Undergraduate /
Adelphi Essay - My Love for Art [2]
Personal Statement
You may enter a report or paper you have written during this school year or, in 500 words or less, submit a response to one of the following questions or a topic of your choice.
A. Name your favorite piece of literature and explain why it is so memorable.
B. If you could solve one world problem, which one would you choose and what creative solutions would you have to solve it?
C. Tell us something about yourself that may not be evident by reviewing your academic record.
I chose topic C to write about.
I love art. Ever since I was a little, I loved to draw. It wasn't the final drawing or masterpiece that I loved, it was the process of drawing. It wasn't until when I went to school I discovered my drawing talent. Growing up, I was known as the "artist of the classroom." Everybody around me would always tell me that I should attend art school. I didn't think my drawings were any better than those of the students in my class, but my artistic talent would always seem to prove me wrong. I remember every time we were given homework assignments where we had to draw what the vocabulary word represents I would go into excruciating detail. The teachers would always write comments like "Nice drawings!" and "You're an amazing artist!" on my papers.
It wasn't until high school when I finally attended art school. I felt like I was in a whole new atmosphere. I remember when I attended my first class there, I was drawing and glancing at the drawings of the other students in the higher level classes. I thought my drawings were horrible. I would visit the school's art gallery every time after class to view the works of the experienced students. Eventually, my drawing skills have improved drastically, and I became friends with the students in the higher classes. I also made friends with the new students who had little experience. Thanks to my art teachers, I am now experienced with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and I was taught all the elements and principles of design, and how to draw heads and hands. At my art school, the students and I not only learned about art, but also more about ourselves.
One day, while I was at the Getty museum, there was a little drawing and sketching room for visitors who want to sit down and draw sculptures and paintings. My mom and aunt told me that I should draw too. I thought to myself, "Okay, why not?" I told the curators in the room that I wanted to draw, and they pulled out a chair and handed me a large clipboard with a large sheet of drawing paper and a pencil case filled with charcoal, erasers, and pencils. I looked around the room and I decided to draw the bust of Napoleon. About half an hour later when I finished, I signed my drawing and gave everything back to the curator. She was amazed at the sketch I drew, and told me I was outstanding and amazingly talented. She said I could keep my drawing, but I decided to hang it up on the wall, among the other sketches. My sketch, in a museum I couldn't believe it.
