How to Draw a Heart

Co-authored by Kelly Medford

Last Updated: May 5, 2022 Approved

There are plenty of designs you can choose from in drawing hearts. They are commonly used as icons on projects, designs on scrapbooks or themes on events. Here are two simple ways to draw a heart. Let’s begin!

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:

Drawing a Heart Icon

1
Start the outline sketch with two consecutive circles.
2
Add a downward triangle on the outline sketch.

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3
Begin drawing the actual line on the left cheek of the heart.
4
Draw the right cheek.
5
Erase the outline sketches.
6
Color the draft.
7
Add the light and shade.
8
Add a background.

Method 2

Method 2 of 2:

Drawing a Heart and Arrow

1
Outline sketch with a circle.
2
Draw another smaller circle overlapping the previous circle.
3
Draw the downward triangle with a little perspective to it.
4
Draw the first cheek.
5
Add the second cheek.
6
Erase the outline sketch and make a new one for the arrow. Always draw the arrow in a slanted way. It looks beautiful that way than the plain straight horizontal or vertical. It should show that both the cheeks were caught by the love arrow.
7
Draw two curved lines right by the middle of the arrow.
8
Start drawing the actual lines of the arrow’s wooden stick.
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Draw the actual lines of the main arrowhead.
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Add the actual lines on the arrow’s tail.
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Color the draft with its basic colors.
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Add the highlights and shadows, including the background.
- Copy drawings and paintings made by your favorite artists to learn different approaches to drawing.
- Learn how they make marks and approach something.
- You can even take tracing paper and go over their drawings from a printout.

Expert Q&A

Question

What is the easiest way to scale a drawing?

Kelly Medford
Professional Artist
Kelly Medford is an American painter based in Rome, Italy. She studied classical painting, drawing and printmaking both in the U.S. and in Italy. She works primarily en plein air on the streets of Rome, and also travels for private international collectors on commission. She founded Sketching Rome Tours in 2012 where she teaches sketchbook journaling to visitors of Rome. Kelly is a graduate of the Florence Academy of Art.

Kelly Medford

Professional Artist

Expert Answer

Buy a small wheel that shows ratios so that you do not have to calculate them yourself. Then scale up the drawing according to the same proportions.
Question

How can you use water-soluble pencils for shading?

Kelly Medford
Professional Artist
Kelly Medford is an American painter based in Rome, Italy. She studied classical painting, drawing and printmaking both in the U.S. and in Italy. She works primarily en plein air on the streets of Rome, and also travels for private international collectors on commission. She founded Sketching Rome Tours in 2012 where she teaches sketchbook journaling to visitors of Rome. Kelly is a graduate of the Florence Academy of Art.

Kelly Medford

Professional Artist

Expert Answer

You can use water-soluble pencils and roughly shade over an area. Then go back over the pencil with a wet brush to fill it.
Question

How do I make a perfect heart?

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Top Answerer

To make a perfectly-proportioned heart, you can use the two circles and triangle method, but use a ruler or other straight edge to draw a line down from between the circles before drawing your triangle. This will help you keep the point centered. You can also use tools to help you draw the circles if you struggle with drawing nice circles.