Participants at Let's Create Art's summer camp this week learned how to make recycled object art.
By
Jessica Salmond
| 2:32 p.m. August 7, 2015
East County
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You might recognize some old issues of the Observer in these paintings—it's been transformed into works of art.
Children enrolled for summer camp at Let's Create Art on Lakewood Ranch Main Street this week learned how to turn regular objects and trash into art. Sculptured animals were made from plastic snack containers, cardboard and toilet paper rolls. Newspapers were modge-podged to canvases to make a 3D wall hanging.
Asia Akhmetova helps Marissa Vieth and Olivia Sherry.
Alexis Inelisano paints a sky onto her project, which she wants to ultimately become a ocean with a dolphin jumping out.
Asia Akhmetova wets newspapers for Olivia Sherry's project.
Marissa Vieth dries her newspaper project.
Valentina Alvarez, right, talks with Olivia Sherry, left, about her fairy art project.
Valentina Alvarez works on her project, which is a fairy with wings made from newspaper.
Camp participants made animal sculptures out of things like snack containers and toilet paper rolls.
Natalia Akhmetova and Laura Whalen help students dry their modge-podged newspaper.
Camp participants worked in the Let's Create Art studio on Lakewood Ranch Main Street.
Valentina Alvarez draws a face on her fairy.
Kelsey Testore and Alexis Intelisano dry off their projects.
Marie-Pierre Hamel gets help from instructor Natalia Akhmetova.
