painting animation override (+ mini easels, canvas override)

upd. aug 8, 2025: updated painting animation override. if the bar stool in your game looks different from the one in the picture, this update should fix it 🎨

upd. jun 13, 2025: updated the canvas and frame override files! fixed a texture that could sometimes show up on other objects 🫡

1. painting animation override

• a bar stool appears automatically at the beginning of the painting interaction.

• the override applies only to small and medium canvases. large paintings use the default animation.

• if a sim gets distracted while painting, they will stand up and then sit back down :(

• there are two animation styles based on the sim's gender. you can switch between them using my other mod — more info here! you can also set the default ea animation style for individual sims if you prefer that.

this mod works for teen to elder sims and is not compatible with the "kids sims can paint" mod by zulf.

2. functional mini easels

i also made three functional mini easels based on the existing game easels. they can be placed on tables and used for painting.

• includes all ea swatches.

• use bb.moveobjects before placing them.

3. canvas and frame override

this override changes the thickness and frame of the canvas.

and this specific override is not compatible with the mod "mod: no fade on everything" by mizoreyukii!

there are three versions with different frame colors — please download only one!

(without gshade)

the canvas thickness is the same in all versions.
here’s a comparison with the original ea canvas:

also, don’t worry if the easels now show up as “modded” in build/buy.
i had to slightly adjust their slots so the new canvas looks right on them.

this mod is compatible with any paintings overrides.

this is how the mod turned out! i spent a long time trying to make the sim sit on a real chair and paint — but in the end, it just didn’t work, so i settled on this version instead.

spanish translation by darwks: https://www.patreon.com/posts/painting-by-al-131487140
brazilian portuguese translation by andy ms: https://www.patreon.com/posts/133928668?pr=true
russian translation by madame de muffin: https://boosty.to/madamedemuffin/posts/ba99db4d-0096-47d2-b570-c1e3a9ef7245

feel free to reach out if you run into any issues or have any questions! ❤️