<p>I'll be beginning my senior year of highschool soon, and, sadly, I won't be able to fit art class in my schedule. For the first three years I've been in symphonic band instead of art, but I spend majority of my free time illustrating. Would it be difficult to begin art class during freshman year of college. Not as a major, but possibly as a minor.</p>
<p>Probably not, if you have a passion for it and pursue it in your spare time. Keep a portfolio of your work if needed for admission into a program</p>
<p>Many universities have art programs that you do not have to have a portfolio to get into them. From our experiences, where the school offered a BA in art or a minor in art, it did not require a portfolio to take the initial classes. For example, Pitt has a tremendous art program (BA) and they did not require anything in advance to get into the initial art classes. Good luck and have fun.</p>
<p>Although it is true that some art and design programs don’t have portfolio requirements, many of the better programs do. If you don’t have a portfoio, you are greatly limiting yourself. I would advise you doing what my daughter did, if you can afford it. Get a private tutor to help you develop your porfolio. If you don’t have the money for this, take a class or two at your local community college that offers courses in art. You can also simply draw objects from observation using a sketch pad and various mediums for drawing.</p>
<p>Thanks for all of the great advice! I’ll look into classes at my local cc and start on a portfolio.</p>