College Admissions Essay: The Art Of Drawing

Everyone has a special talent or ability, my talent is drawing. I wasn’t born an artist or particularly skilled at all, but I knew from a young age that talents are what set us apart from others and make us unique. In elementary and through middle school, I was encouraged by my teachers and parents to find my talent or interest. However, nothing genuinely interested me and I didn’t consider myself talented. Though I hadn’t found my talent ,by the start of middle school, if not earlier, the people close to me had found their talents or interests and they began to pursue it. As time passed, everyone was perfecting their talents, yet I still had not found mine. But, towards the end of middle school, I discovered Japanese animated stories through …show more content…
The fact that I was terrible at drawing didn’t deter me from taking interest in it and to improve, I practiced by looking at drawing tutorials, observing different drawing styles and illustrating from real life. Little by little, I could see that my drawing skills were slowly changing. Moreover, it motivated me to keep improving myself. Through the years, I idolized the idea that art is a way to express my emotions and thoughts and I treated it as a way to use my creativity. With these ideals, I strived to change my terrible drawing skills to express myself better and I ventured into different mediums of art. It wasn’t until my sophomore year in high school, on a day that I looked back at the drawings from middle school, that I realized that my drawing skills have drastically improved, and that drawing is not just an interest or talent to me, it is an accomplishment. Drawing is my talent and my drawing skills are an accomplishment because I was not blessed with my skills, I made them through my hard work, years of practice, and determination to improve. When I take interest in something, I am determined to exceed at