Op Art

Hearts

7 step-by-step Lessons
 Instructions
There is a page of vocabulary terms definitions
that you can use as your reference or with
students.

The terms are also on half sheets so that you

can print, cut apart, and use them for a
word wall or as part of your instructions to
students.

There are several choices of rubrics and

labels for you to use. The 1/4 page rubrics
are easy to use and save on paper. The
same rubric is on the 1/2 page size with a name label
below. I like to use this format because students
can mount their work on construction paper, use
the name label below their artwork, and glue the
rubric to the back of the construction paper.

If you’d like students to

reflect on their work, there
is a 1/2 page rubric that has
space for students to explain
why they chose the level of
performance.

If you use one of the rubrics

without a label attached, there
is a page of just labels that you
can use.

© Expressive Monkey 2015 - Present

 Instructions
For each Op Art Heart design you will get a page of written instructions for
you and step by step instructions for your students. Each design comes in
a black and white and colored version.

Checkered Heart

Crazy Heart

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Heart Target
 Instructions
For each Op Art Heart design you will get a page of written instructions for
you and step by step instructions for your students. Each design comes in
a black and white and colored version.

Starburst Heart

© Expressive Monkey 2015 - Present

Wavy Heart

Bulging Heart

Starburst
Double Heart
 Instructions
You can use these pages to help students get started:
Students can use the first page for any lesson.

The second page, with the grid, will help students get started with the
bulging heart.

The third page, with only the frame, will give students an area to work that
doesn’t go off the page.

Finally, use the last page with only the heart as a drawing page, or cut out
the heart and use the heart as a template.

Here is an easy art technique with marker and crayon.

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Draw with pencil then Use a colored marker to Add Color with a
black marker. color dark shapes and crayon.
outline light shapes.
 Color Critiques
Supplies needed:
Your choice of writing pages & Students’ Op Art projects completed.

Vocabulary:
• Warm Colors • Cool Colors • Light Colors • Dark Colors •
• Critique • An art critique is a discussion or evaluation of a work of art. The first step of
a critique is to describe the art. These writing exercises will help students describe the
colors in a work of art.

This page asks students a series of questions

about where they used warm, cool, light, and dark
colors. Answering the questions will help them
describe the colors they used in their art without
just naming the colors.

The last questions ask students to explain their

color choices and the intended effect. For example,
were they trying to make the heart stand out,
or were they trying to make it more abstract
and blend in with the background by using similar
colors?

This page is just an additional option for student

writing. You decide what you would like students to
write. They could rewrite the answers from one
of the first two sheets, or you could ask them to
describe the illusion they created.

I I like using this for a name label as well.

Have students mount their work to a
colored piece of paper and glue this name
label under it. It’s a great way to see their
art and writing simultaneously.

There is also a label option that says,

“Friendship,” that students can use to
write about the meaning of friendship,
what a good friend is, or whatever
prompt you’d like to use.
 Op Art Vocabulary
Optical Illusion
Something that occurs visually, but not physically. This occurrence “tricks the
eyes” into thinking something is happening when it is not.

Op Art
Abstract art that uses optical illusions as the subject matter.

Implied Contour
An implied contour is a line or contour created when the edges of
shapes follow the implied line and give the illusion of a line.

Shape
The form of an object. An outlined area.

Positive Shape
The positive shape is the shape of the perceived solid area.

Negative Shape
A negative shape is a shape that exists around the subject matter, the shape of
the perceived empty space around a solid object.

Concentric Circles
Circles that share the same center point but are different sizes. They fit inside
each other.

Color Vocabulary
Color - The hue we see when light reflects off an object. An example of a hue
is red, green, or yellow.

Warm Colors - The warm colors are Red, Yellow, and Orange (along with tints
and shades, like brown). They remind us of fire or summer.

