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How to Draw a Heart

13 steps · Medium · about 10 min

Draw a heart in 13 easy steps, about 10 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 big heart.

Step 1: The big heart
Draw one big chunky heart in the middle of your paper: 2 fat humps on top, a soft point below.
Step 2: Two big eyes
Below the widest part of each hump, draw a big egg eye. Add a black dot and shine in each.
Step 3: Laughing mouth
Under the eyes, draw a mouth: a flat top, a deep U. Add a U tongue from side to side.
Tip The mouth is 2 eyes wide, and the tongue line curves like a smile.
Step 4: Rosy cheeks
Draw a little oval cheek under the outside of each eye, beside the mouth corners.
Step 5: Two mittens
Out from each side of the heart, level with the mouth, draw a round mitten with a thumb bump.
Step 6: Two arms
From the heart's side, draw 2 lines down to each mitten. Stop on the mitten.
Tip Fat at the shoulder, thinner at the wrist.
Step 7: Two plump legs
On each side of the point, draw a plump U leg that starts and stops on the heart.
Tip The legs hang from UNDER the heart, close together.
Step 8: Two round shoes
Draw a round shoe over the bottom of each leg, toes pointing out and heels close together.
Tip Each shoe is a soft bun that swallows the bottom of the leg.
Step 9: Two tiny hearts
Float a tiny heart out past each hump, with space all round it.
Step 10: The ground
Draw one long straight ground line across the page, just under both shoes.
Step 11: Yellow shoes, pink cheeks
Colour the shoes yellow. Colour the cheeks, the tongue and both tiny hearts pink.
Step 12: Red heart
Colour the heart, arms, mittens and legs red, around the eyes, mouth and cheeks. Leave the eyes white.
Tip Leave a little white shine on the right hump.
Step 13: Black mouth
Colour the inside of the mouth black, around the pink tongue.