This essay sheds light on how to become an artist, explicates how to be highly successful as an artist, and elucidates how to earn revenue as an artist. While becoming an artist may seem be an eminently cumbersome, expensive, time-consuming, and daunting undertaking, it is viably possible to become an artist. Much to the relief of prospective artists, it is possible to become an artist in a time span of less than half of a decade and the journey to become an artist is not as lengthy as the journey to pursue certain other occupations, such as the occupations of a medical doctor or attorney. The pathway that a prospective artist can follow to become an artist is fraught with challenges that are not a cinch to surmount. It can be arduous to fulfill the duties of an artist. Artistic skills are highly desirable skills to possess. As of January of 2021, only an infinitesimal fraction of one percent of the global population work as artists. in the U.S., for instance, less than 2,670,100 work as artists even though the U.S. population is comprised of over 328,000,000 people as of January of 2021. As of January of 2021, less than .814% of people in the U.S. work as artists. This means that out of 123 random people in the U.S., about only one person at most would be employed as an artist as of January of 2021. As of January of 2021, it was estimated that there were more medical doctors and attorneys as an aggregate in the U.S. than artists in the U.S. even though it takes far more years to fulfill the ample mandatory requirements to become a medical doctor or attorney than it takes to fulfill the mandatory requirements to become an artist. As of January of 2021, there are no mandatory requirements that need to be fulfilled for a person to become an artist. As of January of 2021, the economy is unequivocally in dire need of more artists, especially since they are able to help companies to produce artwork. Artists can harness their artistry to produce high-quality, aesthetically appealing artwork. Artists can help companies to expand their product offerings, especially if companies opt to mass produce their artwork in their production runs. Producing desirable artwork can help companies to amplify their sales volume, revenue, and profits. As of January of 2021, customers are willing to paying exorbitant premium prices for desirable artwork that is able to assuage their preferences for artwork. People are eminently fond of taking a gander at aesthetically appealing artwork. Taking a gander at aesthetically appealing artwork can help people to divert their attention away from honing on real-world stressors. Freelance artists are not limited to furnishing their service offerings to an infinitesimal clientele. Artists can be "self-employed and work on a contractual basis". Freelance artists are able to work remotely, customize their own schedule, and furnish their service offerings to clients from around the world. There are a myriad of disparate types of artists. Some of the ample disparate types of artists encompass "painters, sculptors, illustrators, printmakers, calligraphers, and graphic designers". The tasks of a freelance oil painter can, for instance, involve ascertaining the preferences for oil paintings among clients, purchasing the requisite materials to produce oil paintings, and producing oil paintings for his clients. A freelance oil painter is able to produce high-quality, aesthetically appealing oil paintings that are 2D manifestations of creative artistic visions. There are a multitude of disparate forms of art that works of art can be expressed in. Works of art are not limited to being expressed in the form of paintings. Some of the other forms of art that works of art can also be expressed in encompass illustrations, ceramics, architectural structures, and graphic designs. Paintings are, for instance, the epitome of a form of art and the most prevalently known form of art as of January of 2021. Paintings are produced when an artist paints an image onto a blank canvas with the utilization of paints in order to bring to fruition a work of art. By brushing paints onto a canvas and by smearing paints onto a canvas, an artist is able to produce a painting. Paintings can be comprised of "oil paints, acrylic paints, watercolor paints", or other types of paints. Painting can also be comprised of "pigments, inks, dyes", or other types of materials. Paintings can be classified by both their genre and style. Some of the disparate types of painting styles encompass "realism, abstraction, photorealism, abstract, impressionism, painterly, abstract, and expressionism". As of January of 2021, paintings are a prominent form of visual art that are often 2D manifestations of creative artistic visions.