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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

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Tasks for “Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators”

Create graphics, illustrations, and three-dimensional models to be used in research or in teaching, such as in demonstrating anatomy, pathology, or surgical procedures.
Collaborate with writers who create ideas, stories, or captions that are combined with artists' work.
Provide entertainment at special events by performing activities such as drawing cartoons.
Maintain portfolios of artistic work to demonstrate styles, interests, and abilities.
Render drawings, illustrations, and sketches of buildings, manufactured products, or models, working from sketches, blueprints, memory, models, or reference materials.
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.
Brush or spray protective or decorative finishes on completed background panels, informational legends, exhibit accessories, or finished paintings.
Render sequential drawings that can be turned into animated films or advertisements.
Use materials such as pens and ink, watercolors, charcoal, oil, or computer software to create artwork.
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.
Study styles, techniques, colors, textures, and materials used in works undergoing restoration to ensure consistency during the restoration process.
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.
Model substances such as clay or wax, using fingers and small hand tools to form objects.
Create finished art work as decoration, or to elucidate or substitute for spoken or written messages.
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.
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.
Trace drawings onto clear acetate for painting or coloring, or trace them with ink to make final copies.
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.
Submit preliminary or finished artwork or project plans to clients for approval, incorporating changes as necessary.
Confer with clients, editors, writers, art directors, and other interested parties regarding the nature and content of artwork to be produced.
Create and prepare sketches and model drawings of cartoon characters, providing details from memory, live models, manufactured products, or reference materials.
Collaborate with engineers, mechanics, and other technical experts as necessary to build and install creations.
Study different techniques to learn how to apply them to artistic endeavors.
Develop project budgets for approval, estimating time lines and material costs.

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