Photo submitted to Times Observer Tidioute Community Charter School art students (left) Olivia Egger and Arreanna Anderson with the rain barrel they decorated for the Warren County Conservation District’s Save the Rain Project.

This art project was a barrel of fun.

In decorating a rain barrel for the Warren County Conservation District’s Save the Rain Project, Tidioute Community Charter School students went 3D.

When word of the project came in, Art Teacher Nicole Cope didn’t have to think about it.

“Upon receiving the information for this contest I knew exactly who I wanted to talk to about it — Olivia Egger,” Cope said. “She stood out in my intermediate art class, I would assign a project and she would run with it and excel beyond my expectations.”

“When I had asked her about the competition she was excited and said that she would love to do it,” Cope said.

Egger opted to work with Arreanna Anderson on the project.

They came back to Cope with a proposal.

She asked for more.

“We talked about it,” Cope said. “I suggested pushing it and making it 3D.”

“Both girls were instantly excited about this idea, and once again they ran with it,” she said.

When Egger had time, she experimented with “creating flowers out of recycled pop bottles and grocery bags,” Cope said. “Olivia would then show Arreanna her process and soon they were both working with the materials.”

“I learned how to work with new materials during the project and it improved my art skills,” Egger said.

“I was excited to see them push their skills and learn different ways to use art,” Cope said.

“This project was very fun and allowed us to use our creativity to create 3D flowers for the rain barrel,” Egger said. “This added a new level to the project and it made it more interesting.”

“I had fun creating this project with Arreanna,” she said.

“It was a very fun project to do with Olivia,” Anderson said. “It was a fun experience to work with the bottles and paint.”