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Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
$57.56K Median Salary 3.3K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 17.4% Job Growth
About This Career
Create original artwork using any of a wide variety of media and techniques.
Reported Job Titles
Artist, Automotive Artist, Blacksmith, Fine Artist, Ice Carver, Illustrator, Muralist, Painter, Portrait Artist, Sculptor
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Skills You'll Need
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Abilities
Originality
Fluency of Ideas
Visualization
Arm-Hand Steadiness
Visual Color Discrimination
Near Vision
Finger Dexterity
Manual Dexterity
Category Flexibility
Oral Comprehension
Deductive Reasoning
Far Vision
Inductive Reasoning
Information Ordering
Oral Expression
Problem Sensitivity
Speech Clarity
Speech Recognition
Written Comprehension
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
Active Learning
Critical Thinking
Active Listening
Judgment and Decision Making
Reading Comprehension
Speaking
Technology Skills
Graphics or photo imaging software
Instant messaging software
Computer aided design CAD software
Data base user interface and query software
Development environment software
Object or component oriented development software
Document management software
Desktop publishing software
Web page creation and editing software
Web platform development software
Configuration management software
Electronic mail software
Accounting software
Point of sale POS software
Desktop communications software
Video creation and editing software
Enterprise application integration software
Office suite software
Word processing software
Internet browser software
Presentation software
Project management software
Tools
Clay or modeling tools
Kilns for firing ceramics
Camera flashes or lighting
Anatomical models
Stonemason chisel
Specialty brushes
Kiln furniture
Tongs
Rasps
Kiln accessories for firing ceramics
Potters wheels for hand made ceramics
Wood chisels
Drying cabinets or ovens
Photographic timer
Masks or accessories
Wood mannequins
Developing trays
Scanners
Calipers
Palette knives
Mat cutter
Spirit burners
Hammers
Camera tripods
Blow torch
Safety glasses
Viscosimeters
Triple beam balances
Wood gouge
Utility knives
Notebook computers
Camera lens
Developing tongs
Fountain pens
Welding masks
Sand blasting machine
Handheld thermometer
Pyrometers
Artist knives
Rock cutters
Digital cameras
Pneumatic hammer
Protective gloves
Power grinders
Hydrometers
Laser printers
Photographic enlargers
Laboratory graduated cylinders
Thermocouples
Grinding machines
Plasma cutting machine
Watercolor brushes
Extruders for modeling materials
Bench scales
Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus
Tile cutter
Palettes for paint or ink mixing
Metal inert gas welding machine
Film squeegee
Sharpening stones or tools or kits
Paint sprayers
Camera lens filter
Shielded metal arc welding or stick welding machine
Power saws
Spatulas
Angle grinder
Personal computers
Power sanders
Tablet computers