Cool Colors - The cool colors are Blue, Purple, and Green. They remind us of
a cool shady spot or winter.
 Warm Colors
The warm colors are
Red, Yellow, and Orange
(along with tints and
shades, like brown).
They remind us of fire
or summer.
© Expressive Monkey 2015

Cool Colors
The cool colors are Blue,
Purple, and Green. They
remind us of a cool shady
spot or winter.

© Expressive Monkey 2015

 Op Art
Abstract art that uses optical illusions as
the subject matter.

© Expressive Monkey 2015

Implied Contour
An implied contour is a line or contour
created when the edges of shapes follow
the implied line and give the illusion of a
line.

© Expressive Monkey 2015

 Positive Shape
The positive shape is the shape of
the perceived solid area.

This HEART is a positive

shape.
© Expressive Monkey 2015

Negative Shape
A negative shape is a shape that exists
around the subject matter, the shape of the
perceived empty space around a solid object.

This HEART is a negative

shape.
© Expressive Monkey 2015
 Op Art Heart Op Art Heart

Name Class Name Class

Op Art Heart Op Art Heart

Name Class Name Class

Op Art Heart Op Art Heart

Name Class Name Class

Op Art Heart Op Art Heart

Name Class Name Class

Op Art Heart Op Art Heart

Op Art Heart Op Art Heart
Op Art Heart Op Art Heart

Op Art Heart Op Art Heart

 Checkered Heart
Supplies needed:
9x12 white paper
Black Markers (Sharpies are my favorite)
Rulers (optional)
Copies of the rubric and label

Vocabulary:
• Op Art • Implied Contour • Checkered • Grid •
• Horizontal • Vertical •

Steps:
Show students the rubric and goals for the project.

Demonstrate the first 2 steps. Notice that it is not essential to have perfectly level lines.
However, using a ruler to draw all straight lines provides students a chance to practice
using a ruler.

Let students do the first 2 steps. Then, have students finishing early assist other
students holding the ruler (depending on the age group).

Demonstrate the next 2 steps. Remind them to start in the center of the heart and
work their way to the edges of the heart. You might also demonstrate how outlining
the shape before coloring it in will give you neater edges.

Demonstrate the last 2 steps. They must start with a shape that is touching the heart;
otherwise, they might be using the wrong pattern once they get to a shape next to the
heart. Next, they should make sure that they are coloring in a shape adjacent to a white
area inside the heart.

After students complete the heart, they should fill out the rubric by coloring in the
faces and putting their name and class on the label. Give students feedback verbally or
on the rubric if possible.

I like to have students glue their finished work to a larger piece of construction paper.
Then students can glue the label under their work and glue the rubric on the back of
the construction paper. (I’ve included a simple label under the rubrics.)

They are now ready for display!

 Add straight horizontal
Draw a large heart. Start adding black in the
and vertical lines that
middle of the heart.
form a grid pattern.

Start adding black in the Add black in the

Add black
background here to see background in a checkered
inside the heart in a
how it aligns with what is pattern opposite the
checkered pattern.
inside the heart. heart pattern.
 Checkered Heart
Supplies needed:
9x12 white paper
Colored pencils and/or colored markers (like Crayola)
Rulers (optional)
Copies of the rubric and label

Vocabulary:
• Op Art • Implied Contour • Checkered • Grid • Horizontal • Vertical •
Warm Colors • Cool Colors •
• Dark Colors • Light Colors •

Steps:
Show students the rubric and goals for the project.

Demonstrate the first 2 steps. Notice that it is not essential to have perfectly level lines.
However, using a ruler to draw all straight lines provides students a chance to practice
using a ruler.

Let students do the first 2 steps. Then, have students finishing early assist other
students holding the ruler (depending on the age group).

Demonstrate the next 2 steps. First, remind them to start in the center of the heart
and work their way to the edges of the heart. You might also demonstrate how
outlining the shape before coloring it in will give you neater edges.

Demonstrate the last 2 steps.

After students complete the heart, they should fill out the rubric by coloring in the
faces and putting their name and class on the label.
Give students feedback verbally or on the rubric if possible.

