In <a title="How to Draw an Eye Realistically (Part 1 of 4)" href="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/how-to-draw-an-eye-realistically-part-1-of-4/">the last post of this series</a>, we began drawing a realistic eye with the all-important line drawing to place the iris, pupil, eyelids, and the outline to a few shadows and highlights.

Here is where we left off:

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In this second lesson, it is time to add some tones to all of those lines. The focus of this tutorial is how to <em>begin</em> shading an eye drawing so that it looks realistic. Let me again emphasize <em><strong>begin,</strong></em> because this lesson will be just the start of the shading process. There will be more shading techniques to implement in Parts 3 and 4 before getting to the desired level of realism.

No new materials will be needed, just a 2B pencil and a kneaded eraser.

So let's begin!

Blending the Main Parts of the Eye

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iris

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white of eye

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tear duct

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Blending the Surrounding Parts of the Eye

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upper eyelid

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lower eyelid

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<h3>Next Steps</h3>
If you completed everything from this tutorial (<a title="How to Draw an Eye Realistically (Part 1 of 4)" href="http://www.letsdrawpeople.com/how-to-draw-an-eye-realistically-part-1-of-4/">and from Part 1 earlier</a>), congratulations! You just finished a very important step in the process of drawing and shading a realistic eye: establishing the initial tones with your graphite pencil. The next lesson (Part 3 of the series) will show you how to properly blend the graphite and reach the next level of realism.