# Soft pastels dog’s eye

**URL:** <https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/soft-pastels-dog-s-eye/3179>\
**Category:** Share Your Art\
**Created:** [July 22, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/soft-pastels-dog-s-eye/3179 "2023-07-22T03:02:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Meme5](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/meme5/32/6555_2.png) [@Meme5](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Meme5)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/soft-pastels-dog-s-eye/3179/1 "2023-07-22T03:02:07Z")

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Practicing on soft pastels for a dog’s portrait.

 ![IMG_3503](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/8/89a9c585e3bc5b9e422b12699b58305d4ce354f6.jpeg)  
 ![IMG_3536](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/8/8f7306604f95e383c8e96a713b782761946b576c.jpeg)

Any input needed and welcomed 🤗

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**Author:** ![Denise](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/denise/32/40_2.png) [@Denise](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Denise)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/soft-pastels-dog-s-eye/3179/2 "2023-07-22T15:50:13Z")

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Wonderful job. I love it.

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**Author:** ![anon8367598](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90db22/32.png) [@anon8367598](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/anon8367598)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/soft-pastels-dog-s-eye/3179/3 "2023-08-09T20:25:31Z")

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That’s beautiful! 🤩 Input? 🤔 The reference is kind of blurry, but maybe the inner iris could be darker? 👁

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**Author:** ![Meme5](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/meme5/32/6555_2.png) [@Meme5](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Meme5)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/soft-pastels-dog-s-eye/3179/4 "2023-08-09T22:12:38Z")

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I see it! Yes, it definitely needs to be darker. The reference eye pic, is a close up and could not enhance it on my phone. What is it that causes us to not notice sone details on our renderings even after staring at them for so long?

Thank you @anon8367598!!