Joel2012
Oct 27, 2011
Undergraduate / 'The Blank Sheet of Paper' - about Extracurricular Activities [4]
Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences in the space below (1000 character maximum).
Hey everybody, I need some help on this common app essay. I'm submitting this essay on Nov. 1 to my selected college and I need some help. I already have the first two paragraphs finished and now I need help on my concluding paragraph and any other changes needed in the essay. I would greatly appreciate it.
The Blank Sheet of Paper
Its starts with a sharpen pencil, and a clean sheet of paper. I let my thoughts run down my arm, hand, and through the pencil and onto the paper. I let my pencil do all of the expressing. It lets me create a world of my imagination onto the paper. The blank paper is nothing without the artist, without any imagination and talent it will remain a blank sheet of paper.
Drawing is an escape for me; it relaxes the mind and calms the body to focus so as I sit in my room, I look for a main subject to gestate onto the paper. I start to draw a few thumbnails of the subject before I begin the rough draft. Next, I use the table as the background, the wooden carvings and rings give me more ideas for details like cross-hatching or stumbing. The fresh paint beside me gives me ideas for colors. I decide on blood red, midnight black and smoky grey. I figure out where I want to put the colors for the main subject. After I am satisfied with my finished sketch I make last minute changes to the rough draft before I start on my final draft on a clean poster board.
Without the artist and an imagination the paper would have remain a blank sheet of paper. I let
Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences in the space below (1000 character maximum).
Hey everybody, I need some help on this common app essay. I'm submitting this essay on Nov. 1 to my selected college and I need some help. I already have the first two paragraphs finished and now I need help on my concluding paragraph and any other changes needed in the essay. I would greatly appreciate it.
The Blank Sheet of Paper
Its starts with a sharpen pencil, and a clean sheet of paper. I let my thoughts run down my arm, hand, and through the pencil and onto the paper. I let my pencil do all of the expressing. It lets me create a world of my imagination onto the paper. The blank paper is nothing without the artist, without any imagination and talent it will remain a blank sheet of paper.
Drawing is an escape for me; it relaxes the mind and calms the body to focus so as I sit in my room, I look for a main subject to gestate onto the paper. I start to draw a few thumbnails of the subject before I begin the rough draft. Next, I use the table as the background, the wooden carvings and rings give me more ideas for details like cross-hatching or stumbing. The fresh paint beside me gives me ideas for colors. I decide on blood red, midnight black and smoky grey. I figure out where I want to put the colors for the main subject. After I am satisfied with my finished sketch I make last minute changes to the rough draft before I start on my final draft on a clean poster board.
Without the artist and an imagination the paper would have remain a blank sheet of paper. I let