You must like to draw pictures. The basic premise is not whether you are good or bad at drawing, but that you have the talent to draw pictures that move the viewer's heart. However, you also need to work hard to develop your talent and have the perseverance to continue painting even if your life is difficult. If you want to be in the limelight right away, this may not be the job for you.

A painter is a person who earns income from his or her work producing original and artistic paintings. There is a wide range of genres of painting, including "Japanese painting" represented by ink and color paintings, and "Western painting" represented by oil and watercolor paintings. Recently, there are also digital paintings using computers. There are also a variety of subjects for painting, ranging from paintings with free ideas based on one's own creative theme to portraits and landscapes. For those who love to paint, it is an ideal job that allows them to live doing what they love. However, only a handful of people can actually make a living as a painter. Most people continue their creative activities while working side jobs such as teaching painting classes, teaching art at schools, or working as an illustrator who paints to order.

There are no special qualifications to become a painter. To put it simply, if you call yourself a painter, you are a painter. Although no academic background is required, it is advisable to study at an art college or art school in order to improve drawing skills and acquire basic painting techniques, which are indispensable for the creation of paintings. In fact, most painters are graduates of art colleges or vocational schools. Such schools also offer opportunities to gain job placement and business contacts on the side. Many of them use the art theory, color science, and other subjects they learn in class for side jobs such as painting classes or as graphic designers. However, entrance examinations for art colleges include practical skills such as drawing in addition to written work. Both academic ability and painting ability are required. Some self-taught artists have become first-class painters, while others have apprenticed themselves to famous painters to improve their skills.

One of the starting points for a debut as a painter is to enter and be selected for the Nitten, Japan's largest general art exhibition, and other publicly solicited exhibitions in Japan and abroad. However, while winning an award may bring a certain amount of recognition, winning an award alone is not enough to make a living. If one's name recognition and ability increase after repeatedly winning prizes at various publicly-collected exhibitions, one can expect to be approached by galleries that exhibit paintings and art dealers that sell paintings, and one can expect to increase one's work as an artist.

The profession of painter will probably never disappear from the world. If one continues to work hard to improve one's talent, there is a chance that one's work will see the light of day. Especially nowadays, it is possible to promote one's work through the Internet. In fact, some painters have become famous after their videos and works were picked up by the mass media, and some unknown painters have had their works noticed overseas and sold for high prices. It is important to continue painting for a long time and not give up halfway through, as it is a job that can last a lifetime.

The income of a full-time painter is the proceeds earned from the direct sale of freely painted paintings at solo exhibitions or by entrusting them to art galleries or art dealers to be sold on their behalf. Income is also earned from commissioned portraits and landscapes. The price of a painting, whether a Western or Japanese painting, is determined by the size of the painting, the "No.". Famous painters may charge several million yen for a single painting, but such painters are rare. Most of them make a living on the side. According to statistics, the average annual income of a painter by profession is 4.74 million yen. However, this may include some people whose income is mostly from side jobs, and whose income as a painter is zero.

Since painters are self-employed, their days off are up to them, and they may take an entire week off. However, when he receives a commission with a deadline or holds a solo exhibition, he may have to create without a day off.

One's own atelier (studio), etc. Some people have the same atelier as their home, while others have their own atelier separate from their home.

It's a chart that shows at a glance the main routes to a career as a painter!