The fine arts include drawing, painting and sculpture. An extremely small number of artists are talented enough to make a living by painting and sculpting alone. Anyone determined to paint or sculpt for a living must have a private income, a second string to their bow, or be prepared for a
precarious existence. 

Commercial art is the application of various art media for commercial purposes to create attractive illustrations for advertisements, displays, books, book jackets, magazines, posters, packaging etc. The extension of these arts to the industrial field embraces exhibitions and window displays, hoardings, technical catalogues, cinema slides etc. Commercial art is concerned with training artists in the planning and execution of advertising and publicity.