Heart Art – Mixed Media Lesson
Heart Art – Mixed Media Lesson
Jim Dine is an American Pop Artist. He did a series of painting of everyday objects including things like hammers, robes, & hearts. This project is loosely inspired from Jim Dine’s heart paintings.
I wanted a Valentine’s Day art project that incorporated hearts & art history, so learning about pop art & Dine’s was a great combination. We also reviewed repetition (patterns), warm & cool colors. Watercolor & crayon resist paintings are always fun to do!
Supplies: 12×18″ tagboard, oil pastels or crayons, watercolors, ruler
Instructions:
- Section off paper into quarters using a ruler.
- Draw a heart that goes into all 4 sections.
- Use oil pastels to draw patterns into the heart. Draw a different pattern in each section.
- Paint heart with warm colors.
- Use cool colors (greens,blues, & purples) to paint the background.
- Use a black oil pastel to outline the heart, then use your finger to smudge the pastel toward the background.
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2 Comments
What age group did this project – Heart Art Mixed Media Jim Dine project? Thanks for sharing – I love the project!
Hi! I actually did this project with an “after school art class”, so there was a range of students between 1st grade-5th grade. They were all able to draw the heart & patterns. I did encourage them to make sure to press hard with the crayon/ oil pastel because the little ones tend to not press hard enough for the resist affect to really work well. The kids loved doing the resist technique! Hope that helps!!
Michelle