Introduction

About me...

Hi! I'm Nicole! I'm 20 years old and I'm from Leeds. I'm a first year contemporary art student, studying at University of Huddersfield.

I have always loved cutting, sticking, gluing and painting ever since I was little, but it wasn't until high school when I developed such a passion for art. I attended Cardinal Heenan high school in Leeds and picked GSCE art in year 9. I found it really hard at first to keep up with the workload, but I really did enjoy being creative.

I attended life drawing classes at Leeds college of art for 6 weeks and became more confident in drawing. In year 11 I achieved my highest grade in art, which came as a big surprise to me and it was then I realised I definitely wanted to study art at sixth form, along with PE, Geography and Sociology.

After I finished my A-Levels I decided I wanted to do the art foundation course as it was a good 'stepping stone' between A2 and degree level. I put together a portfolio and attended an interview at York college, where I started in September 2015. During the first 8 weeks we completed several mini projects and then I decided to specialise in 'fine art'.

Fine art seemed more open and I loved the idea of using mixed media and working on a larger scale, which was new to me as we had been very limited with space in the past. About half way through the year we put together a portfolio of work and started applying for Universities - I applied for Huddersfield, Leeds Beckett, Manchester, Northumbria and York.