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videoSAMRUDD Make Art That Sells Drum roll please … Find out who won our huge video testimonial competition plus watch your gorgeous films!

Drum roll please … Find out who won our huge video testimonial competition plus watch your gorgeous films!

At the end of last year we launched our massive video testimonial competition. We wanted to know all about what you loved about Make Art That Sells, the great work you’ve gotten, the friends you’ve met, and the courses that have blown your mind, and you didn’t disappoint. We were blown away by the standard of the entries that we received, and it was very hard to pick a winner, but a winner we must have, so we are delighted to announce that the winner of a place on My Year of Art LIVE plus an exclusive 1:1 with a teacher of her choice is …Sam Rudd Watch her film and the other videos we loved below. We also loved the following videos: Denise Ortakales Liz Munro Galia Luz   Natalia Gonzalez   Thanks so much to everyone who took part. You never fail to amaze us with your creativity, skill and

Katia Bulbenko Make Art That Sells MATS MBA starts next week! See previous students’ support recipes and what they REALLY thought of the course

MATS MBA starts next week! See previous students’ support recipes and what they REALLY thought of the course

We are thrilled that the second round of our outstanding MATS MBA (Money BadAss) starts THIS MONDAY and we want you to join us! Imagine loving your work, making more money, and stressing less Imagine making a great living from your creativity and waking up every morning excited about your career Imagine that you’ve got brilliant systems in place that you actually enjoy using, so you know exactly what your goals are, and that you have a user-friendly action plan to achieve those goals How good would that feel? These are just some of the things which students in our previous MBA course told us that MBA had done for them! Anna Lindsten’s support recipe from our previous MATS MBA course. What support do you need, and how can you get it? Let Lilla and Beth help you figure it out!  One thing we talk about on the course is support and how you can get it. Sometimes being an artist can be lonely (and one of the things our students mention a LOT is the wonderful

monetize weirdness Make Art That Sells #MATSPREP DAY Three: Your 2019 CUP of dreams

#MATSPREP DAY Three: Your 2019 CUP of dreams

You’ve written on each cup on your page, and learned some things about yourself. There’s something about working pictorially that may help you get clarity. I’m guessing that you’re probably a visual learner (duh!) and that by making a drawing, you may have made some discoveries about what you want for your future. Today, pick one of your favorite cups and make it a whole big picture. Add ‘2019’ to the page, and any other words or drawings you like!  Maybe it’s simply the cup and ‘2019’ on a page. Maybe you are drinking from the cup, or mixing up a cake mix in the cup/bowl…draw a picture of the cup any way you like! “But Lilla”, you say, “How can I pick just one?” I’m literally smiling as I write this because I know, as a creative person, you have a million things you want to do. But for now, pick one and make it a page.

be you Make Art That Sells #MATSPREP DAY TWO: Your cup runneth over

#MATSPREP DAY TWO: Your cup runneth over

Cups, containers, vases, mugs. Cat cup by Helen Dardik and blue floral travel mug by Carolyn Gavin  There’s something really precious about cups. What do you think of cups? Did you enjoy drawing a page of cups? (Remember, they can be any kind of vessel. I’m just calling them cups for shorthand.) The guts of a career is the dream. The thing that will keep you motivated and passionate—through thick and thin—is if the work comes from your very special dream. What do we mean by a dream? A dream is a vision for your future that makes you happy.  Yes, your career will evolve—that’s the fun of it—but for now, start where you are right now. In our MBA (Money BadAss) course, brilliant entrepreneurs Beth Kempton and Lilla Rogers will guide you to create your brand, your look, and to think about who you want to appeal to. This MATS Prep that you’re working on is my sneaky secret trick to help you prepare

#MATSPREP DAY ONE: draw a page of CUPS!

  A few of my many cups, vases, bowls and containers.  From left: Floral bowl by Carolyn Gavin;  fox cup by Helen Dardik; rabbit cup by Zoe Ingram Never before in the history of the planet have there been so many opportunities for creative people!  For the next three days, I’m going to help you prepare for our hugely successful course, MATS MBA (Money BadAss) which starts this Monday. In the MBA course, you’ll make your dreams a reality, and this 3-Day MATS Prep is going to help you get ready for that with this kinda magical exercise. Each day, you’ll build on the previous day, so be sure to dive in right now. I’d love to see what you do so be sure to share it on social media! #matsprep Today, I’d like you to draw cups! Yup, cups. Draw a page of 10 – 20 cups, vases, bowls, containers of varying sizes. Leave room to write words on the front of each vessel. You’ll learn more tomorrow. Here’s a really simple page

Lotsa goodness for you: MATS prep and Facebook Live!

