say your incredibly good at drawing...?

Question

And your all grown up now...and most artists don't make that much money, what is your present job? are you wealthy? Did you ever wish you chose the path of arts? Do you regret that you didn't or did?

Answer 1

I can't speak for myself (because I'm not good at drawing), but I can speak for a friend of mine. He doesn't make very much money, and lives is a run-down apartment in the Bronx. His present job is "artist" selling a painting or sculpture occasionally and getting just enough to get by.

I know that he DOESN'T regret his path. He is not happy (in my opinion), but art is about pain in many ways, so I don't think he'd be a good artist if he was.