Blues are part of a spectrum of color. To achieve a wonderful array of colors, you should be adding delightful blends of blues, purples, oranges, white, pinks, greens...the choice is yours! If you aren't dishing out a combination of SOME of these colors, your recipe is flawed. Remember- don't look at the finished product and think, "I can't do that!" It's like having a pie hit you in the face to look at the END result. It looks complicated! Combine your ingredients (colors) one at a time and your pie will turn out fine!

The black circle is just a guide and is removed in the last step. It should be a thin black (or blue line) when you finish. (Just like the eye in the left column) This is only one of the many, many ways to paint a blue eye! You can also substitute in brown hues for brown eyes, greens for green eyes, grays, etc.

STEP ONE: (Above) Apply your base coat. It should be a medium blue so your lighter and darker contrasts show up. Next, apply a darker blue in a semi ring around the top and down the sides. Note, however, the gap at on the right side and the lack of dark blue on the very bottom. We will eventually erase and change some of the colors, but it's important for you to see that being flexible and making changes is a good thing!

STEP TWO: (Above) Add white where shown. Note there is a slightly brighter sliver in the streak on the left, the tail ends of the white fade out. The right streak is muted compared to the left one. Varying the highlights are realistic as light sources are reflected based on their intensity. LEAVE A LITTLE BLUE ON THE OUTSIDE EDGES, DO NOT PUT THE WHITE ON THE EDGE.

STEP THREE: (Above) Add purple where shown. By putting in a larger area, it gives you more blending area when you mix your base coat back in. You should be working wet on wet. (wet paint)

STEP FOUR: Now we're going to take OUT some of the purple you just put in. Why? Because your PUPIL will go in the middle, and you want some of your base coat to show. As it is now, almost all of it will be covered when the pupil is added.

I've marked where you should stroke your base coat (the first one you colored the eye with) back into the other colors. Dig chunks out so they are irregular. THE SECOND PICTURE shows you how it looks after you "chunk" with the base coat. Remember, you don't have to do EXACTLY what I do, just the general gist. The important thing is to break up the purple area but leave significant sections approximately where I have them.

STEP FIVE: See the next page for the sprig of pink that adds a spark to the eye!