Shayne Wise

Part 3 | Drawing Hyper Realistic Eyes: Daily Exercises to Improve Your Portraits

Ohh I'm a sucker for reflective lights. These are beautiful!

Wow Maxaimiliane they are fantastic and so realistic… well done you..:))

I agree w/Christine - well done you! Those eyes are stunning and so realistic. Seriously, your graphite drawings inspire me to start drawing again, which I gave up many years ago. I used to love drawing portraits.

thank you very much. it's great to hear it gives you inspiration and I hope you have a chance to draw again and enjoy it like used to. looking forward to maybe seeing some of those results

Thanks. I really appreciate the feedback. Thats a good idea with the practice on the side. I really like using the Mono eraser cut at an angle for fine hair or other delicate lines. For me, getting precise dots or stippling is somehow harder. When you use sandpaper to sharpen the electric or precision eraser to a point, do you turn it on? Also, is very fine or a coarser sandpaper better?

Yes, turn the power on when making a point on the battery eraser, and try to make the finest of points (I’ve only ever used the standard block sandpaper that comes with the blending stump kit but I guess that’s medium or fine). Then use unbelievably light pressure when creating tiny highlights. Also try to keep pencil pressure light when adding graphite as this will help the eraser do its job 

Thanks so much. I will try and practice this

Amazing works once again Maximilian :D well done indeed. I’m really looking forward to seeing your creations for the next episode. Re adding precise details using the eraser, try practicing on scrap pieces of paper first, until you feel you’ve got the hang of it, then you can try once again to add the finishing highlights to the final project

Starting to find it easier to create the images although the eraser is still my achilles heel when it comes to adding precise details … That is probably why I found the last project the most challenging. 
Here are my individual studies
<img srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/843d828aa85f04160fb90094b85691cf/04c15964.png 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/843d828aa85f04160fb90094b85691cf/04c15964.png 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" src="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/843d828aa85f04160fb90094b85691cf/04c15964.png" loading="lazy" alt="Hyper Realistic Eyes in Graphite - image 1 - student project">
<img srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/843d828aa85f04160fb90094b85691cf/a840fa14.png 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/843d828aa85f04160fb90094b85691cf/a840fa14.png 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" src="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/843d828aa85f04160fb90094b85691cf/a840fa14.png" loading="lazy" alt="Hyper Realistic Eyes in Graphite - image 2 - student project">
<img srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/843d828aa85f04160fb90094b85691cf/6f701699.png 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/843d828aa85f04160fb90094b85691cf/6f701699.png 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" src="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/project/843d828aa85f04160fb90094b85691cf/6f701699.png" loading="lazy" alt="Hyper Realistic Eyes in Graphite - image 3 - student project">
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