“Hickory Hills in Spring”
18×18″
March-April 2022
Tempera Paint, Crayon, Acrylic & Paper on Canvas Board
Sold by auction at the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art, Friday, May 13, 2022.
COLLABORATORS
- Hickory Hills Elementary Kindergarten Class
- Parent Volunteers
- Mrs. Christopher
PROJECT DURATION
3 Weeks
PROCESS
Step 1: Kindergarteners worked in wax resist with crayons and tempera on paper. Each child was provided several pieces of different sized paper over 2 class meetings. The theme was “spring and nature” but they were allowed to draw and paint anything they wanted.
Step 2: I picked up the dried paintings on paper a few days later and went to work gridding selected pieces onto a wooden canvas board.
My intent for the auction piece was to use the children’s artwork and leave their individual works unchanged. By organizing them together on a single surface, a new artwork appears! Better together.
Step 3: After arranging all of the pieces I adhered them to the board with clear acrylic gel and used a gold paper to add clean grid lines.
ALL DONE!
Helen Ziga Studio 