Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, & Illustrators

Also called: Artist, Fine Artist, Painter

Career Cluster: Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications
What they do:
Create original artwork using any of a wide variety of media and techniques.
On the job, you would:
  • Use materials such as pens and ink, watercolors, charcoal, oil, or computer software to create artwork.
  • Integrate and develop visual elements, such as line, space, mass, color, and perspective, to produce desired effects, such as the illustration of ideas, emotions, or moods.
  • Confer with clients, editors, writers, art directors, and other interested parties regarding the nature and content of artwork to be produced.
KNOWLEDGE

Engineering and Technology
  • design
  • computers and electronics
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
  • manufacture and distribution of products
Arts and Humanities
  • English language
  • music, dance, visual arts, drama, or sculpture
Education and Training
  • teaching and course design
SKILLS

Basic Skills
  • figuring out how to use new ideas or things
  • thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
Problem Solving
  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
ABILITIES

Hand and Finger Use
  • keep your arm or hand steady
  • hold or move items with your hands
Ideas and Logic
  • create new and original ideas
  • come up with lots of ideas
Verbal
  • listen and understand what people say
  • communicate by speaking
PERSONALITY

People interested in this work like activities that include creating, designing, and making your own rules.

They do well at jobs that need:
  • Attention to Detail
  • Dependability
  • Integrity
  • Initiative
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Adaptability/Flexibility
TECHNOLOGY

You might use software like this on the job:

Instant messaging software
  • GroupMe
  • Twitter
Computer aided design CAD software
  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Trimble SketchUp Pro
Graphics or photo imaging software
  • Adobe Creative Cloud software
  • Adobe Photoshop
EDUCATION


some college or bachelor's degree
usually needed
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JOB OUTLOOK

New job opportunities are likely in the future.

Salary:
High: $135,420.00
Median: $59,300.00
Low: $28,390.00
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