DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA
27-1013 Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
Occupational Description:
Create original artwork using any of a wide variety of media and techniques.Percentiles | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Geography | Employment | Emp SE* | Mean | Mean SE* | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
Central Minnesota | N/A | 3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Minnesota | N/A | N/A | $27.53/hr | $1.29/hr | $16.84/hr | $20.93/hr | $27.21/hr | $33.79/hr | $38.46/hr |
U S | 12,350 | 877 | $30.61/hr | $1.68/hr | $9.75/hr | $15.74/hr | $24.55/hr | $36.00/hr | $54.87/hr |
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate. |
Occupation (click title for details) | OES | Projections | |
---|---|---|---|
Employment | Median Wage | % Change 2022 - 2032 | |
Graphic Designers | 480 | $22.14/hr | 5.4% |
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic | 160 | $16.33/hr | 6.2% |
Floral Designers | 90 | $11.76/hr | -17.4% |
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers | N/A | N/A | -5.1% |
Etchers and Engravers | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Costume Attendants | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Film and Video Editors | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Tasks for Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
- Renders drawings, illustrations, and sketches of buildings, manufactured products, or models, working from sketches, blueprints, memory, or reference materials.
- Paints scenic backgrounds, murals, and portraiture for motion picture and television production sets, glass artworks, and exhibits.
- Develops drawings, paintings, diagrams, and models of medical or biological subjects for use in publications, exhibits, consultations, research, and teaching.
- Etches, carves, paints, or draws artwork on material, such as stone, glass, canvas, wood, and linoleum.
- Confers with professional personnel or client to discuss objectives of artwork, develop illustration ideas, and theme to be portrayed.
- Performs tests to determine factors, such as age, structure, pigment stability, and probable reaction to various cleaning agents and solvents.
- Applies select solvents and cleaning agents to clean surface of painting and remove accretions, discolorations, and deteriorated varnish.
- Assembles, leads, and solders finished glass to fabricate stained glass article.
- Installs finished stained glass in window or door frame.
- Examines surfaces of paintings and proofs of artwork, using magnifying device, to determine method of restoration or needed corrections.
- Removes painting from frame or paint layer from canvas to restore artwork, following specified technique and equipment.
- Studies style, techniques, colors, textures, and materials used by artist to maintain consistency in reconstruction or retouching procedures.
- Brushes or sprays protective or decorative finish on completed background panels, informational legends, exhibit accessories, or finished painting.
- Integrates and develops visual elements, such as line, space, mass, color, and perspective to produce desired effect.
- Draws sketch, profile, or likeness of posed subject or photograph, using pencil, charcoal, pastels, or other medium.
- Classifies and codes components of image, using established system, to help identify suspect.
- Operates photocopy or similar machine to reproduce composite image.
- Measures distances and develops sketches of crime scene from photograph and measurements.
- Searches police photograph records, using classification and coding system to determine if existing photograph of suspects is available.
- Poses subject to accentuate most pleasing features or profile.
- Assembles and arranges outlines of features to form composite image, according to information provided by witness or victim.
- Alters copy of composite image until witness or victim is satisfied that composite is best possible representation of suspect.
- Prepares series of simple line drawings conforming to description of suspect and presents drawings to informant for selection of sketch.
- Interviews crime victims and witnesses to obtain descriptive information concerning physical build, sex, nationality, and facial features of unidentified suspect.
- Sketches and submits cartoon or animation for approval.
- Labels each section with designated colors when colors are used.
- Develops color patterns and moods and paints background layouts to dramatize action for animated cartoon scenes.
- Discusses ideas for cartoons, comic strips, or animations with editor or publisher's representative.
- Renders sequential drawings of characters or other subject material which when photographed and projected at specific speed becomes animated.
- Creates and prepares sketches and model drawings of characters, providing details from memory, live models, manufactured products, or reference material.
- Develops personal ideas for cartoons, comic strips, or animations, or reads written material to develop ideas.
- Makes changes and corrections to cartoon, comic strip, or animation as necessary.
- Carves objects from stone, concrete, plaster, wood, or other material, using abrasives and tools, such as chisels, gouges, and mall.
- Constructs artistic forms from metal or stone, using metalworking, welding, or masonry tools and equipment.
- Cuts, bends, laminates, arranges, and fastens individual or mixed raw and manufactured materials and products to form works of art.
- Models substances, such as clay or wax, using fingers and small hand tools to form objects.