ISCO-08 2651 to ESCO Occupations

About ISCO-08 2651

2651 Visual ArtistsVisual artists create and execute works of art by sculpting, painting, drawing, creating cartoons, engraving or using other techniques. Tasks include - (a) conceiving and developing ideas, designs and styles for paintings, drawings and sculptures; (b) arranging objects, positioning models, and selecting landscapes and other visual forms according to chosen subject matter; (c) selecting artistic media, method and materials; (d) 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; (e) creating representational or abstract drawings and paintings using pencils, ink, chalk, oil paints, water colours or through the application of other techniques; (f) creating drawings and engraving or etching them on metal, wood or other materials; (g) creating cartoons to depict persons and events, often in caricature; (h) restoring damaged, soiled and faded paintings and other art objects. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Cartoonist - Ceramic artist - Illustrator - Picture restorer - Portrait painter - Sculptor Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Industrial designer - 2163 - Graphic designer - 2166 - Painting teacher (private tuition) - 2355 - Potter - 7314 - Decorative painter - 7316.