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TASK

Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators

ID

work_arts_media/fine_artists_including_painters_sculptors_and_illustrators

Type

TASK

Children

28

Child Nodes (28)

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Use materials such as pens and ink, watercolors, charcoal, oil, or computer software to create artwork.

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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.

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Confer with clients, editors, writers, art directors, and other interested parties regarding the nature and content of artwork to be produced.

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Maintain portfolios of artistic work to demonstrate styles, interests, and abilities.

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Market artwork through brochures, mailings, or Web sites.

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Study different techniques to learn how to apply them to artistic endeavors.

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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.

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Photograph objects, places, or scenes for reference material.

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Model substances such as clay or wax, using fingers and small hand tools to form objects.

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Create sculptures, statues, and other three-dimensional artwork by using abrasives and tools to shape, carve, and fabricate materials such as clay, stone, wood, or metal.

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Set up exhibitions of artwork for display or sale.

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Render drawings, illustrations, and sketches of buildings, manufactured products, or models, working from sketches, blueprints, memory, models, or reference materials.

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Shade and fill in sketch outlines and backgrounds, using a variety of media such as water colors, markers, and transparent washes, labeling designated colors when necessary.

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Frame and mat artwork for display or sale.

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Submit artwork to shows or galleries.

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Submit preliminary or finished artwork or project plans to clients for approval, incorporating changes as necessary.

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Collaborate with engineers, mechanics, and other technical experts as necessary to build and install creations.

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Cut, bend, laminate, arrange, and fasten individual or mixed raw and manufactured materials and products to form works of art.

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Provide entertainment at special events by performing activities such as drawing cartoons.

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Develop project budgets for approval, estimating time lines and material costs.

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Create and prepare sketches and model drawings of cartoon characters, providing details from memory, live models, manufactured products, or reference materials.

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Create finished art work as decoration, or to elucidate or substitute for spoken or written messages.

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Create sketches, profiles, or likenesses of posed subjects or photographs, using any combination of freehand drawing, mechanical assembly kits, and computer imaging.

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Trace drawings onto clear acetate for painting or coloring, or trace them with ink to make final copies.

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Apply solvents and cleaning agents to clean surfaces of paintings, and to remove accretions, discolorations, and deteriorated varnish.

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Collaborate with writers who create ideas, stories, or captions that are combined with artists' work.

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Brush or spray protective or decorative finishes on completed background panels, informational legends, exhibit accessories, or finished paintings.

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Teach artistic techniques to children or adults.