One day, I was walking on Boulevard street, and I saw this poster on the ground somewhere. Whenever I went to pick the poster up, it said that there was an art competition in two weeks. After I looked over the poster, I got in contact with the people that ran the competition, and I entered myself into the competition. When I came home, I instantly ran to my art room, and start to work on my art project for the competition. It took me five days after I entered myself into the competition just to get this painting the way that I liked it. For the competition, I decided to do a painting on something that I am really good at so that I have a easier chance at winning this art competition. My painting was a sunset at the beach, and when I stepped away from my painting, I think that this is the best piece of artwork I have ever done. When I showed my artwork to my family and friends, they all loved the painting more than I did. After hearing all of the nice feedback from everyone I talked to, I felt more confident than ever that I was going to win this year’s art competition. Then came the day of the art competition, I showed up on time with my art painting, and put it up to where everyone could see it. At some points in time during the competition, I got nervous because nobody was saying anything when they walked by my painting, but when it was time to vote for this year’s art competition, everyone ended up voting for me, and I came home with a check for ten grand and a trophy that said “Best Painting Of The Year” award. After all of the days and hours that I spent on my painting, winning the art competition just tells me that all of my hard work wasn’t for nothing, and its a way of motivating myself to keep my dream of making artwork for other people for a living.