Painter Career ~ Guide

How to start

This career is a rabbit hole career which means when it is time for work you sims will disappear off lot until the end of the day, at which point your sim will reappear and receive their days pay and promotions straight away. The Career splits into two branches at level 6, Master of the real and Patreon of the Arts.

Cheat and Tips

Cheat ~ Careers.promote Painter

Tip ~ It may feel like you don’t earn a lot from this career however you have to do daily painting and you will find that these sell for a lot after a couple of skill level.

Tip ~ At level5 you will be able to hire an agent via the phone, it costs §150. An option will then be on the phone to ‘Negotiate with Agent’ The result is that either the agent will say that someone is willing to buy a painting from you for more, I then received §200 simoleons, no painting was taken and I didn’t not get any extra options to make a painting for this person, I just received the §200 for nothing.

Skills ~ This career relies heavily on the Painting Skill, and uses the Charisma Skill and Logic Skill.

Aspirations ~ You might Consider having the Painter Extraordinaire aspiration also.

Traits ~ Creative, art lover are traits that are recommend when doing this career. They will give boosts where needed.

Promotions 1- 6

1. Palette CleanerPay: §21/hour
Hours: 9am – 5pm S M T W T F S
Daily task
– Create Paintings
Promotion Requirements:
Reward:
2. Art Book CollatorPay: §23/hour
Hours: 9am – 5pm S M T W T F S
Daily task
– Create Paintings
Promotion Requirements:
– Level 2 Painting Skill
Reward: §422
– Picture perfect art lighting
– Research art reference on the computer
3. Hungry ArtistPay: §26/hour
Hours: 9am – 5pm S M T W T F S
Daily task
– Create Paintings
Promotion Requirements:
– Level 4 Painting Skill
Reward: §464
– Study of the human form
4. Watercolour Dabbler Pay: §29/hour
Hours: 9am – 5pm S M T W T F S
Daily task
– Create Paintings
Promotion Requirements:
– Level 5 Painting Skill
Reward: §510
– Easy-Breezy Easel
-Critically assess painting (interaction on paintings)
5. Canvas CreatorPay: §35/hour
Hours: 9am – 5pm S M T W T F S
Daily task
– Create Paintings
Promotion Requirements:
– Level 6 Painting Skill
Reward: §587
– Painting Canvas Storage Rack
-Gather inspiration from art
-Hire agent from phone
6. Imaginative ImagistPay: §44/hour
Hours: 9am – 4pm S M T W T F S
Daily task
– Create Paintings
Promotion Requirements:
– Level 7 Painting Skill
Reward: §845
– Vase of Sunflowers
– New clothes

Master of the Real

7. Artist En ResidencePay: §65/hour
Hours: 10am – 7pm S M T W T F S
Daily task
– Create Paintings
Promotion Requirements:
– Level 8 Painting Skill
– Level 2 Logic Skill
Reward: §1,088
– Artiste supply taboret
8. Professional PainterPay: §140/hour
Hours: 10am – 3pm S M T W T F S
Daily task
– Create Paintings
Promotion Requirements:
– Level 9 Painting Skill
– Level 4 Logic Skill
Reward: §1,399
– Deluxe all-season easel
9. Illustrious IllustratorPay: §280/hour
Hours: 10am – 3pm S M T W T F S
Daily task
– Create Paintings
Promotion Requirements:
– Level 10 Painting Skill
– Level 6 Logic Skill
Reward: §1,678
– Premium prima ballerina
10. Master of the RealPay: §492/hour
Hours: 10am – 3pm S M T W T F S
Daily task
– Create Paintings
Promotion Requirements:
Reward: §2,937
– Flegel studio floor lamp
– New clothes

Patron of the Arts

7. Color theory criticPay: §70/hour
Hours: 9am – 3pm S M T W T F S
Daily task
– Create Paintings
Promotion Requirements:
– Level 8 Painting Skill
– Level 2 Charisma Skill
Reward: §1,088
– Artiste supply taboret
8. Fine-art AficionadoPay: §126/hour
Hours: 9am – 2pm S M T W T F S
Daily task
– Create Paintings
Promotion Requirements:
– Level 9 Painting Skill
– Level 4 Charisma Skill
Reward: §1,259
– Pre-Owned painter’s easel
9. Compostion CuratorPay: §227/hour
Hours: 9am – 2pm S M T W T F S
Daily task
– Create Paintings
Promotion Requirements:
– Level 10 Painting Skill
– Level 6 Charisma Skill
Reward: §2,203
– Stack of Canvases
10. Patron of the ArtsPay: §328/hour
Hours: 11am – 4pm S M T W T F S
Daily task
– Create Paintings
Promotion Requirements:
Reward: §3,273
– Rustic dream bed
– New clothes

Videos/Gallery

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Painting Skill ~ Guide

How to start

Painting is primarily tied to the easel. Increasing this skill will unlock new Painting genres & sizes. It also makes ALOT of money!!! To start this skill you will need to buy an easel from buy mode, or visit the museum or art gallery to use one for free.

Levels / Rewards

Level 1 the painting skill you need to purchase the easel in the buy mode or find one at some of the lots in the world. one can be found at the library at willow creek.

Level 2 ~ friendly interaction unlocked ‘discuss colour theory’

Level 3 ~ Can now paint low skill Pop art.

Level 4 ~ can now create low skill Realism painting, low skill Abstract paintings & medium skill Classic painting.

Level 5 ~ can now create medium skill Pop art, low skill Surrealism & low skill Impressionistic paintings.

Level 6 ~ can now paint high skill Classic painting, medium skill Realism painting & medium skill Abstract painting.

Level 7 ~ can now paint high skill Pop art, medium skill Surrealism & medium skill Impressionistic paintings.

Level 8 ~ can now paint high skill Realism, high skill Abstract paintings. Unlocked friendly interaction ‘describe Aesthetics’

level 9 ~ can create high skill Surrealism & high skill Impressionistic paintings.

level 10 ~ Sim is now a master Artist. Sim can now ‘Mentor’ other sims who are painting, this is in friendly interactions.

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Cheats / Tips / Mood

Cheat ~ stats.set_skill_level Major_Painting 10

Mood ~ Inspired

Traits ~ Creative and Art love are traits to do with this skill that may come in helpful.

Aspirations ~ Painter of the Extraordinaire is the aspiration that goes well with this skill.

Note ~ It costs 50 simoleons to paint small pictures, 75 simoleons to paint a medium painting and 100 simoleons to paint a large paintings. It’s an enjoyable skill that brings a lot to the sims.

Note ~ This skill is by far the best skill to earn money with. Check this guide for more money making options.

For more:-

For more guides and tutorials check out the home page and for more videos on all things sims related check my Youtube channel, where you can Find the through the ages original challenge, tutorials/guides, sims 4 short clips of the sims 4, as well as live streams every Monday and Wednesday.