Happy New Year from all of us at Make Art That Sells! The start of a new year is always so exciting, isn’t it, like the start of a new page, or a new sketchbook? And maybe a little overwhelming too. You want it to be perfect, right? We say: play. Get messy. Have fun and make mistakes. We can’t wait to fill the year right up with your amazing art. Make Art That Sells manifesto by student Kara Kramer. When you play and have fun, you make better art. People buy your joy. That’s how you make art that sells! We’ve got loads of awesomeness coming up, from Assignment Bootcamp (the perfect way to start filling that new-year-new sketchbook!) to Lilla’s new Editorial Live to Illustrating Children’s Books and so much more. First off though, we’re kicking off with three FREE fab days of MATS prep to launch our first course of the year, MATS MBA (Money BadAss). If your new

Plan your amazing 2019 with our FREE Dream Snail downloadable worksheet!

What are your plans for 2019? This part of the year feels like a pause, doesn’t it? A big breath in, a time to take stock, to think about plans for the year ahead. So many of us will be planning resolutions, from small to huge, from mundane to life-changing. And we also know that even as everything settles down into the quiet of wintertime, there’s new life tucked away under the earth, just waiting to burst out and bloom. Art produced by MATS student Nancy Chalmers during our most recent Illustrating Children’s Books course. Nancy landed representation with a global agency during the course and has just been approached by her dream client. Huge congratulations, Nancy, we’re thrilled for you! The Make Art That Sells teachers really know their stuff. Between them, they have decades of experience in illustration, in education, in commissioning work, in home décor, in creating

Happy holidays from MATS! REVEALED: our winning holiday card! Plus our holiday gift to you

Happy happy holidays from all of us at Make Art That Sells! All month you’ve been sharing your beautiful entries to our 2018 holiday card competition with the hashtag #MATSholidaycard and we’ve been blown away to see all your amazing art! We’re thrilled to share that the winner of this year’s competition is: Joanna Winograd! Congratulations!   The winning entry was chosen by art agent Lilla, and it was then sent off to the talented Parsons student and animator/illustrator Natasha Dewitz* to be animated just for us! Isn’t it fabulous? Runner Up Lilla also chose Sara Netherway’s design below as our runner up. Special Mentions Lilla also chose a selection of her favorite designs below. Anna Lindsten Annie Bakst Arancha Perpinan Erica Root Faye Hurley Jennifer Ray Stahl Jo Podmore Karina Busquets Karolien Vanderstappen Kay Wolfersperger Kelly Anne Dalton Krista Langley Haner Lisa Coutts Martina Schachenhuber Sabeth Elberse Sarah Knight Stephanie Marian

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WIN BIG with our huge video testimonial competition!

Ever wondered how a top art agent views your website? Want a children’s book art director to review your work? Want to know how to tweak your portfolio so you get work in the home décor market? Now’s your chance to find out: we’re offering the rare opportunity for an exclusive 1:1 with your choice of one of our amazing teachers PLUS a place in our raved-about My Year of Art School LIVE, which includes every single one of our live courses for 2019 in our huge video testimonial competition to keep you creating over the festive period! This is one of our stunning manifestos from former student Abigail Halpin which sums up what we’re all about. Now we’d like to hear what you love about Make Art That Sells, whether it’s the courses as a whole, a favourite class, our amazingly supportive community, our outstanding teachers, the boost it’s

IMG 8456 Make Art That Sells Make your business fun and lucrative! Plus a sneak peek into Lilla’s artists’ retreat!

Make your business fun and lucrative! Plus a sneak peek into Lilla’s artists’ retreat!

Wouldn’t you like to make your creative career even more enjoyable and lucrative? Maybe you’ve already built a successful business, or maybe you feel like you just don’t have a head for numbers, but wherever you are in your journey, it’s all about finding something that works for you. Business can be warm, personal and fun if you make it that way! For example, in our first ever MATS MBA (Money BadAss) course over summer, we asked our students to design a to do list for themselves. Of course you can just write a list, but if it’s beautiful to look at then it’s more inspiring, you’re more invested and it’s just more fun for you. We suggested that our artists focus on three areas or projects that they wanted to do and then maybe three more things that would be nice to haves. This was Erica Root’s to do