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Job Description

Create original artwork using any of a wide variety of media and techniques.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 27-1013.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 57,410.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 27.00
Currently, there are 11,520 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators”.

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Tasks for “Picture Painter”

Render sequential drawings that can be turned into animated films or advertisements.
Study styles, techniques, colors, textures, and materials used in works undergoing restoration to ensure consistency during the restoration process.
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.
Collaborate with engineers, mechanics, and other technical experts as necessary to build and install creations.
Brush or spray protective or decorative finishes on completed background panels, informational legends, exhibit accessories, or finished paintings.
Trace drawings onto clear acetate for painting or coloring, or trace them with ink to make final copies.
Collaborate with writers who create ideas, stories, or captions that are combined with artists' work.
Cut, bend, laminate, arrange, and fasten individual or mixed raw and manufactured materials and products to form works of art.
Examine and test paintings in need of restoration or cleaning to determine techniques and materials to be used.
Develop project budgets for approval, estimating time lines and material costs.
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.
Use materials such as pens and ink, watercolors, charcoal, oil, or computer software to create artwork.
Create graphics, illustrations, and three-dimensional models to be used in research or in teaching, such as in demonstrating anatomy, pathology, or surgical procedures.
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.
Render drawings, illustrations, and sketches of buildings, manufactured products, or models, working from sketches, blueprints, memory, models, or reference materials.
Confer with clients, editors, writers, art directors, and other interested parties regarding the nature and content of artwork to be produced.
Create sketches, profiles, or likenesses of posed subjects or photographs, using any combination of freehand drawing, mechanical assembly kits, and computer imaging.
Apply solvents and cleaning agents to clean surfaces of paintings, and to remove accretions, discolorations, and deteriorated varnish.
Maintain portfolios of artistic work to demonstrate styles, interests, and abilities.
Create and prepare sketches and model drawings of cartoon characters, providing details from memory, live models, manufactured products, or reference materials.
Model substances such as clay or wax, using fingers and small hand tools to form objects.
Provide entertainment at special events by performing activities such as drawing cartoons.
Submit preliminary or finished artwork or project plans to clients for approval, incorporating changes as necessary.
Shade and fill in sketch outlines and backgrounds, using a variety of media such as water colors, markers, and transparent washes, labeling designated colors when necessary.
Study different techniques to learn how to apply them to artistic endeavors.
Create finished art work as decoration, or to elucidate or substitute for spoken or written messages.

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