I love teaching & sharing art - it makes my heart happy.  Many of you know about my ArtBarn Afterschool gigs - where a different animal goes to school to make new friends and model for the class.  I also have the privilege of teaching 2 kindergarten art classes at an amazing private school on Fridays.  These guys knock out some awesome art as they learn about famous artist and explore some crazy cool techniques. 

I would like to share with you some super simple steps for a project I think is a KEEPER for sure.

Inspired by Jim Dine's Heart Series.  I have loved his work since college.  I was lucky enough to have an autographed poster from one of his shows... that was until my studio rabbit ate it...Only you farmer sue!

Ok - here goes.

if your kids are having trouble drawing big big hearts - go ahead and cut some out of paper for them to use as templates -- they still come out crazy cool. You can do this with crayons, marker or paints if you are brave!

1. trace or draw a BIG HEART on your page -- this project is best on BIG PAPER!  we used 12x18

2. go crazy with color.  my kids went crazy when I told them SCRIBBLING  was allowed.

3. go back with a black crayon and outline the heart and add some extra scribbles here and there

4. add your artist signature - done!

PLEASE GO GOOGLE: jim dine hearts and you will find yourself smiling.

LOVE YA!

hawgsnkisses from

farmer sue