After my secondary two streaming examination, I was posted to an art combination class due to my poor results. I had to attend art lessons for about two years and take art as an 'O' Level Examination subject. Initially, I thought that it would be a bad experience as I had low interest in art. Moreover, art was not my first choice that I wanted.
However, after attending the art lessons for six hours weekly over two years, my interest for art grew. During the first year, I was exposed to a lot of art materials and books where I can explore on my own. I even had an opportunity to paint on one of the wall in my school. To me, art lessons were time for resting and relax.
During the second year, when I was preparing for my ‘O’ level art examination, I met a temporary art teacher in my school. She was like a saviour to me and my interest for art grew deeper. She helped and taught me a lot in preparing for my examination. This is when I realised that for the past one year, I did not learn any art skills at all because it was all self-exposing without any guidance.
I am not a artistic person but I was glad that I met that teacher and I did not give up my interest in art. Currently, I still do art work when I was bored and stressed up. From this experience, I learnt that if I have to teach someone in the future, I will definitely pass down all the skills that I know and guide the person properly along the way.
