The Painter career is one of the career tracks from The Sims 4 base game. It is similar to the Artist career from The Sims 2: University, the Painter skill career from The Sims 3: Ambitions, and the Art Appraiser career introduced in The Sims 3: University Life. After being promoted from level six, Sims will be able to choose one of the two career paths: Master of the Real or Patron of the Arts.
 Painter Career Levels
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| Description: "Create your own world with a few strokes of a brush! Make a place for yourself in the art world with hyperreal masterpieces or abstract works of unsettling beauty." | ||
| Workplace: 1000 Words Art Gallery | ||
| 1) Palette Cleaner | ||
| To create great art, one must suffer. <Sim name> is well on <his/her> way to greatness, as <he/she> will be asked to create floor-based installations using a water-based medium (i.e. mopping the floor). | Wage: §21/hour | Days: S M T W T F S |
| Hours: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | ||
| Ideal Mood: Inspired | ||
| Promotion Tasks: None |
Daily Task: Create Paintings | |
| Bonus: None | Pension: Unknown | |
| 2) Art Book Collator | ||
| Saving up for art school supplies means working at the art school library. Unfortunately, the books must be re-shelved by number, and no one sees the genius in <Sim name> re-shelving them by complementary color. Visionaries are often misunderstood. | Wage: §23/hour | Days: S M T W T F S |
| Hours: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | ||
| Ideal Mood: Inspired | ||
| Promotion Tasks: Reach Level 2 Painting Skill |
Daily Task: Create Paintings | |
| Bonus: §422; Picture Perfect Art Lighting; Research Art Reference on the computer | Pension: Unknown | |
| 3) Hungry Artist | ||
| Being a hungry artist isn't about literal hunger. It's about <Sim name>'s burning passion to create an artistic expression that can change people's lives! (It's also about literal hunger.) | Wage: §26/hour | Days: S M T W T F S |
| Hours: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | ||
| Ideal Mood: Inspired | ||
| Promotion Tasks: Reach Level 4 Painting Skill |
Daily Task: Create Paintings | |
| Bonus: §464; Study of the Human Form | Pension: Unknown | |
| 4) Watercolor Dabbler | ||
| <Sim name> is now a working artist! At least <he/she>'s working a booth at a local art fair, where patrons are haggling down the price of <his/her> watercolored landscapes. But the words "work" and "artist" are coming closer together. And that's a good sign! | Wage: §29/hour | Days: S M T W T F S |
| Hours: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | ||
| Ideal Mood: Inspired | ||
| Promotion Tasks: Reach Level 5 Painting Skill |
Daily Task: Create Paintings | |
| Bonus: §510; Easy-Breezy Easel; Critically Assess paintings | Pension: Unknown | |
| 5) Canvas Creator | ||
| <Sim name> has landed a spot in an elite local painter's group, and <his/her> portfolio is growing quite large! Maybe <he/she> should try building <his/her> portfolio with photographs instead of the original paintings.... | Wage: §35/hour | Days: S M T W T F S |
| Hours: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | ||
| Ideal Mood: Inspired | ||
| Promotion Tasks: Reach Level 6 Painting Skill |
Daily Task: Create Paintings | |
| Bonus: §587; Painting Canvas Storage Rack; Gather Inspiration from art; Hire Agent from phone | Pension: Unknown | |
| 6) Imaginative Imagist | ||
| <Sim name> has boldly painted <his/her> way into a career in studio art—mastering still life, figure study, interior space, and the fine art of disdain for anyone living in mainstream society. | Wage: §44/hour | Days: S M T W T F S |
| Hours: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM | ||
| Ideal Mood: Inspired | ||
| Promotion Tasks: Reach Level 7 Painting Skill |
Daily Task: Create Paintings | |
| Bonus: §845; Vase of Sunflowers; New Clothes | Pension: Unknown | |
 Painter Career Levels - Master of the Real Branch
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| Description: "You have Real Talent, and now others are starting to recognize it. Live your art, treat it with gravitas, and all the world shall follow." | ||
| Workplace: 1000 Words Art Gallery | ||
| 7) Artist en Residence | ||
| Winning this artist residency is a true honor! Not everyone gets to work in an unheated barn loft for free. What a great way for <Sim name> to experience a slice of life <he/she> would never actually choose! | Wage: §65/hour | Days: S M T W T F S |
| Hours: 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM | ||
| Ideal Mood: Inspired | ||
| Promotion Tasks: Reach Level 8 Painting Skill Reach Level 2 Logic Skill |
