Why Shadows Define the Depth of a Realistic Eye Drawing | If I Were a Beginner, I’d Learn This!

Welcome to Erens Sketching!✨ Achieving realism in eye sketches isn’t just about details—it’s about shadows! In this tutorial, I’ll guide you through the step-by-step process of drawing a wary, suspicious eye and show you how shadows bring depth, emotion, and life to your artwork. Watch as I build up layers of shading around the eye socket, eyelid, and lashes, revealing why shadows are the secret to realistic eyes. Key Moments: 00:00 – Welcome & What to Expect 00:20 – Sketching the Eye’s Basic Shapes 04:10 – Blocking in Shadows & Tonal Values 05:26 – Deepening the Darkest Shadows for Depth 08:25 – Refining Midtones for a Smooth Transition 11:40 – Adding Details & Highlights to the Iris 14:24 – Shading the Sclera to Shape the Eye 16:20 – Defining Eyebrows & Eyelashes for Realism 18:50 – Final Refinements & Polishing the Sketch Materials Used: Newsprint Paper Graphite Pencils (2B,14B) Blending Stump Eraser Reference Photo: https://www.pexels.com/photo/portrait-of-an-elderly-man-11824900/ #RealisticDrawing #EyeSketching #ShadingTechniques #PencilArt #DrawingTips #GraphiteDrawing #LearnToDraw #ArtFundamentals #howtodraw #pencildrawing #drawing #learntodraw #sketch ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ✨What You'll Learn: ✔️ How to use a reference photo for portrait drawing ✔️ Essential shading techniques for realistic depth ✔️ Sketching facial features with graphite and charcoal ✔️ Tips for achieving smooth gradients and texture ✔️ Quick portrait sketching exercises for beginners Related Topics & Searches: 🔹 Portrait Drawing & Shading Techniques: How to shade faces with pencil How to draw a face without the Loomis method Pencil drawing face girl realistic Real face drawing step by step Real-time portrait drawing Realistic pencil sketch Realistic face tutorial Hyperrealism drawing tutorial How to do realistic shading How to draw a face for beginners How to get better at drawing faces 🔹 Charcoal Drawing Techniques: How to draw with charcoal pencils Charcoal face drawing tutorial Charcoal portrait tutorial How to shade with charcoal pencil How to shade smoothly with charcoal pencil 🔹 Hyperrealism & Advanced Portrait Techniques: Hyperrealism drawing Hyperrealism drawing tutorial Hyper-realistic pencil drawing tutorial Hyper-realistic pencil drawing How to draw a hyper-realistic portrait Hyper-realistic shading drawing Hyper-realistic drawing for beginners Most hyper-realistic drawing Hyper-realistic self-portrait -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Music Attribution // Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music by Purrple Cat https://purrplecat.com/ Heart Of The Ocean. Wondering. Out There. Kugelblitz. Dissipate. Wild Strawberry.