Welcome to Manifesto Monday, where we share some of the Manifesto artwork submitted by our Make Art That Sells Alumni. Would you like to experience the Make Art That Sells class yourself? The next session will take place October 2015, so please put yourself on the waiting list to be one of the first to hear, when registration opens. *** Rachel Mense Janet O’Neil Joanna Olson Marketa Rams Aimee Ray *** Have you heard the news? We are holding a LIVE event in Brighton (UK) on June 12, 2015! Make Art That Sells: The Global Art Gathering will bring together industry experts with artists from around the world for the must-go art event this year. All speakers will be announced soon, so stay tuned and read more about the event here
Manifesto Monday part 4
Welcome to Manifesto Monday, where we share some of the Manifesto artwork submitted by our Make Art That Sells Alumni. Would you like to experience the Make Art That Sells class yourself? The next session will take place October 2015, so please put yourself on the waiting list to be one of the first to hear, when registration opens. Laurence Lavallee
Announcing the Winners of our Giveaway!
To celebrate the launch of our shiny new site, we hosted a huge giveaway with THREE chances to win awesome prizes. We are pleased to announce the winners below. Well done everyone! PRIZE 1: An iPAD MINI3! Congratulations to Tasha Goddard who won an iPAD MINI
Join us for Make Art That Sells: The Global Art Gathering (LIVE!)
We are thrilled to announce our first ever LIVE MATS event and hope you will join us for a very special day! Make Art That Sells: The Global Art Gathering will bring together leading experts from the art industry with artists from all over the world, to explore how to build a flourishing art/design career by making great art that is commercially viable. The event will be held at the stunning Brighton Dome in Brighton, one of the most creative cities in Europe, on June 12, 2015. [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/121690281[/vimeo] This exciting new one day event will bring together leading experts from the art industry with artists from all over the world, to explore how to build a flourishing art/design career by making great art that is commercially viable. Led by host Lilla Rogers, one of the top art agents in the US who has sold art for products worth over $100
It’s here! Welcome to our new site (+ win an iPad mini and more with our huge giveaway!)
Welcome to our shiny new site MakeArtThatSells.com, the home of resources, advice and courses for artists who want to make their art more commercially viable whilst staying true to themselves. If that is you, you are in the right place! Here are a few words from your host Lilla Rogers, who is thrilled to have you here: [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/121378099[/vimeo] As Lilla said, the site is packed with free resources including Q&A with industry experts, top tips for building your career, inspiring videos to keep you moving forward. You can also find out more about our hugely popular online courses, the 2015 Global Talent Search and our upcoming LIVE event (yes ‘live’, as in we’ll all be in the same room – it’s going to be awesome!) Make yourself a cup of coffee, take out your notebook and spend some time exploring, learning and growing. We are committed to helping artists all
Art Career: Good artist vs great artist. What’s the difference?
[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/118911788[/vimeo] We often get asked, “What’s the difference between a good artist, and a great artist?” In this very short video, Lilla reveals the true answer. Take this piece of tiny but genius advice to raise your own game, today.
The book illustration market: expert advice from Mary Ann Hall of Quarry Books
Primary Market: The illustrated book market. How can this market be lucrative for an artist? Doing regular freelance work as a designer or illustrator, or if you are a really accomplished artist, perhaps you can author a book. What is going to be hot in your market in 2015 such as subject matter, colors, products? Beautiful art and creativity books that offer something really unique.
Manifesto competition – The winners!
We receive so many wonderful comments about ‘Make Art That Sell’s, that we challenged our amazing alumni to submit their own Manifesto. We had 161 entries and were absolutely delighted (but not surprised!) by the staggering level of submissions for the MATS Manifesto illustration competition. Lilla was very impressed with all the entries and announced an overall winner, PLUS 4 honorable mentions. The winner gets a free place on our wonderful new MATS course launching later this year (watch this space!). Our runners up all win a free entry into the 2015 Global Talent Search.
The inside scoop on the picture book market
Get Industry info on the picture book market! The picture book market is a huge market for artists, and not only that – it’s also magical to spend months digging deep into a manuscript and bringing it to life for generations of children to enjoy, plus it can be very lucrative too! If you want to explore the incredible picture book market and learn how you can make a career from illustrating children’s books, be sure to check out our career-making Illustrating Children’s Books course. Plus don’t miss our instant access self-paced courses, Illustrating Children’s Books PLUS and Hot Markets for Your Art Part A. To bring you the inside scoop on the picture book market, we caught up with industry insider Megan Tingley of the Hachette Book Group. She tells us what she’s looking for, the one thing she wishes artists would change when pitching to her, and how
3 ways to make a living as an artist
A top art agent shares 3 ways to make a living as an artist Top art agent and former full-time illustrator, Lilla Rogers, shares the secret for making a living as an artist (after all, it’s the greatest job in the world). In this four minute video Lilla opens your eyes to a variety of new markets for your work and shows some samples of the kind of cool product gigs you might get (eye candy alert!). Watch above or read the transcript below. Gorgeous products agented by Lilla and illustrated by the artists she represents. Learn about the huge variety of art markets available to you and discover how you can get gigs like these in Hot Markets for Your Art Part A and Part B. Lilla also discusses the importance of diversifying and leveraging creative work in the art market. She talks about different hot art markets