The art industry will always be very in demand. Not only because everyone enjoys a good work of art, but because companies depend on creative marketing images to capture buyer attention. Advertising is arguably the biggest business in the US, if not the world, so the need for cutting edge and clever artistic images is always expanding.
The average starting salary for graphic artists starts around $15/hr and increases from there. About 63% of artists are self employed and many of them earn even more than salaried artists. Just knowing these figures is enough to make some want to run out and enroll in the closest art school. However, there is a catch-22 situation here. The better art schools out there (the ones you want to enroll in if you plan on making decent money), require you already have a bit of skill in visual art.
So what do you do if you weren't a child prodigy who knew they wanted to go into this industry from the age of 5? Well there is still time and hope to learn art from home! The first thing I did was jump online and search for art lessons. These lessons range from basic shape drawing and lighting, to figure and detail drawing, painting, and much more.
Any medium you decide you want to work with has some lessons out there. Learning the basics is the most important thing to do and can be done relatively quickly. From there, you can branch off and decide what medium to work in, what your personal style is, how you want to use your art, etc.
Most people start off not really knowing what their own style is. So you start off by drawing everything from forest and urban scenes to apples on the counter. I tried cartoon, comic, classical, realistic, and even art nuevo styles before I settled on my chosen genre.
I could make this article last for days by giving you tips and pointers for getting started but here are the two simplest, yet most important:
1. Start with the basics. No matter how trivial or boring they may be, they are essential for creating a solid foundation that you can later manipulate over and over.
2. Don't be afraid to try! Try anything, learn whatever you can. Any style that interests you should be looked into. If you later decide it's not for you, that's totally fine. But you will never grow if you don't try.
Many times, people learn art from home and are ready to get started earning income without going to school. However, I always suggest it simply as a starting point. It's no secret in this world that those with degrees earn more than those without, and that goes for almost any industry. So once you've decided what you want to do with your art and have a good foundation, THEN go and enroll in a school. Be sure to research schools to get a good one and don't just enroll in the cheapest closest tech college. The training you'll get in a better school will be WELL worth any extra cost.By K. Sokolov
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