Artist

CAREER OUTLOOK

Your New Career

More than half of all Artists are self-employed. They take on the projects they want and plan their own schedules. They set their own fees and keep the profits to invest in their business or spend as they see fit. You too can enjoy career independence when you choose this exciting career!

Of those who are not self-employed, many work in advertising, publishing firms, the motion picture industry, and computer systems design. The U.S. Department of Labor expects employment opportunities for Artists will grow as much as 10% through the year 2016.* The need for Artists to illustrate and animate materials for magazines, journals, and other printed or electronic media will spur demand for illustrators and animators. Growth in motion picture and video industries will provide new job opportunities for illustrators, cartoonists, and animators.

Your New Skills

Training to be an Artist is more like a pleasurable hobby than a career. But you will learn how to sell your artwork to shops and galleries and you can turn your skills into a full- or part-time career. You'll learn all the techniques you need to succeed.

You'll learn every important part of being an Artist.

The elements of design and color theory, and move on to perspective and basic drawing
Charcoal and pen and ink drawing; painting with watercolors, mixed media, and cartooning
Matting and framing your work, presenting to gallery owners and potential employers, as well as how the business side of the art world works

Your New Diploma

Earn your Career Diploma at home in as little as six months by studying just an hour a day for your new career. Enjoy your independence – set your own schedule, work as much or as little as you choose.

* Growth figures represent a ten-year period ending 2016. Source: "National Industry-Occupation Employment Matrix," a publication of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.