Job Family: Arts, Design and Media

Job Family: 27-0000 Arts, Design and Media Occupational Group: 27-1010 Artists and Designers

OCCUPATION PROFILE

JOB FAMILY: ARTS, DESIGN AND MEDIA

OCCUPATIONAL GROUP: ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS

OCCUPATION: PAINTERS AND ILLUSTRATORS 27-1013

BROADBAND LEVELS: Level 1– Pay Band 003

DESCRIPTION

This is work painting or drawing subject material to produce original artwork or illustrations, using watercolors, oils, acrylics, tempera, other paint mediums, or digitalized medium.

EXAMPLES OF WORK

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.

Etches, carves, paints, or draws artwork on material, such as stone, glass, canvas, wood, and linoleum.

Develops drawings, paintings, diagrams, and models of medical or biological subjects for use in publications, exhibits, consultations, research, and teaching.

Integrates and develops visual elements, such as line, space, mass, color, and perspective to produce desired effect.

Brushes or sprays protective or decorative finish on completed background panels, informational legends, exhibit accessories, or finished painting.

Confers with professional personnel or client to discuss objectives of artwork, develop illustration ideas, and theme to be portrayed.

Studies style, techniques, colors, textures, and materials used by artist to maintain consistency in reconstruction or retouching procedures.

of 4 Performs tests to determine factors, such as age, structure, pigment stability, and probable reaction to various cleaning agents and solvents.

Removes painting from frame or paint layer from canvas to restore artwork, following specified technique and equipment.

Applies select solvents and cleaning agents to clean surface of painting and remove accretions, discolorations, and deteriorated varnish.

Examines surfaces of paintings and proofs of artwork, using magnifying device, to determine method of restoration or needed corrections.

EXAMPLES OF JOB CHARACTERISTICS

Getting Information Needed to Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining Do the Job information from all relevant sources.

Thinking Creatively Originating, inventing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.

Identifying Objects, Actions, and Identifying information received by making Events estimates or categorizations, recognizing differences or similarities, or sensing changes in circumstances or events. Handling and Moving Objects Using one's own hands and arms in handling, installing, forming, positioning, and moving materials, or in manipulating things, including the use of keyboards. Implementing Ideas, Programs, Conducting or carrying out work procedures and Etc. activities in accord with one's own ideas or information provided through directions/instructions for purposes of installing, modifying, preparing, delivering, constructing, integrating, finishing, or completing programs, systems, structures, or products. Estimating Needed Estimating the Characteristics of Materials, Characteristics Products, Events, or Information: Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities, or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.

of 4 Communicating With Other Providing information to supervisors, fellow workers, Workers and subordinates. This information can be exchanged face-to-face, in writing, or via telephone/electronic transfer.

EXAMPLES OF KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Idea Generation Generating a number of different approaches to problems

Product Inspection Inspecting and evaluating the quality of products

Equipment Selection Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job

Visioning Developing an image of how a system should work under ideal conditions

Operations Analysis Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design

Idea Evaluation Evaluating the likely success of an idea in relation to the demands of the situation

Implementation Planning Developing approaches for implementing an idea

Judgment and Decision Making Weighing the relative costs and benefits of a potential action

Management of Material Resources Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work

Monitoring Assessing how well one is doing when learning or doing something

Design Knowledge of design techniques, principles, tools and instruments involved in the production and use of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models

Fine Arts Knowledge of theory and techniques required to produce, compose, and

of 4 perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

EFFECTIVE: 07/01/2002