The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-01-05

will be gratified finally at seeing one
OF his own compositions appearing in
print to illustrate some article or joke,
or story.
BY the end of three years he will be
receiving probably $40 week, and by
this time he should have shown pretty
definitely whether or not he is going
| to make success In art. In two
years more he should have found a
| specially II he has any. whether in car
looming, comics, portraits. dramatic
news stories, or scenery in general.
and will be receiving anywhere from
$50 a week up Many artists have
been at the zenith OF their careers be-
tween twenty-five and thirty. and ma
| king 500 or more a week There is q
big field in newspaper illustrating for
the man with a specially adapted to
newspaper needs
Many consider newspaper art a fine
stepping stone to the more particular
and remuneratiye magazine illustra-
| ting and portraiturc, SO your artist
son will In all probability try to get
some work OF that character on the
side. lie gets H. OF course, b. applying
to the art manager OF one Of the maya
zines. who, II fayOrably impressed. viii
give him some uuimportant story 10 H.
sketch to use in vacant spaces ON the
advertising pages.
The line OF advancement from here rs
pretty we'll defined, for It all depends
upon the progress made by your son.
Il h" makes good on the magazine as
signments he gets, be- will be given
more and more important work, until
he Is included among the army OF sue.
ccsstul illustrators and will earn from
$4,000 to $4,000 a year Mauy artists.
and mon under thirty at that, are paid
AZ much Even II he should have no
ambition TO become Grc", portrait or
landscape artist. there Is plenty OF
room In this line for him TO get high
on the ladder have IN mind one man
who makes $20.Ooo a year out OF the
magazines and advertising pictures
alone
The illustrating OF advertisements
has become larEu and worry rcmunyra.
tiv" field Tor artists, and If yuu know
their monographs and prcllIaritirs yol
will find tna' some at the best known
painters and illustrators are taking an
important part in this commercial de-
vc.Opmonl one man, for instance. IS
paid $500 a figure for fashion draw
ings and as each picture has three or
four figures. and he can easily make
one OF these designs in n week. there
is possible income Of 81 900 a week
in this work alone
Another and similar line is found
with the photographic companies, which
empio larg" forces OF artists to make
and fix up pictures for advertisers. cal.
cndars, etc. These men are generally
employed regularly at salaries Of $50
to $50 week for ordinary workm"n.
and offer the possibility OF working up
to the position OF head designer Of the
department at salary sometimes OF
is HlEH dH . tHN' n }'hl.
II portraiturc is to be- your sons spc-
cialtl or II he Is proficient AZ il, even
without making it his specially he will
find great possibilities before him,
even II he doesn't become one Of the
worlds greatest men in this line So
common is this particular phase Of hu.
man vanity that at his first manifesto
ton of ability in this direction he will
haV" opportunity to paint somebody
or somebody's wife's picture. and will
b" paid whatever the two parties to
the agreement decide upon one por-
trait painter and he is not b. any
means numbered among the worlds
greatcst--is regularly paid $1,000 for
a head $4,000 for half length figure.
and $4,000 for full length
There is little satisfaction to he de.
rived from the sale of pictures cod
sketches at exhibitions, as the aver.
age sale is less than five per cent. in
such instances. and even then they
are not apt to bring adequate prices
or course. If your boy IL n genius
but we are not talking about geniuses.
These pointers are addressed to the
father OF just the average bright boy
who may possess little Imagination
and originality.
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