CHAPTER 4 How to Draw the Eyes
“The eyes are the window to the soul.”
—Unknown
Whether William Shakespeare, Leonardo Da Vinci, Cicero, or someone else was the first to coin the phrase, the eyes do open a view into the person behind a portrait. The problem for most of us, however, is where and how to begin when drawing those all-important eyes. Don’t worry, this chapter will give you all the information you need to approach your portrait drawings more confidently and produce more satisfying results. First, we’ll walk through how you can use the Asaro method as a basic approach to framing the eyes of your portrait. The structure of the facial planes is the same regardless of your subject—only the proportion changes across different portraits. ...
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