1. The Heart
Inspired by famous artist Jim Dine

2. Materials
• Watercolor paper,
square (11”x11” or
12”x12”)
• ruler
• pencil and eraser
• oil pastels
• baby oil, q-tips

3. Write your name on the back.Then use your
ruler to divide the paper into quarters
• One vertical (up and
down) line
• one horizontal (side to
side) line
• PLEASE DRAW
LIGHTLY!!!

4. Draw a heart in the middle
of the paper
• DRAW LIGHTLY!
• Erase ‘+’ sign in the
middle

5. Review:
Cool colors: purple, blue, greeen
Warm colors: red, orange, yellow

6. Color inside
the heart
Use the warm colors, plus pink
and white

7. Colored-in
heart
You do not have to color every
bit.
It is fine to make patches of
color.
Remember: warms+pink+white

8. Color outside
the heart
Use cool colors only.
Make patches of color.
Use two cool colors in each
compartment.

9. Completed
Heart

10. Blend heart
with baby oil
and q-tip
Dip q-tip in baby oil.
Just a little!!
Blend all the colors INSIDE THE
HEART!!

11. The blended
heart
Throw away your dirty q-tip, and
get a fresh one.

12. Blend the cool
colors with
baby oil
Are you using that fresh q-tip?
You only need a little oil.

13. All done!!! Put your art on the
drying rack. Throw away all
used q-tips.

14. Examples