Describe An Artist or Entertainer You Admire – IELTS Cue Card

In the IELTS Speaking section, one of the most common question types is the Cue Card Speaking prompt. The IELTS Cue Card topics will prompt you to formulate a response and speak on the given topic. To attempt this question, you must narrow down the essential questions on the given topic to answer within the given time. Consider the sample Cue Card below. Study the types of questions that have been formulated based on the cue card and how to go about with your response:

Are you searching for words when you speak? Does the Speaking section of the IELTS make you tense? The IELTS cue card “Describe An Artist or Entertainer You Admire” will help you answer questions from the category “Admire“. Practise using the sample answer given and ace this module of the IELTS with a band 8+.

Sample Answer 1

From childhood, I wanted to be an artist with great skill in art and craft. When I was in class 1, I used to paint on the walls with great interest and emotions. When I saw the paintings of Pablo Picasso, I started following him and took the paintings as my inspiration. 

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He uses different shapes with neutral and homochromatic colors. His style of art is unique and is often called a cubistic form of art. He uses a huge canvas to create his paintings. His style of painting and sculpture is exquisite. He is a 20th-century artist whose artworks look like original digital graphics. He uses different styles and forms of art like printmaking, brushstroke, etching, woodcut, inscribing. His brush brakes and form of painting are different and uniform. His style of the art form has a different meaning which relates to everyday life. Every drawing has different emotions, expressions, feelings. He uses warm colours with a bright tone to make the painting more attractive. 

I am very fond of using bright colors on my sketch that make them look charming. I become engrossed in geometrical shapes that help me create a different form of art. I really admire how he uses cube pieces to form a perfect artwork. I always get motivated to read his artifacts. The cubist painting is the modern form of painting that is not relatable for every person. Since I’m more indulged into art and craft,  I get easily attached with his sketches and use of colours. 

We have to get through the paintings and understand the meaning.

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Sample Answer 2

Creating something new for good is always a great responsibility that not everyone can handle. Although many people can make something, true art or artists are very few as only prodigies can produce something that inspires others. To be honest, I am not a connoisseur of art, but there are a few many names from whom I find the motivation to be original and unique. One such great personality is Charlie Chaplin.

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, aka Charlie Chaplin, is one of the world’s most renowned entertainers who captured the true essence of a common man. With his charming personality and endless talents, he rose to fame in the era of silent movies and beyond. Apart from his comic antics as ‘Little Tramp’, he is revered by many as the first international movie star who popularized the medium of films and made the audience aware that movies were also a viable source of entertainment other than plays and vaudeville. Later, he went on to become a filmmaker and composer. Some of the movies he had acted and directed in are ‘The Kid’, ‘The Golden Rush’’, ‘Limelight’, ‘A Countess from Hong Kong’, ‘The Great Dictator, ‘Modern Times’, ‘City Lights’, to name a few. 

Despite facing hardships and being pulled into several controversies, he created works that motivate people never to give up. He represented human conditions in a simple yet strong way that was not only humorous but also easy to understand. He forged his way into the world from poverty to being one of the most influential personalities in history through sheer work, dedication and infinite talent. Whenever I feel down in life, I always go back to reading quotes by a few personalities and one of them is definitely, Charlie Chaplin.

Vocabulary

• Charming: pleasing or delightful
  Eg: she looks very charming in her new dress
• Exquisite: extremely beautiful and delicate
  Eg: His suit is exquisite.
• Artifacts: an object made by a human being, typically one of cultural or historical interest.
  Eg: He is fond of reading artifacts
• Admire: regard with respect or warm approval 
  Eg: she was admired by her parents

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