I like to have students glue their finished work to a larger piece of construction paper.
Then students can glue the label under their work and glue the rubric on the back of
the construction paper. (I’ve included a simple label under the rubrics.)

They are now ready for display!

 Add straight horizontal Add a dark warm color
Draw a large heart.
and vertical lines that inside the heart in a
form a grid pattern. checkered pattern.

Start adding a dark, cool color

Finish the background and
in the background here to Add a light, cool color to
add a light warm color
see how it aligns with what is the background.
inside the heart. inside the heart.
 Crazy Heart
Supplies needed:
9x12 white paper
Black Markers (Sharpies are my favorite)
Rulers (optional)
Copies of the rubric and label

Vocabulary:
• Op Art • Implied Contour •

Steps:
Show students the rubric and goals for the project.

Demonstrate the first 2 steps. Notice that it is not essential to have level lines. However,
using a ruler to draw all straight lines provides students a chance to practice using a
ruler.

Let students do the first 2 steps. Then, have students finishing early assist other
students holding the ruler (depending on the age group).

Demonstrate the next 2 steps. Remind them to start in the center of the heart and
work their way to the edges of the heart. You might also demonstrate how outlining
the shape before coloring it in will give you neater edges.

Demonstrate the last 2 steps. First, they must start with a shape that is touching the
heart; otherwise, they might be using the wrong pattern once they get to a shape next
to the heart. Next, they should make sure that they are coloring in a shape adjacent to
a white area inside the heart.

After students complete the heart, they should fill out the rubric by coloring in the
faces and putting their name and class on the label. Give students feedback verbally or
on the rubric if possible.

I like to have students glue their finished work to a larger piece of construction paper.
Then students can glue the label under their work and glue the rubric on the back of
the construction paper. (I’ve included a simple label under the rubrics.)

They are now ready for display!

 Add 6 straight lines
Draw a large heart. that go from one edge Start adding black in
to another, and pass the heart.
through the heart.

Add black Start adding black in the Add black to the background
inside the heart background here to see on every other shape,
alternating shapes so that how it aligns with what is opposite the black shapes in
only the corners touch. inside the heart. the heart.
 Crazy Heart
Supplies needed:
9x12 white paper
Colored pencils and/or colored markers (like Crayola)
Rulers (optional)
Copies of the rubric and label

Vocabulary:
• Op Art • Implied Contour • Warm Colors • Cool Colors • Dark Colors •
Light Colors •

Steps:
Show students the rubric and goals for the project.

Demonstrate the first 2 steps. Notice that it is not essential to have level lines. However,
using a ruler to draw all straight lines provides students a chance to practice using a
ruler.

Let students do the first 2 steps. Then, have students finishing early assist other
students holding the ruler (depending on the age group).
Demonstrate the next 2 steps. Remind them to start in the center of the heart and
work their way to the edges of the heart. You might also demonstrate how outlining
the shape before coloring it in will give you neater edges.

Demonstrate the last 2 steps.

After students complete the heart, they should fill out the rubric by coloring their
smiley faces and putting their name and class on the label.
Give students feedback verbally or on the rubric if possible.

I like to have students glue their finished work to a larger piece of construction paper.
Then students can glue the label under their work and glue the rubric on the back of
the construction paper. (I’ve included a simple label under the rubrics.)

They are now ready for display!

 Add 6 straight lines Add a dark warm color
Draw a large heart. that go from one edge inside the heart in
to another, and pass shapes that only touch on
through the heart. corners.

Start adding a dark, cool color

Finish the background and
in the background here to Add a light, cool color to
add a light warm color
see how it aligns with what is the background.
inside the heart. inside the heart.
 Heart Target
Supplies needed:
9x12 white paper
Black Markers (Sharpies are my favorite)
Compasses (optional)
Copies of the rubric and label

Vocabulary:
• Op Art • Implied Contour • Concentric Circles •

Steps:
Show students the rubric and goals for the project.

Demonstrate the first 2 steps. Notice that it is not essential to have the center of
the target exactly in the center of the heart. Using a compass to make the circles is
optional (but would be an excellent way to incorporate a math-related tool).

