Easy How to Draw an Eye Tutorial Video and Eye Coloring Page

Here you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial video for how to draw an Eye Tutorial video and an Eye Coloring Page. Make it realistic, or surreal like the artist Magritte.

Eye Drawing in the style of the artist Magritte

Learning how to draw an eye is a fantastic way for students to practice realistic drawing skills. One simple tip makes a big difference right away: when you draw the iris, tuck the top edge slightly under the upper eyelid. In real life, you usually don’t see a perfect circle floating inside the eye—so letting the lid overlap the iris helps the eye look relaxed and natural, instead of wide and startled.

This kind of focused, realistic drawing pairs especially well with the work of René Magritte. Magritte was a Surrealist artist known for witty, thought-provoking images that make viewers look twice. After students practice drawing a realistic eye, they can take it a step further by using their imaginations to turn it into something unexpected—much like Magritte did in his own paintings.

Magritte’s influence reached far beyond Surrealism. His clever visual ideas helped inspire later movements such as Pop Art, Minimalism, and Conceptual Art, making him an important figure in early 20th-century art history and a fun artist for students to explore.

To make the drawing process easier, it helps to have a circle template on hand. An old CD is a perfect tool for tracing a smooth circle, and it’s often just the right size for placing the pupil as well. It’s also a great way to reuse something that doesn’t belong in a landfill, since CDs are made of materials that don’t decompose. If you don’t have a CD nearby, try tracing other household items—lids from large yogurt containers work great too.