Paint 2

Paint is back, and this time it's your job.

EIGHT CLIENTS, EIGHT ROOMS Every client has a brief and a room that needs it. A first flat in Sage Leaf. A Harbour Navy accent wall. A two-tone dining room with a chair rail. Nursery stripes. A terracotta kitchen. A mountain mural for a seven-year-old. A charcoal gallery turned bright white. A penthouse colour-block with a painted arch.

PAINT THAT BEHAVES LIKE PAINT Rollers lay a strip as wide as their sleeve. Brushes leave bristle streaks. Dark walls need a second coat. Wet paint gleams, then dries to a soft matte. Old walls come with scuffs, stains and the pale ghosts of old picture frames.

MASKING TAPE Stick blue painter's tape along the pencil marks, roll right over it, then peel it off for a perfectly crisp line.

THE INSPECTION LAMP Shine it on a wall and every thin coat and missed spot glows. Get every wall to 100% before you call the client.

STARS, PAY AND BETTER TOOLS Finish a job, beat the par time and nail the quality for three stars. Spend your pay on an 18-inch roller, a pro sleeve, an HVLP gun and the airless sprayer. Every finished room hangs on your job board as an after photo.

YOUR SANDBOX STUDIO Every tool, every colour, no brief. Your studio walls save between sessions.

Includes a work radio, a first-job coach and before and after photos of every room.