The Eye 13 x 18 graphite pencil on tracing paper, drawn by Alex Castro
For now, this is the last drawing in my mystical series called the “Eye.” It is believed by some Mystics that the eye is not so much the window of the soul as it is a two-way gateway, both transmitting as well as receiving energy.
That being said, I wanted the eye to look aged and wrinkled; the eye of creation. I also wanted the embryo to give the optical illusion of being suspended in the iris part of the eye.
I made the surrounding area and lashes on the outside of the eye less focused to direct the viewer’s attention to the more detailed embryo in the center of the drawing. I used a lot of graphite (lead) on this drawing purely for internet display purposes. A simple outline would have been enough to trace the image on to the primed gesso panel.
As for the meaning of “The Eye” I’ll let you determine that!!
