This year’s summer camp in Nimmy’s Art was one to remember! Our Summer Art Camp 2025 was filled with color, laughter, and imagination. Little artists (5–7 years) and young artists (8–12 years) joined together for 10 exciting weeks of creativity.
They explored four different art mediums in each age group. From watercolor splashes to bold acrylic strokes, every week brought something new and inspiring. As a bonus, campers also tried their hand at Procreate and Figma courses in LiLCreators Academy.
🎉 5-7 Yrs Winners
The highlight of camp was the Summer Art Contest. Campers submitted their best work with excitement and pride. Each artwork submitted was unique & creative. 10 winners were selected by our judges Drew Bridewell and Nimmy Melvin, and today we are celebrating their creativity. 🌟
🎉 8-12 Yrs Winners
Winners Creativity, lessons and Fun Moments
Joann Namburu, a young artist loves painting trees, roses, and textured art in her favorite shades of lavender, pink, teal, and blue. Her top project was the “Baking Time” painting, where she added herself, her dog, and fun cake decorations. Watercolor is her favorite medium, letting her mix colors and add unique details. For the Summer Art Contest, Joann’s “Colors of the Macaw” stood out with bright dots, a pink flower, and a lively bird expression, earning her a win. Excited for next year’s camp, she hopes to draw Meena the elephant from Sing in a magical scene full of animals and creativity.
“Enjoy the adventure, try different art, and remember participation matters more than winning.” – Joann Namburu
Charvi Ganga loves drawing Oxalato fish with colored pencils. Her favorite colors are pink, purple, and blue. At camp, her favorite project was the master study A Girl with a Watering Can by Renoir. She enjoyed both acrylics and pencil drawing the most. For the contest, she submitted a piece called Lake Side (Gradients). Winning made her happy and thrilled. This summer, she learned about gradients and basic expressions. Her most fun moment at camp was painting with her little brother. Next year, Charvi hopes to paint K-pop Demon Hunter characters.
“Do your best and be confident.”– Charvi Ganga
Navya Vytla, our young artist, loves expressing her creativity through art. She enjoys drawing characters, nature, and cute things that bring her joy and relaxation. Cool tones like green, blue, purple, and pink inspire her peaceful, nature-themed artwork. Her favorite Summer Art Camp 2025 project was painting three penguins with oil pastels, where she explored palette knife textures. Gouache became her favorite medium for its versatility. For the Summer Art Contest, she submitted Baking Time in acrylic, featuring a girl and a puppy with lively details. The win left her proud and motivated. This year, Navya also learned Character Study and digital art in Procreate. She dreams of painting a whimsical dessert world filled with boba, chocolate, and smiling treats at the next camp.
“It was amazing to see that all my hard work and creativity were recognized. I also felt proud of myself because I had tried new techniques and added lots of details to my artwork.” – Navya Vytla
Pranavi Tumuluri charmed us this summer with her love for bright and cheerful art. She enjoys drawing cute rainbows and unicorns, and her favorite medium is acrylic painting because she loves blending colors. For the Summer Art Contest, she created a colorful Rainbow Stacking Toy – (Still Life Study) with a pink and gold background and little hearts that made it extra special. Her creativity and effort shined through every detail, and we can’t wait to see what Pranavi paints next, maybe even more Renoir-inspired artworks.
“Keep practicing, don’t give up, and soon you can do anything!” – Pranavi Tumuluri
Aadhya Tatachar a young artist impressed us this summer with her creativity and love for both art and music. She enjoys painting nature and animals using acrylics, with turquoise, sky blue, and lead green as her favorite colors. At this year’s Summer Art Camp, she loved the “Young Girl at the Piano” project, inspired by her own interest in piano. She submitted this piece with bold brush strokes for the piano to the Summer Art Contest and was thrilled to win her first competition. Her most fun moment at camp was “show and tell,” where she could share her artworks. This summer, she learned about different kinds of edges in art: hard, soft, and lost edges. For next year, Aadhya hopes to paint a family of bunnies in a spring setting.
“Never give up, learn from mistakes, keep improving, and have fun.” – Aadhya Tatachar
Gareth Chee, one of our talented little artists, impressed us again with his creativity this summer. His favorite project was drawing a dragon, as he loves bringing fantasy creatures to life. He enjoyed acrylic painting the most, but also discovered watercolor pencils, which he used to complete his contest entry, and titled Candy Land Dragon. Combining two camp projects into one Candy Wonderland in color pencil and Cute Dragon Friend in pencil drawing . Gareth showed both imagination and skill, adding bold colors and sharp details to his work. He found everything in the camp fun and would like to paint or draw zombies and dinosaurs next year.
“It’s okay to make mistakes, just keep practicing and try again until you get it right.” – Gareth Chee
Aanya R Gurram, one of the active little artists in the class, loves drawing and painting rainbows and unicorns, with pink and purple as her favorite colors. Moreover, her favorite project from Summer Art Camp 2025 was Dolphins’ Surfing Time in acrylic painting. Even though it was hard, she said the dolphins were “cute and happy!” She also enjoys using Prismacolors because of their bright and colorful nature. For the Summer Art Contest, she submitted artwork with a rainbow background, and as a result, she felt “very, very, very happy and excited” when she won. This summer, she learned about gradients, basic expressions, complementary colors, still life study, symmetry, and character study. Finally, if she could paint or draw anything at next year’s camp, it would be unicorns and rainbows.
“I loved Prismacolors because they are bright and colorful.” – Aanya Gurram
Sananda Muthukrishnan is an enthusiastic young artist who enjoys Harry Potter characters, watercolor silhouettes, and gouache paintings. Her favorite colors include aqua, periwinkle, warm gray, and vintage shades. Her favorite project was the Prismacolor Pocket Watch because of its realistic details. She also enjoyed drawing lilies and creating a Venetian Eye Mask. For the contest, she submitted multiple artworks, including Baking Time,penguins with a sunset sky, and a lilies pencil drawing. This summer, she learned still life, symmetry/asymmetry, and palette knife painting. Next year, she hopes to create art inspired by Toothless, camping scenes, beaches, or Harry Potter.
“Use your imagination to make your drawing/painting more unique and different from others and to get creative.” – Sananda Muthukrishnan
Avyaan Menon Ashish, a creative and fun-loving little artist, enjoys doodling and drawing cartoon characters. His favorite colors are red, blue, green, and yellow, with red being his top choice because it reminds him of exciting things like race cars, dragons, and strawberries. He prefers watercolors for their blending and control of light and dark, though he also enjoys the playful mess of acrylics. For the Summer Art Contest, he created an Inside Out–inspired artwork showing three people with different emotions—happy, sad, and angry. His artwork reflected both imagination and heart. Looking ahead, Avyaan hopes to paint a man surfing ocean waves, inspired by his love for water and dream of learning to surf.
“Keep practicing, explore colors, and remember, art doesn’t need to be perfect.” – Avyaan Menon Ashish
Harene Senthilkumaran, has been part of our Summer Art Camp program since 2021. We have loved watching her grow into a confident artist. Her creativity and dedication continue to shine through each year, and we can’t wait to see more of her wonderful creations in the future.
Every child who picked up a pencil and brush this summer is a winner. From the bright colors of watercolor skies to the digital worlds created in Procreate, Summer Art Camp 2025 was filled with imagination, laughter, and growth.
Congratulations again to our contest winners, and thank you to all parents, little artists and young artists who made this summer so special. We can’t wait to create with you again next year! 🎉
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