Visual artists create and execute works of art by sculpting, painting, drawing, creating cartoons, engraving or using other techniques.
Skill level:
Highly skilled
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- Salary range for the majority of workers in Visual artists - from GH₵2,218 to GH₵25,581 per month - 2025.
- A Visual artists typically earns between GH₵2,218 and GH₵7,216 net per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between GH₵3,586 and GH₵11,708 per month for a working week of 40 hours.
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Job Responsibilities
- 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
