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Boot Camp # 2: Drawing Eyes! 
Part two of this intense four part series of 
anatomy and foundations 
lessons "rehearsal"


Listing the five skills of drawing -  Keep these in mind as you work through the Flash Lessons:

1) the perception of edges 
2) the perception of spaces
3) angles, perspective, and proportion
4) light and shadow 
5) the gestalt


In these "Boot Camp" lessons you're going to get an in-depth lesson in two things; you're going to learn about a particular piece of anatomy and you're going to continue reviewing, rehearsing, and revisiting the basic skills of drawing. In fact, you're going to get so much of it by the time you're done with all the lessons and all the Flash modules you'll be ready to graduate to bona fide drawings and caricatures. If you conscientiously do the all the assignment and apply yourself, I guarantee this. Dive on in and don't be afraid!

Note: Due to the way the Flash Lessons are constructed and due to limitations between Flash technology and this electronic book, the links contained within the interactive lesson point to the online book (links of the "http://www...." type). All the same pages those Flash links aimed at are within the book in front of you (if it's loaded on your computer). 

For your convenience, the links contained within the Flash Lesson "Boot Camp: Drawing Eyes!" are repeated in their order of appearance within the table below. (Specifically the right half of the table - just read the  headline for each column :-) Further, they're linked to the book as it sits on your computer - they won't open a browser and you don't need a web connection to open them. What a deal :-) If you want to see if any new additions have been made to the online page, go for it and click on the links within the Flash Lesson or click on the links in the left hand column below. If you want to access those pages rapidly, refer to this list: 

Links on-line, out there 
on the Web
...

- Click on this column of links where you can find updates (if any) - click on any of these and 
a web browser will open.

If you're accessing this page from within 
your e-book
...

Click on these links and you'll be whisked to these pages  right within this book

Gray's Anatomy Online -- On-line link only --
Master link page for eyes Master link page for eyes
YouCanDraw's Sister site: Eyes YouCanDraw's Sister site: Eyes
Highlights and Shadows
(from the top)
Highlights and Shadows 
(from the top)
Lesson 9: Light and Shadow Lesson 9: Light and Shadow
Case Study #3: Ani DiFranco Case Study #3: Ani DiFranco
Pure Contour Drawing 
(from the top)
Pure Contour Drawing 
(from the top)
Lesson 4: Pure Contour Drawing Lesson 4: Pure Contour Drawing
Upside Down Drawing
(from the top)
Upside Down Drawing
(from the top)
"Old school" parts-of-the-eye animation "Old school" parts-of-the-eye animation
Negative Space 
(from the top)
Negative Space 
(from the top)
Light and Shadow on a "ground" Light and Shadow on a "ground"
Modified Pure Contour
(from the top)
Modified Pure Contour
(from the top)
Understanding the Picture Plane (from the top) Understanding the Picture Plane (from the top)
Angles and Proportions
(from the top)
Angles and Proportions
(from the top)
Lesson 12 Eyes: more detail Lesson 12 Eyes: more detail
Lesson 1: Vase - face drawing Lesson 1: Vase - face drawing
Lesson 15 (monster lesson!) Lesson 15 (monster lesson!)

Other relevant, not so relevant (and possibly redundant) Archives:


1)  4  August 2001 - Communiqué

- Series: Constructing parts of the head and face with “primitive shapes”: 
   This issue - the eye. 
- What was wrong - or different - about Pete Townsend's eyes?


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