Creating a Masterpiece
Aubrey Roman
This essay was written as an assignment for me English 101
class. I have always loved art so I was really excited to start
writing about my experience as a beginning painter.
At age four, I drew my very first picture with a Crayola
crayon. To this day, I still have that picture in my
grandmother’s binder, where all of the artwork I have made for
her resides over the nineteen years of my existence. I believe
the picture I made that day was supposed to portray our old
orange cat (Sam), but instead it looked like an orange and
yellow blob. One could say I was attempting to practice my
abstract techniques back then; it makes me feel a lot better
that way. I have always loved art. I enjoy every form of
artwork there is whether it’s drawing, sculpting, photography,
etc. Recently, I have been taking a painting class which will
benefit me by helping me gain experience for my future career
as a web and graphic designer. I feel that it is important for
anyone who is in a career that involves design to take part in
at least one painting class because it will expand one’s
creativity as a designer. Even if someone is not interested in