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Majed's Journey: Vincent Van Gogh And Leonardo Da Vinci

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Once upon a time, a student named Majed started his day as a normal student. He was not the best at his studies, yet he had a passion for art studies. He had an imaginative mind that required time to accomplish his drawings. His art teacher recommended him to enter a national competition in art drawings. Majed was very happy as he was one step closer into reaching his dream. His dream is to become one of the best artists of all time, as he would like to be on par to one of the most famous artists as Vincent Van Gogh and Leonardo da Vinci. He accepted the offer and was eager to develop his skills in drawing to win the competition.

A month passed by and the competition was the following day. Majed had a mixture of feelings it was excitation that was mixed with anxiety. As the day passed, everyone …show more content…

Furthermore, their initial task was to create a drawing from basic art tools and limited color palette. This limited their options in drawings, however, an imaginative artist would find a way to express what's on his mind, no matter how limited his tools were. Furthermore, the competition started and they had to finish their drawing in the time frame, 3 hours, and they had to draw a future. Majed was fascinated by the requirement of the judges in the competition as it was vague. He wanted to accomplish a masterful workpiece that would amaze the judges and ensure his victory. He started by defining the meaning of the future to achieve symbols that would represent a future. He tried to compare the life of his ancestors to his current life and visualized the future accordingly. This was a real challenge to him where time passed, and he did not achieve anything. He started drawing two hands where the left and the right hand represent the past and

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