Let students do the first 2 steps. Then, have students who finish early assist other
students using the compass by holding the paper still.

Demonstrate the next 2 steps. First, remind them to start in the center of the heart
and work their way to the edges of the heart. You might also demonstrate how
outlining the shape before coloring it in will give you neater edges.

Demonstrate the last 2 steps. First, they must start with a shape that is touching the
heart; otherwise, they might be using the wrong pattern once they get to a shape next
to the heart. Next, they should make sure that they are coloring in a shape adjacent to
a white area inside the heart.

After students complete the heart, they should fill out the rubric by coloring their
smiley faces and putting their name and class on the label. Give students feedback
verbally or on the rubric if possible.

I like to have students glue their finished work to a larger piece of construction paper.
Then students can glue the label under their work and glue the rubric on the back of
the construction paper. (I’ve included a simple label under the rubrics.)

They are now ready for display!

 Add 6 concentric circles.
Draw a large heart. Start by coloring the
Let them go off the
smallest circle black.
edge of the page.

Start adding black in the Add black to the background

Add black
background here to see on every other shape,
inside the heart on
how it aligns with what is opposite the black shapes in
every other line.
inside the heart. the heart.
 Heart Target
Supplies needed:
9x12 white paper
Colored pencils and/or colored markers (like Crayola)
Compasses (optional)
Copies of the rubric and label

Vocabulary:
• Op Art • Implied Contour • Concentric Circles •
• Warm Colors • Cool Colors •
• Dark Colors • Light Colors •

Steps:
Show students the rubric and goals for the project.

Demonstrate the first 2 steps. Notice that it is not essential to have the center of
the target exactly in the center of the heart. Using a compass to make the circles is
optional (but would be an excellent way to incorporate a math-related tool).

Let students do the first 2 steps. Then, have students who finish early assist other
students using the compass by holding the paper still.

Demonstrate the next 2 steps. First, remind them to start in the center of the heart
and work their way to the edges of the heart. You might also demonstrate how
outlining the shape before coloring it in will give you neater edges.

Demonstrate the last 2 steps.

After students complete the heart, they should fill out the rubric by coloring their
smiley faces and putting their name and class on the label.
Give students feedback verbally or on the rubric if possible.

I like to have students glue their finished work to a larger piece of construction paper.
Then students can glue the label under their work and glue the rubric on the back of
the construction paper. (I’ve included a simple label under the rubrics.)

They are now ready for display!

 Add 6 concentric circles. Add a dark warm color
Draw a large heart.
Let them go off the inside the heart on
edge of the page. every other line.

Start adding a dark, cool color

Finish the background and
in the background here to Add a light, cool color to
add a light warm color
see how it aligns with what is the background.
inside the heart. inside the heart.
 Starburst Heart
Supplies needed:
9x12 white paper
Black Markers (Sharpies are my favorite)
Rulers (optional)
Copies of the rubric and label

Vocabulary:
• Op Art • Implied Contour • Starburst Pattern •

Steps:
Show students the rubric and goals for the project.

Demonstrate the first 2 steps. It is not necessary to have the dot in the exact center of
the heart. Notice, also, that it is not essential to have perfectly straight lines. However,
using a ruler to draw all straight lines provides students a chance to practice using a
ruler.

Let students do the first 2 steps. Then, have students who finish early assist other
students holding the ruler (depending on the age group).

Demonstrate the next 2 steps. First, remind them to start in the lower part of the
heart because, depending on the design, the bumps can be tricky. Next, you might also
demonstrate how outlining the shape before coloring it will give you neater edges.

Demonstrate the last 2 steps. First, they should make sure that they are coloring in a
shape adjacent to a white area inside the heart.

After students complete the heart, they should fill out the rubric by coloring their
smiley faces and putting their name and class on the label. Give students feedback
verbally or on the rubric if possible.

