Watercolor Heart Art

For a simple Valentine art project, try this Watercolor Heart Art! Kids will love creating these beautiful heart paintings to display or give to a friend. Grab the free printable template at the bottom of the post!

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Watercolor Hear Art For Kids

This art project couldn’t be easier to set up. You only need watercolors and a black crayon to do this activity!

Print off the templates and kids can get started right away.

You can grab the free printable template at the bottom of the post.

Kids can choose traditional Valentine colors, make a rainbow heart or any color they’d like! Add some more design to the heart by using a black pen to add doodles inside the shapes.

Watch the Video Tutorial!

Supplies Needed To Make a Watercolor Heart

– Watercolors – we used this set

– White Cardstock

– Black crayon or Black oil pastel 

– Paintbrush

– Heart template – you can get the templates on the bottom of the post

What is Better – Crayon or Oil Pastel?

Personally I like using the black crayon for this project for younger kids. The black crayon is easier to use (a little thinner and less thick) and you’re more likely to have it on hand!

For a more thicker outline, an oil pastel will give your final art a more rich appearance.

For younger kids, I would recommend skipping the crayon step and just let them color or paint the geometric shapes.

How to Make a Watercolor Heart Art Project

1. Start by printing off the heart art template.  You can get the free template at the bottom of the post.

You can also draw your own hearts and shapes inside of them.

2. Using a black crayon or a black oil pastel, trace the lines on the template.

You want the crayon or oil pastel lines to be thick so that it creates a nice outline between the watercolors. This will prevent the watercolors from bleeding into each other.

This step is optional but it helps to keep the colors from bleeding and also makes the design pop a little more.

For younger kids, I would skip this step and just let them paint the printable design.

Continue tracing until the full template is outlined.

3. Once your heart is outlined with black crayon, you can paint the inside shapes!

We used regular watercolors but you can also use liquid watercolors or kids can simply color the inside of the shape with a marker or crayon.

Alternate what colors you use to give the art a multi-color final appearance!

We used pink, red, purple and blue but you can also add paint layers to different shapes to give them a darker appearance.

Depending on the color you choose it may not paint as dark as you’d like. If this happens, just paint another layer on top.

After they are painted, each heart will turn out unique!

To add an even more artistic touch, use a black pen to draw doodles inside the geometric shapes once your watercolor has dried.