Artist
By: Yvonne Diaz
Mr.Duff
Period 3
Produces paintings or drawings.
Practices any of the various creative
arts, such as scupltor, novelist, poet,
or filmmaker.
Requirements
- No need for educational qualifications
- Self-motivated
- Patient
- Creative
- Good Hand-eye coordination
- Perseverance
Working Conditions
- Self-Employed
- Work irregular hours (long)
- Work in a studio (Commercial building or home)
Responsibilities
Creating photographs,
Sculptures,
Paintings
Images
Work of art
Materials
Originally work with:
paint, acrylics, charcoal,
ink, clay, plaster, metal, etc.
(Pencil as well if sketch artist)
Art directors: 84,200
Multimedia artists and animators: 79,000
Fine artists, including painters, sculptors and illustrators: 23,600
Craft artists: 13,600
Artists and related workers, all other: 21,500
Self- employed artists earn more than salaried artists. 60% are self-employed.
Hold down multiple jobs
Limited access to health insurance
Do their own marketing
Career strategizing
Lack workplace bargaining power
Lack purchasing power
Lack access to networks
Classes
English
Social Science
Natural Science
Art History
Studio art
Academy of Art University
Art Center College
Otis College of Art and Design
San Jose State University
California Institute of the Arts
Future Prospects
Find their true potential amidst
Those who create a style succeeds
Influence an early artist you admire
Sketch of Homer Simpson