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How to Draw a Bleeding Heart
Draw a bleeding heart in 10 easy steps, about 8 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the arching stem.
Step 1: The arching stem
Start near the bottom left. Draw a tall stem curving up and over like a hook, stopping near the right.
Step 2: The first heart
From the tip of the stem hang a tiny stalk with a small plump heart on it, point down.
Tip Each flower is a heart with a little drop hanging under it.
Step 3: Its drop
Under the point of the heart draw a small drop, like a teardrop hanging from the point.
Step 4: Two more hearts
Further back along the stem hang another stalk, heart and drop, a bit bigger. Add one more, bigger again.
Step 5: The last hearts
Hang 2 more stalks, hearts and drops further back, the last one biggest, so 5 hang in a row.
Step 6: Two leaves
Beside the stem draw a wavy pointed leaf leaning up left and one leaning right, each with a middle line.
Step 7: Soil and ground
Draw a soil hill over the stem's foot, and a ground line from the far left out to the right.
Step 8: Pink hearts
Go over your lines, then colour all 5 hearts pink. Leave the drops white.
Step 9: Green leaves
Colour both leaves green, right down to the soil hill.
Step 10: Brown soil
Colour the soil hill brown, and your bleeding heart is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a bleeding heart, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
