𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙥𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙮 𝙀𝙮𝙚 | 𝙋𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧

𝙁 𝙊 𝙐 𝙍

Amelia Lancaster

We got to the studio and our instructor immediately hopped into teaching us all about the proportions of the body and face. I already knew all of it so I just nodded along, doodling on the cover of my sketchbook. She asked us to practice by trying to do a simple contour drawing of the person next to us.

Thankfully I had Peter, and he was easy. As I began to draw him I was able to concentrate on every little detail on his face. I started with his jaw, working my way up to his hairline. I marked the places where I need to draw his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. As I started an eye, I noticed how beautifully dark his toffee-colored eyes were.

"Chocolate eyes" I mumbled.

Why did I just verbally say that?

"What?" He asked.

I shot my head up and felt myself go red.

"Uh-um sorry. Your eyes are just-" I said, my cheeks burning with embarrassment, "your eyes are really pretty." I answered honestly, getting goosebumps all over.

"Oh, thanks," He said, blushing himself a little.

I worked my way down to his nose and mouth, then getting to his hair. As I was beginning to get lost in my drawing, I looked over to see Peter completely struggling with his drawing. His proportions were okay but could be better. It honestly just looked like he didn't know where to start, which is a common struggle.

He just kind of sat there and stared at the paper thinking it would magically do something.

"Here," I said, scooting my stool next to his. I took his sketchbook and began to explain to him the basics.

"Okay, so proportions are pretty easy. The eyes are strangely towards the middle of people's heads, unlike towards the top where everyone thinks they are. The nose goes down around here, and then the lips. The ears usually start where the eyes are and the hairline is up here." I explain, pointing my pencil to different areas of his paper, lightly sketching guidelines for him.

" Woah," Peter said looking awe-struck.

"Does that make any sense? I have no idea if I give good explanations," I laugh, praying that it didn't sound confusing.

"Sort of. Eyes go here, the nose goes here, lips, etcetera,"

"Yeah, you're getting it. Now, do you know how to draw any of it?"

"No clue."

"Well, the eyes are where I always start and are the easiest. You want to draw the basic shape, add the lid, waterline, and then begin to draw the iris. Once you have that you add the highlight and pupil. Then you color and add detailing, and finally the eyebrow. Then before you know it you have an eye done."

"How do you know all of this?" He invited.

"My mother taught me some of this stuff, but I'm mostly learned by myself, finding my own style of art,"

"Wow," He said looking like his eyes might pop out of his head.

"Here, I'll hold still so you can practice."

I watched him start to draw the basic shape, doing all of the steps I just told him to. Though, unlike me, his hand was very shaky. After watching for a few more moments, I gently placed my hand on top of his and helped him glide the pencil across the page. I saw him glance up at me, blushing like crazy, but hey, I was too.

"Thanks," He said. He looked like he was finally started to trust me, and relaxed a little.

"No problem. Relax when you draw, you don't have to be super tense. It's actually better if you're loose."