Despite that, one career path was never formally added: Artist.

These items are must haves to keep your Sims alive.

Its in the Creativity subsection along with the musical instruments.

Melissa Roomies painting a portrait in an art studio surrounded by paintings.

The only thing you oughta invest in is the easel itself.

As your Sim paints, theirCreativity skill will build.

Sims can take breaksin the middle of a painting.

The sims 1 collage of sims in houses.

Justcancel the interactionby clicking the icon in the top right-hand area of the screen.

When your Sim wants to return to it, choose the easel again andselect the Paint interactionagain.

How To Sell Paintings

After some time, your Sim will finish painting their first artwork.

A pop-up in The Sims 1 showing Melissa Roomies getting a Creativity point from painting.

When finished, theyllautomatically cancel the actionand move on to do something else.

choose the easel anduse the Sell Painting interactionto sell.

The higher your Sims Creativity skill, the more Simoleonsthe painting will sell for.

Melissa Roomies in The Sims 1 in an art studio with an easel and workbench.

But, once you do, it should be smooth sailing.

Sims with ahigh Creativity skillcan expect to sell paintings for much larger sums, with somegoing for 166 Simoleons.

Other activities besides painting can also build the Creativity skill, like practicing piano or learning guitar.

The Roomies in The Sims 1 painting in an art studio with other equipment.

This can be a useful way of mixing up gameplay, although Sims cantmake money from playing musicat home.

To earn as much cash as possible, you mostly need tofocus on levelling your Sims skillsandkeeping them happy.

Managing A Sims Mood

Unhappy Sims make bad painters.

The Sims 1 exterior of a large house.

In fact, Sims with a verylow mood will refuse to paintat all.

Hiring servicesmight also help your Sim to cut corners with their needs.

It also prevents any peskyfires from breaking out.

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you’re free to hire services using a phone.

This should help to keep their Environment motive high.

The downside is that this specific itemcosts 10,000 Simoleons, so you might need to cheat to afford it.

Unless its one of the only items you own.

Download and use custom content and mods with caution.

Use due diligence when using unofficial items.

Magically inclined Sims can also experiment with witchcraft to keep themselves satisfied.

This can help tomaximise the amount of Simoleonsyou can make in a day by selling paintings.

Theyll even build their Creativity skill along the way.

While they can help out with building the family savings,its important that children dont miss schoolfor it.

Even besides ethics, Sims with poor enough grades will eventually be shippedoff to military school.

When this happens, they get removed from the household entirely.

Owning multiple easels allowsmore than one Sim to paintat once, but thecosts add upquickly.

If taking on another job is too much, you could always experiment with other money-making methods.

Make money fast with these tips for raking in the Simoleons.