By Karen W.H. HebertIllustration eye illustration eyelash illustrationBulldogs are renowned for their incredible eye movements and the ability to capture and use these incredible, expressive expressions to make their own unique facial expressions.
Bulldogs can produce some very different facial expressions depending on the individual breed and the specific facial features of the eye.
If you’ve ever seen a bull dog and wanted to draw their eyelashes, this tutorial is for you.
What you need: 1 x bulldog eyelash (1-2″) pencil eyelash, thin, medium, or thick pencil eyelashes.
1 x acrylic paint, medium or thick paint.
Step one: Start by tracing out the outline of the bulldog’s eye and using a pencil pencil eyeliner or paintbrush to fill in the outlines.
The best eyeliner for a bulleye is either a pencil eyelid or a thick, opaque paintbrush that you can paint on to create the illusion of a bull eye.
Step two: Next, draw out the bull’s eye using the eyelash pencil.
If you are working with an eyeliner that’s thin, go for a thick brush.
For example, I used a medium-to-thin brush and applied the paintbrush along the bottom of the eyes.
Step three: Apply the pencil eyeliners to the bull dog’s eye, as shown in the image above.
The pencil eyelids have an opacity that varies from lighter to darker.
For instance, I went for a lighter pencil eyelinethat applied lightly on the lower lash line and a darker pencil eyeliniethat worked well on the top of the eyelid.
Step four: Once you’ve finished with the pencil pencils, the next step is to paint the bull dogs eyes with a medium or thin acrylic paint.
It’s important to start with a very soft paintbrush, as this will allow you to apply a subtle texture to the pencil lines and make the eye look more realistic.
In my case, I’m using a medium paintbrush with a fine brush tip that you could use to brush on the pencil edges.
Step five: Using the acrylic paintbrush as the brush, apply a medium thickness paintbrush over the eye using a fine, even brush stroke.
I used medium to medium thickness to medium thin acrylic paints that were both opaque and medium-light, but not too thin.
It depends on your desired opacity, but you should have medium-thin acrylic paints.
Step six: Once the eye has been painted, you need to trace the outline using a paintbrush.
I did this by using a large brush tip and tracing along the lower lashes, which were almost touching.
Step seven: Using a paint brush, trace around the brow, eyelid, and eyelash line.
The eyelashes should be fairly even and evenly spaced.
If they’re not, you’ll need to use a thinner paintbrush or pencil to correct them.
Step eight: You now have a bullface that looks very much like a bull.
Step nine: Now, using a brush that’s just as fine as your pencil, trace the corners of the brow and eyelid lines using a slightly smaller brush stroke and trace the eyelashes to match.
Step 10: Now paint the eyes with the medium paint.
The medium paint will be thicker than the pencil paint, but it’s just a thin, opaque brush that you need a small paintbrush and a medium brush to use.
I went with medium-medium thickness acrylic paint that’s both opaque, and medium or medium thin paint that has a thin opacity.
Step 11: Now using a darker brush, you can start adding the bullface’s eye makeup to the eyelids using a lighter, more opaque paint.
You can use a medium thin brush to apply the paint on the lashes and the pencils.
Step 12: Once all the eye makeup is applied, you’re ready to add the bullhead’s eyes to the eyes of the dog.
Here’s a photo of the first two bulldogs, which are from the “Bulldogs” series by Karen W Hebert.
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