By Shelley Prior
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.
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60+ Drawings and Paintings That Depict Eyes
By Tanja Gant. Related article about Tanja Gant: “PleinAir Salon News: First Place is Canceled”
By Agata Tkaczyk
By Alejandro, self-portrait
By Anna Toberman
By Ashlee Trcka
By Art Gudrun
By Cathy Yarwood-Mahy
By Chantal Sulkow
By Constanza Sanmguel
By Coleen Pienaar
By Constanza Sanmiguel
By Deborah Brada-Pitts
By Donviraopainter
By Donna J. Smith
By Diego Glazer
By Ellen Starr Lyon
By Elena Degenhardt
By Gretchen Gackstatter
By Gregory Mowery
By Eugen Varzić
By Jackie Edwards (detail of “Bluebird,” 2019, oil)
By Johannes Wessmark. Related article about Johannes Wessmark: “Hyperrealism Spotlight: Wet Hair”
By Joellyn McSorley
By Jesse Lane (“Witness,” colored pencil)
By Jori Jacobs-Farist
By Lorri Lynn Dixon
By Lorraine McFarland (pastel)
By Judy Gordon Schubert
By Marie Kash Weltzheimer
By Mays Mayhew
By Mary LaGarde
By Mary Carroll
By Michele Ashby
By Nancy M. Paden
By Nancy Jacey
By Nadia Ferrante
By Nanette Fluhr. Read a related article on Nanette’s work here > “It’s Personal: Portrait Paintings by Nanette Fluhr”
By Nicole Alger
By Narelle Zeller
By Paula Prentice (graphite pencil)
By Ruby Allan
By R A Sturgill
By Sara Gallagher
Vignette 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 Boivin
By Shelley Prior. Related art workshop by Shelley Prior: “Pet Portraits in Watercolor”
By Sharon Tousey
By Ulrika Muller
By Traci Wright Martin
By Tadej Žugman
By Sheryl Boivin
By 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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