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Chapter 1

A/N before we start I just want to say that I haven't done any writing like this in a while so it might be a bit sloppy. Also I don't have a title for this yet so if anyone has any ideas, just message me on here, that would be great! Also if anyone has any input or ideas for this story just let me know. Okay, i'm done.

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Introduction.

My name is Holly and im a student at De Montfort University in Leicestershire. My major and passion is art, you can just visualise art in any way you like, that's the inspiring thing about it. I'm in my first year of uni therefore I am a bit stressed and disoriented as you can imagine, but I am determined to finish this stronger than ever. I love all type of media but what I personally like to do is mixed media, I feel like you can just get even more creative and deep with it. Art can carry so much emotion without one realising, and can speak on so many levels to a lot of people in a lot of different ways.

Present Day.

Currently, I'm with my roommate Cathryn in our dorm room getting ready to go to our lectures. Though saying that, I only have three today as only one of them is a lecture and the other two are more like practical sessions. I'm really enjoying our project at the minute, like I said it's the start of the year so our project is based on our selves as an introduction, we have two weeks to complete this.

Me and Cathryn still have an hour until we need to be in our lectures so we have decided to get some breakfast at this cute little café near the university. I order my usual which is pancakes with berries and a latte whilst Cat goes for simple porridge with berries also and a latte.  We scoff them down pretty quickly but hey if they're delicious then go for it. Cat gets a head start as her lecture starts ten minutes before mine, she does Psychology (smart ass). I pay for our food and then I head off to my lecture.

One hour later...

Just finished up in my lecture which was about different types of art and artists, it was actually quite interesting and I was obviously quite aware of some of them. Now I've got a few hours to kill before my practical sessions, so one of my friends from my course, Aimee and I are going to do a bit of shopping just to get some time away from all the other students and work. We also got some lunch while we were out as it was coming up to that time of day, we didn't go anywhere special we just picked a sandwich up and headed back to our uni cafeteria to eat those and then head to our session.

Like I said, this project is about expressing ourselves, so I'm finding it really interesting as I'm just walking around this very white but also very colourful studio (if you know what I mean) looking at everyone else's (not getting ideas) but it's really fun to get a glimpse of who everyone is. The part of the piece that I'm working on today is going to be with paint so I head over to the painted cupboard and pull out my paints and brushes. I think what I'm going to paint is like a mural of like my aura if that makes any sense, like how people see me as a happy, chill person so the colours that I'm going to use are blue's and purple's and just play around with it.

The first hour has passed and so far I have created a silhouette of myself for me to present the 'aura' around, which is what I'm going to do within this hour.  I'm really happy with how this is looking so far, honestly could be one of my best pieces, I can't wait to see the finished product and present for my classmates to see who I truly am.

I am now heading back to my dorm as my sessions today are now finished. As I'm walking out the exit of the studio, I see a poster for an Art Show competition. I'm intrigued. I decide to take a photo of it on my phone so I can decide if I want to take part. It's two weeks away, I'm not sure if it's too late to apply, maybe I should call them? Then again can I really think off and put together a piece in time? I think I'll leave it, they'll be others.

I'm back with Cat now in our dorm room, as my course is art there isn't much for me to do outside of the studio, not at this time anyway. I can't say the same for Cat, she has quite a bit of theory to get through, therefore I am going to hang out with a few mates from the studio so I don't distract Cat. 

I'm now at my mates dorm having a few drinks and playing a few games, dreading the time when we won't have time for nights like this I can't imagine what it's like to be stuck in your dorm room studying. I guess it won't be long until I find out. We decide to take a wander around the campus garden, we are all first year students so we haven't seen the campus thoroughly yet. Funny enough, as late as it is, people and some groups have stalls up presenting their clubs and projects etc. There is one for that art show competition, I hear one of the people from the stand shouting out that it's not too late to apply, so I think to myself 'should I really do it?' I mean it's not like I have to study in the evenings so what have I got to lose? I walk  over to the stand and I apply for the competition and take a poster (I probably won't remember this by morning).

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So this is the first chapter complete. I hope it's okay. Depending on how positive the comments and input is, maybe I'll keep this up. Though I can't promise that I'll be active 24/7 as I do have a full time job.