How to paint realistic eyes that will make your art look alive! | MSM 11

Eyes may be the windows to the soul, and they’re also the secret to compelling portraits and artworks! Watch and learn my secrets to painting the most realistic and lifelike eyes. Follow me on Insty:   / fieldey   and sign-up to my MadSkillz MasterClub newsletter: http://www.fieldey.com/madskillz-mast... and get ready to take your art to the next level!

In this tutorial I will be painting a realistic eye with acrylic paint, and I will show you tips to create lively looking eyes by breaking the process down into four basic areas: around the eye, the iris, the whites of the eye and the most important part of all: the highlights!

For the area around the eye I will add in shadows to the inner edge of the eye and over the eyelid crease to give the socket a 3D appearance. I’ll be discussing eyelashes and how to paint them.

I discuss the iris and demonstrate how to layer colours and add some highlighting to make the iris look more realistic.

For the whites of the eye, it’s important to add shading to make the eyeball appear “rounded” and add shadows under the top eyelid.

The highlights are the one ring that rules them all, and are the effect that will make the eyes look bight and alive. Highlights aren’t only a white circle near the pupil, there are many different lighting effects and I will be showing you some different highlighting styles that you might see in your reference photos.

If you have any ideas for further Mad Skillz Masterclasses, leave a comment below. Also, if you followed this technique and you’re on Instagram I’d love to see the end result so be sure to tag #MadSkillzMasterclass or @fieldey

Mad Skillz Masterclass    • Mad Skillz Masterclass Full Series - kille...   are a series of in-depth YouTube tutorials where I demonstrate some of my most popular art techniques for surfboards, skateboards, walls and canvasses… they’re also dead easy but super effective so that anyone can give them a go.

My name is Fieldey, I’m a surf, skate and street artist from Australia. I started this channel 5 years ago when I was an unhappy corporate designer yearning to become an artist. Since posting my very first video I’ve been on a crazy journey from teaching myself to paint surfboards and skateboards, to painting large-scale street art murals!

Turning my passion into a full-time career has been a massive learning curve and I want to pass on the skills and knowledge I’ve learned, as well as inspire others who’re just starting out on their creative journeys.

I post on Saturday every fortnight, sometimes more, and you can expect to see easy to follow, Mad Skillz Masterclass tutorials, Artist Insider vlogs and inspirational projects that I’ve been working on.

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