AAU: Just The Beginning...

Students at the Academy of Art University have a wide range of resources available to them to kick start their specified degree program. If you have a sheer passion for the industry of art & an eagerness to further your talent, the Academy of Art University will most definitely lead you down the right path. With the perfect mixture of traditional & classical studies along with a modern approach to teaching, the material in any degree program is sure to ground you in the medium that matters most to you.

First time students aren't typically found to be flawless, yet you'll discover that the further you get into your focus of why you're actually here, the easier it is to see how much your creative mind has expanded.


When I first decided to learn more about the Academy, I was apprehensive to take the first step into what was so unfamiliar to me, and that was the professional art world. For so long, I had sat in my apartment doing my own thing, painting until my hands ached, my mind jumbled, my eyes aching for sleep. I've done a lot of work on my own, but never enough to start filling a portfolio, and definitely not anything that was impressively done in charcoal. But that all changed once the first day of the semester came and I was forced to take the plunge into Analysis of Form, the hardest class I think I've experienced thus far. But with hard work comes the rewarding feeling that you've done great things, soaked up some amazing material and best of all, urged yourself to be better than you ever thought possible.
Now, as we wait for final grades to be posted to face what we worked so hard for, I find myself nervous once again, wondering if my hard work actually got me through it all. And I know I could have done better, but I still gained an immense amount of technique and developed a skill set that I'll carry with me through the rest of my time here and into the career that I've been longing for. Without the above mentioned resources, I never would have made it through this roller coaster ride of a journey. And that's how I know that I'll eventually make it through. It's gonna be one hell of a ride...
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