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Realistic Eyes: The Four-Zone Method

October 3, 2026 by Ivy Marchetti
How to Color Realistic Eyes with Colored Pencils: The Four-Zone Method

Nothing kills a portrait faster than a dead eye. You can layer skin tones beautifully, nail the hair, respect the fabric folds — and then one eye reads flat and glassy, and the whole page looks like a sticker of a person. The frustrating part is that eyes are small. They take up maybe a … Read more

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