I like to have students glue their finished work to a larger piece of construction paper.
Then students can glue the label under their work and glue the rubric on the back of
the construction paper. (I’ve included a simple label under the rubrics.)

They are now ready for display!

 Add 12 lines going from
Draw a large heart. Start adding black inside
the dot to the edge of the
Put a dot inside the heart. the heart.
page.

Start adding black in the Add black to the background

Add black
background here to see on every other shape,
inside the heart on
how it aligns with what is opposite the black shapes in
every other line.
inside the heart. the heart.
 Starburst Heart
Supplies needed:
9x12 white paper
Colored pencils and/or colored markers (like Crayola)
Rulers (optional)
Copies of the rubric and label

Vocabulary:
• Op Art • Implied Contour • Starburst Pattern •
• Warm Colors • Cool Colors • Dark Colors •
• Light Colors •

Steps:
Show students the rubric and goals for the project.

Demonstrate the first 2 steps. It is not necessary to have the dot in the exact center of
the heart. Notice, also, that it is not essential to have perfectly straight lines. However,
using a ruler to draw all straight lines provides students a chance to practice using a
ruler.

Let students do the first 2 steps. Then, have students who finish early assist other
students holding the ruler (depending on the age group).

Demonstrate the next 2 steps. First, tell students to start in the lower part of the
heart because, depending on the design, the bumps can be tricky. Next, you might also
demonstrate how outlining the shape before coloring it will give you neater edges.

Demonstrate the last 2 steps.

After students complete the heart, they should fill out the rubric by coloring their
smiley faces and putting their name and class on the label.
Give students feedback verbally or on the rubric if possible.

I like to have students glue their finished work to a larger piece of construction paper.
Then students can glue the label under their work and glue the rubric on the back of
the construction paper. (I’ve included a simple label under the rubrics.)

They are now ready for display!

 Add 12 lines going from Add a dark warm color
Draw a large heart.
the dot to the edge of the inside the heart on
Put a dot inside the heart.
page. every other line.

Start adding a dark, cool color

Finish the background and
in the background here to Add a light, cool color to
add a light warm color
see how it aligns with what is the background.
inside the heart. inside the heart.
 Wavy Heart
Supplies needed:
9x12 white paper
Black Markers (Sharpies are my favorite)
Copies of the rubric and label

Vocabulary:
• Op Art • Implied Contour •

Steps:
Show students the rubric and goals for the project.

Demonstrate the first 2 steps. It is not necessary to have each wavy line exactly the
same.

Let students do the first 2 steps.

Demonstrate the next 2 steps. First, tell students to start in the lower part of the heart
because the bumps can be tricky. Next, you might also demonstrate how outlining the
shape before coloring it will give you neater edges.

Demonstrate the last 2 steps. Remind students to start with a shape touching the heart
(otherwise, the pattern might not be right once they get to the heart). They should also
make sure that they are coloring in a shape adjacent to a white area inside the heart.

After students complete the heart, they should fill out the rubric by coloring their
smiley faces and putting their name and class on the label. Give students feedback
verbally or on the rubric if possible.

I like to have students glue their finished work to a larger piece of construction paper.
Then students can glue the label under their work and glue the rubric on the back of
the construction paper. (I’ve included a simple label under the rubrics.)

They are now ready for display!

 Add wavy lines that go
Draw a large heart. from one side to the Start adding black in the
other, touching the edges center of the heart.
of the page.

Start adding black in the Add black to the background

Add black
background here to see on every other shape,
inside the heart on
how it aligns with what is opposite the black shapes in
every other line.
inside the heart. the heart.
 Wavy Heart
Supplies needed:
9x12 white paper
Colored pencils and/or colored markers (like Crayola)
Copies of the rubric and label

Vocabulary:
• Op Art • Implied Contour • Warm Colors • Cool Colors •
• Dark Colors • Light Colors •

Steps:
Show students the rubric and goals for the project.

Demonstrate the first 2 steps. It is not necessary to have each wavy line exactly the
same.

Let students do the first 2 steps.

