Crafting -- Painting Easel

In order to paint anything in beYou, you will first need a painting easel. Below is the information you will need in order to get started.

## Restrictions/Requirements

* No Level Requirement to use.
* Transfer Only, Owner Only.
* Requires the beYou HUD to be worn while using.
* There is a 5% Energy and Hygiene requirement for using this device.

## Crafting Requirements

If you prefer to craft your own painting easel versus buying one from the main beYou sim or another you, you will need the following items:

* beYou Crafting Workbench
* beYou Crafting Instructions - beYou Art Easel
* bY Lumber (4)
* bY Hand Drill (1)
* bY Electric Jigsaw (1)
* bY Wood Screws (6)
* bY Large Phillips Screwdriver (3)
* bY Pouper Stain Expresso (1)
* bY Stain Brush (1)

## Operating Instructions

Once you've gathered all of your materials, you will add each one carefully to your assets and then follow the instructions for crafting any items as described on the the workbench page.

### Owner Menu

The following options are available once you are seated on the easel.

* Portrait - choose this option to have the long sides of the painting be the left and right.
* Landscape - choose this option to have the long sides of the painting be the top and bottom.
* Square - choose this option for a perfectly square painting.
* Rez Stool - rezzes a stepping stool for our shorter painters.
* Clear Stool - clears the rezzed stepping stool.
* Painting\* - shows you a list of animations that are used while painting your portrait. Can be used in conjunction with the [ADJUST] options in order to personalize your seated settings for each pose.
* Reset - completely resets the easel.
* [ADJUST] - adjusts the default settings of each pose or adjust your personal position for each pose.

You will need to buy artwork loaders for the painting of your choice and each painting will require uses of items like painting brush, canvas primer, sketching pencil and assorted paints (see painting requirements for more information).

### How to Paint

**IMPORTANT**: You can not paint without an artwork loader. Each artwork loader will allow you to paint one piece of artwork. Once your painting is finished, the loader is no longer useable and you will have to purchase another if you wish to paint more than one of the same type of painting.

NOTE: As of 12/2021, artwork loaders, paints and tools automatically go into your assets once purchased. If you are using older loaders, tools and paints please contact support in order to see about having your items converted.

To begin painting, follow the steps below:

1. Sit on your easel.
2. Choose portrait, landscape or square to choose the orientation of your painting.
3. Choose Load Art & pick the painting you'd like to work on.

Once you have chosen your art to paint, you will begin to work on your painting. Once the stage begins, hovertext with a countdown timer will appear above the table. Once this appears, you may stand up. After each stage completes, you will need to sit on the table and click it again to begin the next stage if you're not already seated. If you are seated on the table and easel already, then you will only need to click the table once the stage ends (turns green) in order to begin the next stage.

### Adding Paints & Resuming Painting

In the event that certain assets are missing, it will deliver a message to you in nearby chat (see below) and unseat you from the easel.

```
[14:35] beYou Art Easel whispers: You're missing some required assets for this stage: bY Lt Gray Acrylic Paint(0/2), bY Drk Gray Acrylic Paint(0/1)

```

To resume painting, purchase the needed materials. They will load into your assets automatically. Once you've loaded the needed items, sit on the easel and repeat steps 2 and 3 above to begin resuming your painting.

### Multiples of Same Art

If you add the same painting more than once it will show up with a number next to it.

```
Example: Mountain Scene (1)

```

This number will go up in increments for as many times as you paint this painting and allows you to paint it multiple times.

### Completing Your Painting

Completed paintings will be sent to your via the gift option in your beYou profile. The gift button is under account options (blue button next to your name). You will also receive 8 Creativity points for when finished painting.

### Stat Rewards

The following stat boosts will be rewarded to the owner of the painting (whoever the painting is set to):

* Each painting gives 50 stat boosts to whoever the painting is set to give to
* Each painting gives 1 Used Paint Chip per stat boost to whoever the painting is set to give to

## Maintenance

After a certain number of uses, this device will need to be cleaned. To repair this piece of equipment, you will need the beYou Art Easel Repair Kit, which can be made using the Maintenance Repair Toolbox or bought from local markets.

When it's time to clean/repair the device, you will sit on it and it will automatically check for the toolkit and if you have it, it will start to repair. If not, you will receive a message letting you know what you need in order to clean and repair it.

## Reminder

* Effective 07/11/2020: If you take off your beYou Hud after getting off the Easel, the painting will continue to progress.