Learn how to get paid for illustrating children’s books!

  Our hugely popular online course, Illustrating Children’s Books, starts May 20th

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Imagine getting your own Home Décor collection with Anthropologie

Nature wants things to grow and blossom. That’s what YOU’RE meant to do, too. I want you to be the very, very best you can be. Like a plant, you need the right environment and nurturing. You will get that in Creating Collections for Home Décor. In addition to all the goodness we’ve packed into this popular self-paced e-course, there’s a very supportive private online community to connect & share with other artists all over the world. Creating Collections for Home Décor provides the skills and knowledge to teach you everything you need to know about the lucrative home décor market – how to conceptualize and pitch full product collections. By showing art directors that you can do this, you put yourself ahead of the game, and stand out from other artists as a commercial professional. Not only are they more likely to buy your work, they are likely to buy MORE


Happy Birthday Lilla Rogers! And a sneak peek of some of the artists birthday cards

Earlier this month we celebrated our fabulous co-founder Lilla Rogers’s birthday! It has almost become an annual tradition for Lilla’s artists to create personal birthday cards for her. This year they’re absolutely gorgeous & we thought it would be nice to share some of them with you. See for yourself! CLAIRICE GIFFORD  HELEN DARDIK  MARA PENNY  REBECCA JONES  TERRI FRY KASUBA  Want to learn more about the greeting card and gift markets? Lilla can teach you all you need to know about getting your art on products in these markets! Find out more about our popular self-paced MATS A and MATS B courses & what you can learn about greeting cards & stationery or the gift market now! We hope you enjoyed the gorgeous creative cards as much as Lilla did. Happy Birthday Lilla! The MATS Team xxx


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Jan 11 – Hurry! Last chance: Bootcamp Plus!

As an art agent for over 23 years, I know a thing or two. I’ve mentored artists for years and seen daily what art directors look for in artists’ portfolios. And now I am excited to give you juicy assignments I’ve written just for my Assignment Bootcamp class to motivate and inspire you to dive in, and get cracking. I truly want to help you make the very best art that you are capable of! How exciting is that? Imagine making work that you are crazy about and that attracts the kinds of fabulous jobs that you desire! Picture being obsessed with the work you do for the assignments I give you. Let me help you get there in Assignment Bootcamp, my hugely popular e-course, now in its 5th year. Yup, I’ve been teaching this online for 4 years, and it has quite a following. Assignment Bootcamp is a full


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Hurry! Last chance: My Year of Art School!

I love when I get letters from my Make Art That Sells e-course students telling me how they love making art again, or have found their artistic voice, or have gotten representation, or snagged top commissions from work they’ve done in class. So we put together a package called My Year of Art School and we are blown away with how many people have already signed up for it! Apparently, so many of you are craving a full year of Make Art That Sells e-courses. Why? It’s because you know that the structure, support, and assignments help you create your very best work. Want to transform your art career in the next 12 months? Want 2018 mapped out for you, with an incredible learning opportunity every single month? Then the My Year of Art School bundle is exactly what you need. It’s so much cheaper than a full year of


mats bootcamp Make Art That Sells Last chance to sign up for Bootcamp! The classroom opens tomorrow!

Last chance to sign up for Bootcamp! The classroom opens tomorrow!

Our first live course of 2018, Assignment Bootcamp will be starting on Monday the 8th of January & the classroom will be available starting tomorrow! Hurry! It’s not too late to join us if you haven’t already signed up!   Want to know more?   Q: Is this course for beginners or professional artists? What if I’ve already taken Bootcamp before?  Lilla says: “The course is for anyone who wants to have a great time making their work better and market-ready in a supportive environment. All levels, all styles are welcome. I secretly design the assignments so that everyone benefits. We have top artists in the class as well as newbies. There’s a lot of energy in the course, and friendships develop that last for years.”   “Here’s the thing: I’m cool with whatever level you’re at, from beginner to full-time art professional. I’ve taught everyone from little kids to seasoned professional artists, and to be honest, I