while all done in a realistic rendition, they vary in media and style; most are details of a larger work.
By Tanja Gant. Related article about Tanja Gant: “PleinAir Salon News: First Place is Canceled”By Agata TkaczykBy Alejandro, self-portraitBy Anna TobermanBy Ashlee TrckaBy Art GudrunBy Cathy Yarwood-MahyBy Chantal SulkowBy Constanza SanmguelBy Coleen PienaarBy Constanza SanmiguelBy Deborah Brada-PittsBy DonviraopainterBy Donna J. SmithBy Diego GlazerBy Ellen Starr LyonBy Elena DegenhardtBy Gretchen GackstatterBy Gregory MoweryBy Eugen VarzićBy Jackie Edwards (detail of “Bluebird,” 2019, oil)By Johannes Wessmark. Related article about Johannes Wessmark: “Hyperrealism Spotlight: Wet Hair”By Joellyn McSorleyBy Jesse Lane (“Witness,” colored pencil)By Jori Jacobs-FaristBy Lorri Lynn DixonBy Lorraine McFarland (pastel)By Judy Gordon SchubertBy Marie Kash WeltzheimerBy Mays MayhewBy Mary LaGardeBy Mary CarrollBy Michele AshbyBy Nancy M. PadenBy Nancy JaceyBy Nadia FerranteBy Nanette Fluhr. Read a related article on Nanette’s work here > “It’s Personal: Portrait Paintings by Nanette Fluhr”By Nicole AlgerBy Narelle ZellerBy Paula Prentice (graphite pencil)By Ruby AllanBy R A SturgillBy Sara GallagherVignette eye by Sandra Angelo, who says, “Colored pencil eyes vary a lot based on the hue of the eye. As I do with graphite, I make sure there’s just one highlight (same side on both eyes because otherwise it will look cross-eyed). I always put a subordinate highlight directly opposite the highlight.”Samuel Baltes (quick self-portrait, charcoal on paper, 18 x 24 in.)By Sarah Maria Gardner (watercolor)By Sheryl BoivinBy Shelley Prior. Related art workshop by Shelley Prior: “Pet Portraits in Watercolor”By Sharon TouseyBy Ulrika MullerBy Traci Wright MartinBy Tadej ŽugmanBy Sheryl BoivinBy Vicki Sullivan. Related art workshop by Vicki Sullivan: “Painting Realistic Portraits”
Cherie,
this information about eyes is fabulous!! thank you,
Sherry Nelson
I enjoyed the different eye portraits! It looks like the one by Sara Gallagher is a photograph.
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