Chris Uphues Hearts Art Game

Chris Uphues Hearts Art Game

Ready to liven up your elementary art curriculum with fun Valentine’s Day art projects? This Chris Uphues art lesson with hearts will boost student confidence and creativity. Kids will be delighted by his pop art heart murals. Moreover, they’ll connect with his personal style of adding cute doodle faces to t-shirts, patches, and posters.

And, it’ll help time-starved teachers like you create lesson plans based on pop art painters like Chris Uphues. 

During this art project, your class will learn how Uphues creates engaging public art. They’ll understand the difference between geometric and free-form shapes. And, they’ll learn two easy ways to draw a heart. Students will create a pop art drawing of hearts with markers using the step-by-step guide and PowerPoint.

Plan lessons for students about contemporary artists and art appreciation in a way that excites them. Finally feel confident in your art curriculum and be organized and prepared to teach art!

What’s Included In My Chris Uphues Lesson

Can I be honest with you? Art history can sometimes be boring for kids. There, I said it. Teaching about artists and cultures doesn’t have to be a snoozer, though! 

I’ve designed 3 different ways for students to attempt this Chris Uphues art project. All will engage kids to create! Choose which way works best for your classes:

• Roll a dice game to add randomness to your student’s artwork
• “You Pick” art worksheet for kids to choose their own elements
• Digital spinner wheels, so kids can randomly pick elements and you can integrate technology in the art room
• Printable dice template in case you have no dice
• 2 Printable Heart Template & Tracers, to make setting up the drawing easier
• Step-by-step picture directions to guide students through the art process
• Drawing practice worksheet, for kids who want to sketch out their ideas
• Chris Uphues Artist biography about the life and work of this American street artist and graphic designer, so you don’t need to research
• “Big Ideas” reflection worksheet where students write about their art process 
• Self-assessment worksheet so kids can think about how they performed during the project
• Art grading rubric which assesses expectations, craftsmanship, work habits, creativity, and clean-up
• 8 “I CAN” Statements aligned to the Studio Habits of Mind to use during instruction or post on your bulletin board
• 4 Art exit tickets with quick, thought-provoking prompts
• Art history coloring pages to keep kids inspired by Chris Uphues’ hearts outside of the art room

Ways to Use This Chris Uphues Project in Elementary

This Chris Uphues lesson plan is flexible and can be used in many ways throughout your art room and beyond. It’s great for maternity or emergency art sub plans, early finisher activities, and even for virtual art class or an after-school art club.

You Will Receive

• 1 Non-Editable Printable PDF (Chris Uphues Hearts Art Project)
• 1 Non-Editable PowerPoint 
• 5 Digital Spinner Videos (downloadable, and links to them on Google Slides and YouTube)
• Paperless Google Drive Digital Resource

Why You’ll Love It

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We used this activity as part of our Valentine’s Day party. It was fun. My fifth graders loved to draw their faces. Great resource!

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A great resource! My class and I had so much fun creating this art project, and the work they created was so cute and made the most adorable bulletin board display. I cannot recommend this resource enough as it is truly fantastic! Thank you!

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I have used this resource many times! My classes have found Chris Uphues to be a fun, engaging artist and the visuals provided in this lesson are really user friendly for my classes.