// Unit group · 2651

Visual Artists

Visual artists create and execute works of art by sculpting, painting, drawing, creating cartoons, engraving or using other techniques.

2 Professionals / 26 Legal, Social and Cultural Professionals / 265 Creative and Performing Artists / All level 4

// Working conditions

Air and dustChemicalsSitting and standing

// Hand tools

No hand tools in this set.

conceiving and developing ideas, designs and styles for paintings, drawings and sculptures

arranging objects, positioning models, and selecting landscapes and other visual forms according to chosen subject matter

selecting artistic media, method and materials

creating representational or abstract three-dimensional or relief forms by shaping, carving and working and combining materials such as, wood, stone, clay, metal, ice or paper

creating representational or abstract drawings and paintings using pencils, ink, chalk, oil paints, water colours or through the application of other techniques

creating drawings and engraving or etching them on metal, wood, or other materials

creating cartoons to depict persons and events, often in caricature

restoring damaged, soiled and faded paintings and other art objects.

Included occupations

Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Cartoonist
- Ceramic artist
- Illustrator
- Picture restorer
- Portrait painter
- Sculptor

Excluded occupations

Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Industrial designer – 2163
- Graphic designer - 2166
- Painting teacher (private tuition) – 2355
- Potter - 7314
- Decorative painter - 7316

Indexed job titles 15