The Eyes Have It

I have been drawing eyes for the last few days, telling myself that I have to be patient and follow every instructional step if I really want to learn how to draw faces the best that I can.  So I am behaving, and drawing eyes.  Huge eyes, medium eyes, cartoon eyes, silly eyes, and realistic eyes.  Following instructions.  Getting the right tools.  Reading and measuring.  Using up copious amounts of eraser.  I have pages of eyes in my sketchbook now, and lots of graphite on my hands.

Maybe Tuesday I can start on noses.  :)

Eyes Four, April 6, 2012

Peek!

I joined a web site where you can take free art lessons at your own pace.  There are a lot of different class opportunities on the web site, you can check it out here - flutterbye.  What captured my interest was the course on doing stylized portraits.  Drawing faces has always confounded me, and I would love to learn the way.  I certainly believe that practice will make me better - but also believe that there is some basic process that I need to understand.  And so I started last evening.

I read all the pre-drawing materials and then took out a mechanical lead pencil and just started.  I watched a few of the videos to make sure I knew how to begin, and found that I actually could make some facial features.  This is not going to be easy for me though, but I am determined to figure it out.  I want to be able to illustrate my ideas for my writing!

So then, to my amazement, look who I found peeking out of my notebook before bed!

First Flutterbye Face