Demonstrate the next 2 steps. First, tell students to start in the lower part of the heart
because the bumps can be tricky. You might also demonstrate how outlining the shape
before coloring it in will give you neater edges.

Demonstrate the last 2 steps.

After students complete the heart, they should fill out the rubric by coloring their
smiley faces and putting their name and class on the label.
Give students feedback verbally or on the rubric if possible.

I like to have students glue their finished work to a larger piece of construction paper.
Then students can glue the label under their work and glue the rubric on the back of
the construction paper.
(I’ve included a simple label under the rubrics.)

They are now ready for display!

 Add wavy lines that go
Add a dark warm color
Draw a large heart. from one side to the
inside the heart on
other, touching the edges
every other line.
of the page.

Start adding a dark, cool color

Finish the background and
in the background here to Add a light, cool color to
add a light warm color
see how it aligns with what is the background.
inside the heart. inside the heart.
 Bulging Heart
Supplies needed:
9x12 white paper
Black Markers (Sharpies are my favorite)
Copies of the rubric and label

Vocabulary:
• Op Art • Implied Contour • Checkered Pattern •
• 3-Dimensional •

Steps:
Show students the rubric and goals for the project.

Demonstrate the first 2 steps. Let students do the first 2 steps.

Demonstrate the next 2 steps. Remind students to curve lines on the right side of the
center line to the right and on the left side of the center line to the left.

Demonstrate filling in the checkered pattern for the heart. It might be easier for
students to start in the center of the heart and work their way to the edges, since
some shapes along the edges are pretty small.

Demonstrate filling in the background checkered pattern. Make sure to start the
checkered pattern with a shape that is touching the heart. Otherwise you might find
that the pattern is not right once is gets adjacent to the heart. They should make sure
that they are filling in a black shape next to a white shape from inside the heart.

After students complete the heart, they should fill out the rubric by coloring in the
faces and put their name and class on the label. Give students feedback verbally or on
the rubric if possible.

I like to have students glue their finished work to a larger piece of construction paper.
Then students can glue the label under their work, and glue the rubric on the back of
the construction paper. (I’ve included a simple label under the rubrics.)

They are now ready for display!

 Add a straight vertical
Draw a large heart. Add horizontal lines that line down the middle of
curve up inside the heart. the heart.
Curve lines to the right.

Add vertical lines to the Add black shapes in the heart Add black shapes in
left of the middle line in a checkered pattern. the background in a
curving the lines to the Begin the background along checkered pattern
left in the heart. the edge of the heart. opposite of the heart.
 Bulging Heart
Supplies needed:
9x12 white paper
Black Markers (Sharpies are my favorite)
Copies of the rubric and label

Vocabulary:
• Op Art • Implied Contour • Checkered Pattern •
• 3-Dimensional •

Steps:
Show students the rubric and goals for the project.

Demonstrate the first 2 steps. Let students do the first 2 steps.

Demonstrate the next 2 steps. First, remind students to curve lines on the right side of
the center line to the right and the left side of the center line to the left.

Demonstrate filling in the checkered pattern for the heart. It might be easier for
students to start in the center of the heart and work their way to the edges since
some shapes along the edges are pretty small.

The illustration shows how the colors should line up on the edge of the heart.

Demonstrate filling in the checkered background pattern. Make sure to start the
checkered pattern with a shape that touches the heart. Otherwise, you might find that
the pattern is not correct once it gets adjacent to the heart. Students should make
sure that they fill in a dark shape next to a light shape inside the heart.

After students complete the heart, they should fill out the rubric by coloring their
smiley faces and putting their name and class on the label. Give students feedback
verbally or on the rubric if possible.

I like to have students glue their finished work to a larger piece of construction paper.
Then students can glue the label under their work and glue the rubric on the back of
the construction paper. (I’ve included a simple label under the rubrics.)

They are now ready for display!

 Add a straight vertical
Draw a large heart. Add horizontal lines that line down the middle of
curve up inside the heart. the heart.
Curve lines to the right.

