Finally we are done with shading shapes! We are now going to move on to shading eyes.
- First step is to draw the outline of the eye. Start with a big sweeping curve for the top of the eyelid. Then, do the same thing for the bottom of the eyelid. The edges of the eye should look more pointed. Inside the eye, draw two narrow curves with a sharp point at the end. This is the iris. The iris narrows depending on how much light is in the room. The more light hitting the eye, the narrower it is until it is a slit. At night, the iris opens up to let in more light, letting cats see really well at night. Cats are known to be a bit nocturnal, hunting at night. Cats sleep 18 hours a day, so we mostly see them as cute fluffy lazy bums.
- Shade the iris your darkest black. Draw a small circle in the eye for the highlight. The light source is coming from the right. You will shade around this light source. Then, shade the cat eye in. It should be very dark near the top of the eyelid and get light going down. Since an eye is round, you will also lightly shade all around the edges of the eye because it goes back into the cat's head. Just note, that it will be darkest around the top of the eyelid. Leave a small line of reflective light around the iris.
- Shade a light grey above the eyelid. The bottom eye lid, you will shade dark and slowly shade to a lighter grey shade.
- Pick up your eraser and make sure it has a point. Above the eye, you will erase hair like marks in the grey you shaded. This will be seen as the hair highlight. Make sure your makes curve in the direction of the eye. Then, you will draw long hair like strokes with you pencil. Make sure they are a medium grey. You should have a little pressure and release it at the end of the hair stroke. After, you will add another layer of hair, only a little darker to show contrast. You will repeat this for the bottom of the eye.
- Inside the eye, you will add lines going around the eye to show the iris is constricting. You will lightly shade the beginning of these line strokes near the center of the eye (so shading the beginning of the line strokes that are near the reflective light. )
- Check it off with me and then you're done!