My Personal Statement
The
reason I want to apply for this course is partly because of a quote I read
Pablo Picasso said which was; “Painting is just another way of keeping a
diary”. This quote has inspired me to apply for this course due to the fact
that the quote is basically telling people to express how they feel, their
thoughts and express it loud. This is how I feel I could be if I was to join
your course in the next upcoming academic years ahead. My aspiration is to be a
graphic designer in the future which is why I believe your course will help me
to achieve this goal I have set myself. I have found that it will be difficult
to accomplish my ambition, but I am still enthusiastic that with hard work and
dedication, I will be able to stride into my chosen career with the help of
this course. I find delight in undertaking art as a form of voicing my state of
mind in a creative approach. I believe I have the accurate skills and the
correct frame of mind to be able to achieve high in the course I am applying
for. I know that throughout the duration of the course there will be more to do
than just painting pictures all day. There will be essays to write, research to
do and all whist’s building my portfolio up into something that will help show
my skills off to the world of business. From the year 2001 I have been devoted
to working hard to collect as many achievements as possible to help better me
for myself and my future. These consist of; Sure Start Logo Competition (2001)
Young Leader Award (2009), Playing For Success (2010), Junior Achievement Award
(2010), Peer Mentor Attendance Certificate (2011), Peer Mentoring Award (2012),
Work Experience Attendance Certificate (2013) & also UCB Mentoring Project
(2012-13). From all these occasions I have gained many expertise. For example;
I am responsible, very well organised, I have good time management skills, abilities
in the 3D & Textiles regions of art, I have a good computer background (so
I can research things well; secondary research), I am good working on paper and
I plan before doing things so there is not many occasions where it goes wrong.
I have used these skills in many types of jobs and voluntary work since 2009.
These were the following; being volunteer at Barnsley Riding for Disabled
Association, being a newspaper distributor for Barnsley Independent, my year 10
work experience as a shop assistant at B.Mills & Co. in Wombwell and
finally working as a peer mentor at both Barnsley Academy & also at the
Barnsley Summer Challenge scheme run by the YMCA members. The artist which have
inspired me are; Bob Ross, Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh, Georgia O’Keeffe,
Andy Warhol, Henri Matisse & Charles Rennie Mackintosh. All for many
reasons, (one) they may all be passed but still famous and recognised, (two,)
they all have their own techniques and methods to do art but they are all at
the same level in my eyes, (& three) they have all undertaken challengers
in their own lives but overcome them and carried on. This is very inspirational
to me as an artist. I have visited many places in my 18 years of living but
none of them can compare to when I visited Cairo & Luxor in Egypt. The Pyramids,
The Sphinx and also the museum was amazing. All of these have made me keen to
try and use the Egyptian theme as often as I could. My artistic ambitions are
to become either a graphic designer or a cake decorator. No matter which one I
finally choose, my main aspiration will remain the same; to have people buy my
work.
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