My Artful Heart

I have always wanted to do an Artful Heart drawing project. This school year seemed like the perfect time to explore a bit about what is in my students' hearts. 

Students began by tracing or redrawing the below anatomical heart. We then went through the following questions to brainstorm ideas of how to create an artful heart that would represent their actual heart and what they may be feeling this school year.

What does your heart look like?

Where does your heart come from? 

Where does your heart live?

Has your heart ever been broken? 

Who or what has broken your heart? 

         What kind of treasures does your heart contain? 

What color is your heart?

What or who is taking up the most space in your heart?     

What words would your heart say or sing? 

Where does your heart want to go? 

What is your heart holding on to?

What does your heart’s future look like? 

What might be hurting your heart?

What or who is protecting your heart?

What images are tattooed on your heart?        

Would you or others consider your heart ugly or beautiful?

This is my Artful Heart that I shared with students to help them think of ideas of what to add to their drawing. We talked about adjusting the shape and parts of the heart to go with their ideas and to add sections if needed. Basic design ideas of drawing large to fill the space, and simplifying where needed were also discussed. Students were to draw a minimum of 3 ideas to represent them and could create a background if they wanted to complete their work. Students finished with shading with pencil and/or shading/blending with colored pencil to create dimension and interest. Some students also chose to add marker. 

A few awesome student samples:

I love how students really got into this project 

and showed what was really in their hearts!