Drawing was the one thing which I could never do since childhood, maybe it was because I was surrounded by people who could draw better than me and due to this my already low confidence sank even deeper into the ground. However, in grade 11 CAS encouraged me to fight my this fear, moreover little did I know that I’d choose my career in a design9ng field for which I will need to have better drawing skills. So I joined drawing classes which improved my drawing skills as well as boosted my confidence. The learning outcomes that I achieved were LO 1, LO 2, LO 3, LO 4 and LO 5.
LO 1: After joining the classes I realized that I could draw geometric drawing very easily, but I couldn’t draw human figures/elements. To improve that I practiced human figures/elements daily. Moreover, I could create something out of anything very easily. My drawing sir appreciated my observation skills. He also said that I can catch up with new skills very easily. I learned that it is because of the good observation skills that I can create something out of anything. It makes me proud to have such skills as that is what is expected from a designer.
LO 2: It’s my goal to get into NID, Ahmedabad. Going to drawing classes will help in NID’s entrance exam as well as help me after getting in. The only challenge faced was a lack of confidence. Sometimes my hand would shake if I could not complete my drawing in time and everyone around me would have completed it. Sometimes I would procrastinate if I wasn’t able to draw or I was to shy to call my sir to ask for help perhaps because I had called him many times already. But in the end, He was the one to teach me to not worry about people around me, to just focus on my work and complete it at my pace. He asked me to draw as much as I knew, without worrying. And slowing and gradually that became my habit, to not worry and draw freely. It boosted my confidence simultaneously improved my drawing skills as well.
LO 3: I have my classes on Thursday and Sunday. I made a timetable in which I compensated for 3 hours (of study time that I missed during drawing class) in the morning. So I wake up at 4:45 am on Thursday to compensate for my evening studying (that I’d miss due to drawing class) in the morning. It was quite difficult to wake up at 4:45, I did cheat some Thursday in the beginning but now it’s not a problem. Its a part of my daily routine.
Lo 4: My lack of confidence made the activity difficult. Watching people my age drawing, shade, color very easily was quite difficult for me to watch. It made me feel like a loser, to an extend. But my strong desire of getting into NID kept me going.
LO 5: We were given group activities some time. For example, we were given a problem, we had to find a solution to it and create a prototype for the same. During that, we came up with new problems but alongside that people gave quick solutions to the same. In another activity, we were given 20 random objects and were supposed to create a story out of it using those objects. It was fun, we came up with very creative ideas probably because we were in a group if I gave an idea the person beside me would would add something interesting to that idea snd the cycle would go like that. Doing this our story came out very creative and interesting. Working with a team wasn’t quite easy, I didn’t speak for almost 10 minutes straight because I was shy but once I started speaking, my group members started liking my ideas I became more confident and contributed equally in the group. Working in a team made me more confident and taught me to open up, share my ideas and not keep them to myself.
In the end, I learned to follow my heart and so what I want to do. Being confident makes everything quite easy and to not worry about people, their skills, etc. Not everyone is the same, so I should stop comparing myself to them.
