Personal Narrative: Saturday Art Analysis

“Mom! Can you draw for me”, a common phrase that echoed from our small Brooklyn apartment, see when I saw my mom, I saw a hero, my protector, and one of my biggest influences. She would always entertain and illustrate my wildest imaginations, from Dinosaurs to dragons to James Bond, the mind of that Pre-Schooler seemed to never rest. But one day my mom did something new, she gave me the paper and pencil, and I would sketch, sketch and sketch until the days came to end. And by the time kindergarten came around I was already enthused with art, oozing a new love of painting, a love that still reigns supreme today. I find painting to be my favorite medium. Something I truly wish to master. From the time I was a young child to where I am now I see
I was introduced to Pratt. Through my Elementary school art teacher, Ms.Johnson, who had recommended my mom to look into applying me to Saturday Art School at Pratt, from then on, Pratt became my home. I have taken nearly 8 years of Saturday Art School then was introduced to a true honor in being in the first class of a brand new program at the time, Pratt Young Scholars, marking up about 17 consecutive semesters of Pratt courses, courses in which I have taken during my Elementary, Middle and High School years. I have even taken Pre College at Pratt. These classes on top of my art heavy curriculum at my high school has made my life nothing but art. My high school teachers have left an everlasting effect on me, these teachers being Sarah Holcomb, Carlos Rosado and Spy Kontarinas. Each and everyone inspiring me to the very best I can, and even inspiring me to consider art education as a potential career for myself, their teaching methods have inspired me and I have created my best works whilst under the pressure of deadlines they have set and the standards I set, particularly high ones. I grew up on the Pratt campus, I grew up with the Pratt Institute. I plan to continue to grow on this campus, I plan to continue