Reflected in the Eye

High school students began the visual art semester with getting to know the amazing artist, M.C. Escher. We focused on Escher's Eye, drawn with graphite in 1946, which includes in erie reflection of a skull.

After the students were given a tutorial on drawing pencils, such as the difference between B and H pencils and their uses, we learned about the basic structure of drawing an eye.

Once the proportions and shading of the human eye were mastered, the students began to develop an idea for the added surrealist twist, the reflection. The reflection makes the viewer pause and wonder the true meaning of the artist's creative intension.