How much money does an artist make in a year?

Answer 1

This is completely dependent on what you are creating art for (scale, size, amount of time you spend on it), who you are creating art for and how famous/sought after your work is.

Many independent artists that are lesser known tend to charge per the hour eg. if a painting take 4 hours, then you can charge £20 an hour and get £80 for the painting. If you are more famous or your work is sought after, then you can charge what you would like or definitely raise the prices.

Also it is completely dependent on what type of artist you are- fine artist, illustrator, cinematographer etc.