Jobs / Design, media, and writing / 27-1013.00
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
Create original artwork using any of a wide variety of media and techniques.
- US jobs
- 11,220
- Median wage
- $55,490 a year
- Job family
- Design, media, and writing
Can agents do the work of fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Design, media, and writing: Unmeasured (no change in 12 months)
No direct benchmark gives a success rate.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 15%Create visual designs or displaysNot measured
- 12%Create decorative objects or parts of objectsNot measured
- 7%Arrange displays or decorationsNot measured
- 7%Create artistic designs or performancesNot measured
- 5%Maintain operational recordsNot measured
- 5%Research technology designs or applicationsNot measured
- 5%Communicate with others about specifications or project detailsNot measured
- 4%Explain technical details of products or servicesNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in design, media, and writing, not always this occupation's tasks.
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Context only
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Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- 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.
- Maintain portfolios of artistic work to demonstrate styles, interests, and abilities.
- Market artwork through brochures, mailings, or Web sites.
- Study different techniques to learn how to apply them to artistic endeavors.
- Monitor events, trends, and other circumstances, research specific subject areas, attend art exhibitions, and read art publications to develop ideas and keep current on art world activities.
- Photograph objects, places, or scenes for reference material.
- Model substances such as clay or wax, using fingers and small hand tools to form objects.
- Create sculptures, statues, and other three-dimensional artwork by using abrasives and tools to shape, carve, and fabricate materials such as clay, stone, wood, or metal.
- Set up exhibitions of artwork for display or sale.
- Render drawings, illustrations, and sketches of buildings, manufactured products, or models, working from sketches, blueprints, memory, models, or reference materials.
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