Small Dragon Eyes
Video tutorial below
Supplies:
Glass beads
Paint
Paint brush
Optional:
Napkin
Cup of water to wash brush
Instructions:
Gather your supplies
- Paint your pupils and edges
- Start with black paint form a definite pupil. Next using a very fine brush, feather small lines close together around the edge.
- Draw Out Tiny Lines Using a Pin or toothpick
- This step is what makes the eye appear more realistic. Using the pointy end of a pin or toothpick draw out very small lines of paint from the paint that you put down. It should look like very detailed feathering. Sometimes I apply a little more paint during this step as it dries as I am working.
- Next I layer on a new color beside the pupil, usually a light one. So the eyes I was painting for this Instructions were reds, oranges, and yellows, so my first color beside the pupil was metallic gold. I will often use metallic gold, silver, or white at this stage. Next draw out small lines from your gold with your pin, making sure you wiped it off from the black.
- Next I layered small lines of red coming out from the edges, and from the pupil. Repeat the pin step after every color. As I moved in, I used a dark orange, then the pin, a lighter orange, pin, amber, pin, and finally yellow, and the pin. Leave to dry for about an hour.
- Cover the entire back with one color. This is in case you have any clear streaks from your last pin step. I always use my light color, in this case metallic gold for this step. Allow the gold coat to dry for at least 2 hours. Cover the entire back with Mod Podge to seal and protect your paint.