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Article · Studio Eriksdotter
Pet Portraits: How to paint realistic pet eyes
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2021
About this lesson
A pet-portrait painter breaks down how she paints animal eyes in acrylic: blocking the pupil and iris in separate dark tones, working the surrounding fur from dark to light, blurring the section lines in a second layer, then adding highlights.
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