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Flora Waycot Surtex 2015 flyer Make Art That Sells What has Flora Waycott been up to since winning the Global Talent Search 2014 Special Studio Award?

What has Flora Waycott been up to since winning the Global Talent Search 2014 Special Studio Award?

Flora Waycott is the Global Talent Search 2014 Special Studio Award Winner. Since winning, she has been represented by Lilla Rogers’ Agency and created art for some of the great names in the industry, worked at developing her style and trying out new techniques, exposed at Surtex and spoke at the MATS Global Art Gathering in Brighton – all that in only 8 months! There is no doubt that representation by Lilla Rogers’ Agency was a huge step in Flora’s career and even though she didn’t make it the first time she entered the Global Talent Search back in 2013, she was right to believe in herself and give it another go! So, what has Flora been up to since winning the GTS Special Studio Award last October? Here are only a few of the many commissions she has been working on in the past few months.  All images courtesy of Flora Waycott.

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Behind the scenes with… Karen Capp of Oopsy Daisy

With the Global Talent Search just around the corner, we are having a look at who this year’s judges are. Today, we’re visiting the office of Karen Capp, Co-founder at Oopsy Daisy. Oopsy Daily licence artists and produce “engaging art-based products that embrace childhood and celebrate individual artistic efforts“. As part of this year’s Global Talent Search’s prize, Oopsy Daisy are offering a 3 year license for a collection of 6-15 designs by the winner, to include products in wall art, growth charts, night lights and wall decals categories. Along with a panel of industry professionals, Karen will be judging round 2 of the Global Talent Search entries. Learn more about Oopsy Dailsy’s products on www.oopsydaisy.com. Co-founder Karen Capp give us a tour of her office. All images are courtesy of Oopsy Daisy.

Manifesto Monday part 17

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. *** Frances Mathys Heidi McDonald Emma McGowan Nadine G. Messier Lynda Metcalf Ann-Maree Milosevic *** Are you the next Big Thing? Win 2 years’ representation from Lilla Rogers Studio, plus a host of product licenses and career development support! Check out all the information here.

Pencils DWYL Make Art That Sells How to be a successful online creative freelancer

How to be a successful online creative freelancer

Today, the freelancer movement is booming with more and more people finding work online. No matter where we live, we can reach out to more people and have access to more work. We have the whole world at our fingertips. Working online is especially adapted to the creative industries and this article explores how artists can make the most of remote working. This is a joint article by Lilla Rogers, successful artist, founder of internationally renowned art agency Lilla Rogers Studio and founder of Make Art That Sells , and Do What You Love, award winning online courses that help people find personal and financial freedom and producer of the Make Art That Sells e-courses. Why online freelance work makes sense today (an introduction by Do What You Love)   Although freelancing and remote working aren’t new concepts at all (believe it or not, freelancing dates back to the 1800s!), the number of

Manifesto Monday part 16

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. *** Nancie Rowe Janitz Lynn Russell Krystal Tarca Mitzie Testani Angela Traunig Joan Waites *** Are you the next Big Thing? Win 2 years’ representation from Lilla Rogers Studio, plus a host of product licenses and career development support! Check out all the information here.

June Bootcamp Gallery is Live!

The June gallery from our Make Art That Sells: Assignment Bootcamp class is now live! You can view it here This month we challenged our students to create artwork for an article on Digital Nomads. The gallery features nearly 150 pieces of original art submitted. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE JUNE GALLERY There was so much fabulous work submitted in response to this brief, and we love the ongoing supportive energy in the Bootcamp community. What a generous, talented group of artists they are! Bootcamp 2015 has now finished. Our next Bootcamp will be running in 2016, read more and jump on the waiting list here. *** Have you heard about our brand new class? ‘Creating Collections for Home Decor‘ teaches you how to create collections for home décor and present it in a winning pitch! What kind of products would you like to see your work on. Class started

Shopping snippets – a Brighton round up!

When Lilla and Margo visited Brighton for MATS: The Global Art Gathering, it was inevitable that they were going to spend a lot of time shopping! This city is full of independent shops, galleries and cafes, and there is eye candy everywhere. They set themselves a challenge to find products in some of the main materials featured in our new course ‘MATS: Creating Collections for Home Decor‘ (which starts today), and we filmed the results! METAL [vimeo width=”600″ height=”450″]https://vimeo.com/130906176[/vimeo] FABRIC [vimeo width=”600″ height=”450″]https://vimeo.com/130906048[/vimeo] GLASS [vimeo width=”600″ height=”450″]https://vimeo.com/130906946[/vimeo] CERAMICS [vimeo width=”600″ height=”450″]https://vimeo.com/130906174[/vimeo] WOOD [vimeo width=”600″ height=”450″]https://vimeo.com/130906477[/vimeo] *Please note the piece in this video credited to Sally Welchman is actually by Liz Toole. Apologies for the error. Fun, hey! If you’d like to explore these five substrates in depth, and learn how to design for them, so you can build an enticing collection for home decor, then hurry and book your place

Do What You Love 188 Make Art That Sells Passion + talent + attention to detail = a Global Art Gathering in Brighton

Passion + talent + attention to detail = a Global Art Gathering in Brighton

The Global Art Gathering 2015 is behind us, but the magic of the event lingers on. Rose Radtke takes a look back on why the event was special for her.  Usually, when I picture Brighton, I picture home. The familiarity of my little flat, a pebble beach remaining unchanged as the seasons come and go, the route I take to work and the shops and cafes I like to mooch around at the weekend. But now I look back on one week in June 2015, and I see Brighton differently. I see it through the eyes of a group of people who arrived in a sunny, quirky seaside town on the south coast of England, eagerly anticipating exploring a new place and meeting long-distance friends in person for the first time.

Everything you need to know about home décor: a round-up

Here’s a quick round up of the 12 top reasons why Make Art That Sells: Creating Collections for Home Décor will be a huge boost to your career: Weekly in-depth video training on how to design for a specific material, popularly used in the lucrative home décor market, including METAL, CERAMICS, FABRIC, GLASS and WOOD/MDF. Five professional-level creative assignments which culminate in the creation of an outstanding, commercially-viable and very current presentation of a full home décor collection. Your assignments will be inspired trend boards provided in the course to ensure that the work you produce is on trend or ahead of trend. Each week in class we share an interview with someone who is rocking the home décor industry, and has valuable industry insight to share with you. The course is packed full of resources you can’t get anywhere else. The private online classroom is accessible 24/7 from anywhere

gts agent Make Art That Sells Top 5 art and design competitions you won't want to miss

Top 5 art and design competitions you won’t want to miss

With so many online art and design competitions at our fingertips, entering the top contests each year is a must for any artist looking to grow their career. There are so many benefits to entering competitions beyond getting your work in front of the right people. Here are just a few: Develop a community You meet other artists and peers that can serve as a wonderful resource long after the competition ends. Express yourself You’re free to push boundaries and create work that’s uniquely you. A place to learn A place where everyone from fledgling to established artists receives constructive critique and support from talented peers and judges. Have fun Entering contests gives you the opportunity to experiment, have fun and connect with other artists. Win amazing prizes Prizes run the range from winning money and trips to your own product lines with major distributors. To get you started we’ve compiled the a list