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Completing the Horse's Eye
completing the eye

Completing the eye.

Janet Griffin-Scott, licensed to About.com, Inc.
Everything comes together in the final stages of the drawing. Make sure the eye is a nice even oval shape, with smooth strokes outlining the upper and lower lid. Outline the eyelashes again, and place a few going in different directions. Notice that the eyelashes are not evenly arranged in a nice straight line like a human’s eyelashes, but see how there are several random rows of lashes altogether. The eyelash functions as a protector for the cornea of the eye and these lashes can be quite bushy and long. Darken the crease lines of the eyelid.

I use Kleenex and Qtips to smudge and flatten the larger areas. Add the long lashes talked about earlier above and below the eye. Add two or three more layers of Ultramarine Blue for the highlight, and the eyeball should have a few more layers of black at this stage. Hair underneath the eye on the cheekbone should be added here and longer strokes lower down suggest the beginning of the longer hair on the face. The white highlight is given several more layers of pencil so that it really contrasts against the dark of the pupil and brown tones of the cornea. This was painted from a photo taken in winter, so the horse has a longer coat and there is more darker hairs in this image. In the summer the hair is shorter and lighter.

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