Fine Artist

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

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Artist; Automotive Artist; Blacksmith; Fine Artist; Ice Carver; Illustrator; Muralist; Painter; Portrait Artist; Sculptor

Tasks

• 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.

Knowledge

• Design
• Computers and Electronics
• English Language
• Production and Processing
• Fine Arts
• Education and Training
• Communications and Media
• Customer and Personal Service
• Mathematics
• Administration and Management

Skills

• Critical Thinking
• Active Learning
• Active Listening
• Reading Comprehension
• Speaking

Abilities

• Originality
• Fluency of Ideas
• Visualization
• Arm-Hand Steadiness
• Visual Color Discrimination
• Near Vision
• Manual Dexterity
• Finger Dexterity
• Oral Comprehension
• Category Flexibility
• Written Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Problem Sensitivity
• Deductive Reasoning
• Inductive Reasoning
• Information Ordering
• Far Vision
• Speech Recognition
• Speech Clarity