Heart Painting: Oil Pastel & Watercolor
I love seasonal activities. It is fun to have changes in my house and plus it is great for kids to have fun things to do.
Today I have a great heart painting activity. It is a bit of a mix medium art project and we love these. They are super simple and easy to do and great for Valentine’s Day!
Plus a great art process activity they can be creative with.
The Heart Painting with Oil Pastels & Watercolors is a great addition to the Valentine crafts and shape crafts on the site.
The Heart Painting with Oil Pastels & Watercolors
This heart painting is a mix of watercolors and oil pastels for kids. draw the hearts and then paint with watercolors to make the hearts stand out.
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Book to Read with the Heart Painting
Several years ago we read the book Snowy Valentine.
I always love the book and how they made a heart in the snow. And I thought we would have some fun coloring and finding white hearts with our heart painting with oil pastels and watercolors!
Be sure to also check out this toilet paper roll heart painting you can do with this book as well.
What you need for this Heart Painting Craft
- watercolor paper
- watercolors
- white oil pastels
- heart punch 1.5 inch
- white cardstock (PS you can use color cardstock to make the template standout more if you want.)
- scissors
How to make the Heart Painting with Oil Pastels and Watercolors
You will see all the steps below to make a heart watercolor painting with oil pastel hearts.
Step 1: Make the Heart Template
The first step is making the heart template. I used a heart punch 1.5 inch
Step 2: Place Heart On Watercolor Paper
You take the heart template that was made and then place in on the watercolor paper. I like the watercolor paper because it gives the painting texture and does well with lots of water on it.
Step 3: Color Inside the Heart with the Oil Pastel
You hold the template down and color inside the heart with the white oil pastel. You repeat this process over and over on the paper until you have all the hearts you want.
You could also use the heart shape from the punch to color the outline of it
You repeat this step a few times on the paper.
Step 4: use Watercolors to Paint the Paper
The final step is to use watercolors to color the whole paper. You can do this however you want. As you color the paper the hearts are revealed. I let them decide how they wanted to do this. They had full control over what they did.
Here is a look at our final Heart Paintings with Watercolor and Oil Pastels
Check out all Valentine’s Day Printables & Activities here! Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com