Add vertical lines to the left Add a dark warm color inside Add a light warm color inside
of the middle line that curve the heart and a dark, cool the heart and a light, cool
to the left. Begin adding color color in the background in a color in the background in
along the edge of the heart. checkered pattern. the remaining spaces.
 Starburst Double Heart
Supplies needed:
9x12 white paper
Black Markers (Sharpies are my favorite)
Copies of the rubric and label

Vocabulary:
• Op Art • Implied Contour • Starburst Pattern •

Steps:
Show students the rubric and goals for the project.

Demonstrate the first 2 steps. It is not necessary to have the dot in the exact center of
the heart. Notice, also, that it is not essential to have perfectly straight lines. However,
using a ruler to draw all straight lines provides students a chance to practice using a
ruler.

Let students do the first 2 steps. Then, have students who finish early assist other
students holding the ruler (depending on the age group).

Demonstrate the next 2 steps. First, remind students to make black shapes in
the background layer adjacent to the white shapes in the heart. You might also
demonstrate how outlining the shapes before coloring them in will give you neater
edges.

Demonstrate the inner layer of the heart, again making sure that black shapes are
next to white shapes. Notice that the black shapes should only touch on their corners.

After students complete the heart, they should fill out the rubric by coloring their
smiley faces and putting their name and class on the label. Give students feedback
verbally or on the rubric if possible.

I like to have students glue their finished work to a larger piece of construction paper.
Then students can glue the label under their work and glue the rubric on the back of
the construction paper. (I’ve included a simple label under the rubrics.)

They are now ready for display!

 Draw 2 hearts. Add 12 lines going from
Start adding black inside
Put a dot inside the the dot to the edge of the
the heart.
hearts. page.

Start adding black in the

background here to see Add black to the inner
Finish adding black shapes
how it aligns with what is heart so that it continues
to the outer background.
in the heart. the checkered pattern.
 Starburst Double Heart
Supplies needed:
9x12 white paper
Black Markers (Sharpies are my favorite)
Copies of the rubric and label

Vocabulary:
• Op Art • Implied Contour • Starburst Pattern •

Steps:
Show students the rubric and goals for the project.

Demonstrate the first 2 steps. It is not necessary to have the dot in the exact center of
the heart. Notice, also, that it is not essential to have perfectly straight lines. However,
using a ruler to draw all straight lines provides students a chance to practice using a
ruler.

Let students do the first 2 steps. Then, have students who finish early assist other
students holding the ruler (depending on the age group).

Demonstrate the next 2 steps. Remind students to make sure they make dark shapes
in the outer layer of the heart adjacent to the light-colored shapes in the background.
You might also demonstrate how outlining the shapes before coloring them in will give
you neater edges.

Demonstrate the inner layer of the heart, again making sure that dark-colored shapes
are next to light shapes. Notice that the dark shapes should only touch on their corners.

After students complete the heart, they should fill out the rubric by coloring their
smiley faces and putting their name and class on the label. Give students feedback
verbally or on the rubric if possible.

I like to have students glue their finished work to a larger piece of construction paper.
Then students can glue the label under their work and glue the rubric on the back of
the construction paper. (I’ve included a simple label under the rubrics.)

They are now ready for display!

 Draw 2 hearts. Add 12 lines going from Add a dark, warm color in
Put a dot inside the the dot to the edge of the the heart
hearts. page. on every other shape.

Start adding a dark, cool color

Finish the background and
in the background here to Add a light, cool color to
add a light warm color
see how it aligns with what is the background.
inside the heart. inside the heart.
 Op Art Heart Color Critique
Name
Where did you use light colors?

Where did you use dark colors?

Where did you use warm colors?

Where did you use cool colors?

Describe the colors of your op art heart

(without just naming them).

Describe the colors of your background

(without just naming them).

Why did you make those color choices?

What effect were you trying to achieve?
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Op Art Heart
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Op Art Heart
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Friendship
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Friendship
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