The window to the soul? Yep, the eyes are the most important part of any portrait. Let's get into the structure, form and anatomy of eyes and the surrounding face.
Use mirrors, "photobooth" and photoshop to create five sketches of eyes from observation. Look to draw their SHAPE, SHADING, and PROPORTIONS.
Here's one sample image that I was working on in Photoshop.
Here are some reference photos for the anatomy of the head and eye...
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| look how the eye socket is shaped.. |
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| drawing by M C Escher (see the skull?) |
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| muscles of the head.... |
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| good side view of the skull.. |
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