Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators

Key skills

A typical day

• •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.

Fields of study

Any field