Daily Task: Create Paintings | |
| Bonus: §1,088; Artiste Supply Taboret | Pension: Unknown | |
| 8) Professional Painter | ||
| <Sim name> just hung some work in the hottest gallery in town! And it's actually <his/her> work this time! This is a wonderful achievement for any artist. | Wage: §140/hour | Days: S M T W T F S |
| Hours: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM | ||
| Ideal Mood: Inspired | ||
| Promotion Tasks: Reach Level 9 Painting Skill Reach Level 4 Logic Skill |
Daily Task: Create Paintings | |
| Bonus: §1,399; Deluxe All-Season Easel | Pension: Unknown | |
| 9) Illustrious Illustrator | ||
| Professional illustrator is a challenging role. <Sim name> controls the final visual, but does not control the subject matter. Whether it's a famous historical figure or a cartoon squirrel, <he/she> is up to the task! | Wage: §280/hour | Days: S M T W T F S |
| Hours: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM | ||
| Ideal Mood: Inspired | ||
| Promotion Tasks: Max Painting Skill to Level 10 Reach Level 6 Logic Skill |
Daily Task: Create Paintings | |
| Bonus: §1,678; Premium Prima Ballerina | Pension: Unknown | |
| 10) Master of the Real | ||
| Students now flock to <Sim name>, hoping to glean even a bit of the technique that has made <his/her> artwork so popular. Time to pass on what <he/she> has learned to the next generation, or just wave <his/her> paintbrush and sigh, "Hopeless!" | Wage: §492/hour | Days: S M T W T F S |
| Hours: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM | ||
| Ideal Mood: Inspired | ||
| Promotion Tasks: None |
Daily Task: Create Paintings | |
| Bonus: §2,937; Flegel Studio Floor Lamp; New Clothes; unlocks "Space to Create" styled room | Pension: Unknown | |
 Painter Career Levels - Patron of the Arts Branch
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| Description: "Your taste in art is impeccable, and you can make Great Things happen. Show off what you know as a Patron of the Arts." | ||
| Workplace: 1000 Words Art Gallery | ||
| 7) Color Theory Critic | ||
| <Sim name> now spends equal amounts of time improving <his/her> own technique and politely suggesting how other artists can improve theirs. It allows interaction with the greatest talents of this generation, even if those interactions are sometimes prickly. | Wage: §70/hour | Days: S M T W T F S |
| Hours: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM | ||
| Ideal Mood: Inspired | ||
| Promotion Tasks: Reach Level 8 Painting Skill Reach Level 2 Charisma Skill |
Daily Task: Create Paintings | |
| Bonus: §1,088; Artiste Supply Taboret | Pension: Unknown | |
| 8) Fine-Art Aficionado | ||
| Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but money is in the eye of the appraiser. <Sim name> draws on <his/her> significant training to determine the value of fine art, letting others know that not every paint-covered canvas is created equal. | Wage: §126/hour | Days: S M T W T F S |
| Hours: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM | ||
| Ideal Mood: Inspired | ||
| Promotion Tasks: Reach Level 9 Painting Skill Reach Level 4 Charisma Skill |
Daily Task: Create Paintings | |
| Bonus: §1,259; Pre-Owned Painter's Easel | Pension: Unknown | |
| 9) Composition Curator | ||
| With a reputation like <Sim name>'s it's no wonder the museum would settle for no one else to curate their contemporary art collection. <Sim name> is a scholar and a master of unconventional work. That neon-boxer-shorts-displayed-in-a-bouncy-castle exhibit? Genius! | Wage: §227/hour | Days: S M T W T F S |
| Hours: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM | ||
| Ideal Mood: Inspired | ||
| Promotion Tasks: Max Painting Skill to Level 10 Reach Level 6 Charisma Skill |
Daily Task: Create Paintings | |
| Bonus: §2,203; Stack of Canvases | Pension: Unknown | |
| 10) Patron of the Arts | ||
| <Sim name>'s private collection has gained such widespread fame that <he/she> now spends <his/her> days negotiating with museums that want to display it. As long as they each build the "<Sim name> Wing", with a bronze plaque of <Sim name>'s face, no problem! | Wage: §328/hour | Days: S M T W T F S |
| Hours: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM | ||
| Ideal Mood: Inspired | ||
| Promotion Tasks: None |
Daily Task: Create Paintings | |
| Bonus: §3,273; Rustic Dream Bed; New Clothes; unlocks "Collector's Studio" styled room | Pension: Unknown | |
Sims in the Painter career[]
- Ulrike Faust - Art Book Collator
- Anaya Jang - Illustrious Illustrator
- Brent Hecking - Watercolor Dabbler
- Holly Alto - Imaginative Imagist
- Leila Illes - Watercolor Dabbler
- Aqua Song - Artist en Residence
- Crispin Black - Color Theory Critic