Several weeks back we announced some very exciting news for students of MATS A and B classes! Lilla and Janine Vangool of Uppercase Magazine will be running a special ‘live review’ for MATS Part A and Part B self-paced courses in April. This is an amazing opportunity to get your work in front of Lilla and Janine! Their feedback will be invaluable. Read more details about this special review here. And watch Lilla explain why she’s so excited to do this! [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/160882529[/vimeo] See you in class!
MATS Student Showcase for Self-Paced A and B {part 7}
We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase a series of gorgeous work that is being produced in the Self-Paced MATS A and B classes. Today, we have student work from MATS A which helps students build a professional portfolio to sell art in 5 of the most lucrative markets: bolt fabric, home décor, children’s books, wall art, gift. *** Solvejg J Makaretz | Tröskö Design LLC I am taking MATS A self=paced and this is my submission for the Bolt fabric assignment “Pasta & Pyrex” Market: Bolt fabric What have you enjoyed most so far about the course? The section about style! I think we all admire a number of fabulous designers out there and wish we could draw as they do – however it’s two totally different things to like a style and to actually feel comfortable producing a style. How
MATS Manifesto competition 2016– Winners Announced!
We receive so many wonderful comments about ‘Make Art That Sells‘, that we challenged our amazing alumni to submit their own MATS Manifesto! We were absolutely delighted (but not surprised!) by the staggering level of submissions for the Manifesto competition. Lilla was very impressed with all the entries and announced an overall winner, PLUS 6 honorable mentions. The winner gets a free place on our wonderful Creating Collections for Home Décor that starts 16 May. All listed below also win a free entry into the 2016 Global Talent Search. THE WINNER MARENTHE OTTEN “I think it’s all written in my manifesto: I’ve been put through my paces and have emerged inspired, guided and refocused. I’ve learned so very very much and the most important thing of all: I’ve got my MOJO BACK!” Congratulations on your stunning piece Marenthe. You win a free place on Creating Collections for Home Décor, and
MATS Student Showcase for Self-Paced A and B {part 6}
We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase a series of gorgeous work that is being produced in the Self-Paced MATS A and B classes. Today, we have student work from MATS A which helps students build a professional portfolio to sell art in 5 of the most lucrative markets: bolt fabric, home décor, children’s books, wall art, gift. *** Ella Elron-Breitman I’m taking both self-paced MATS classes. The work I submitted is for the Children’s Picture Books market. What have you enjoyed most so far about the course? So far, what I enjoyed most about the course is the ability to access the fascinating videos of Lilla Rogers reviewing hundreds of pieces of art. I find them intriguing and captivating. There is so much to learn from the reviews of art made by fellow creators. How is the MATS class helping you
MATS Student Showcase for Self-Paced A and B {part 5}
We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase a series of gorgeous work that is being produced in the Self-Paced MATS A and B classes. Today, we have student work from MATS A which helps students build a professional portfolio to sell art in 5 of the most lucrative markets: bolt fabric, home décor, children’s books, wall art, gift. *** Courtney Collins Which self-paced MATS class are you taking? MATS A Which market is your work submitted for? Home Decor What have you enjoyed most so far about the course? All of it!…The challenges of the assignments. What are you discovering about yourself? I am discovering I definitely do have a distinct creative voice :) How would you describe the class to a friend? I would tell a friend this class is perfect for building a fresh portfolio and it is SUPER inspiring.
March 2016 Bootcamp Gallery is now Live
The first gallery from our 2016 Make Art That Sells: Assignment Bootcamp class is now live! You can view it here: The gallery features over 300 pieces of original art inspired by the March class assignment… to design a coloring book cover using 1920’s Hairstyles and Faces. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE MARCH 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! STOP PRESS – REGISTRATION REOPENED FOR 48 HOURS ONLY! Although Bootcamp started in March, by popular demand we are re-opening the registration doors for 48 hours only. If you want to be part of this awesome class with artists from across the world, CLICK HERE to register. You will join the class from April, but will have access to the assignment from March to
MATS Student Showcase for Self-Paced A and B {part 4}
We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase a series of gorgeous work that is being produced in the Self-Paced MATS A and B classes. Today, we have student work from MATS A which helps students build a professional portfolio to sell art in 5 of the most lucrative markets: bolt fabric, home décor, children’s books, wall art, gift. *** Paula Morgan I am a student on the MATS part A self paced course. The above work is from my main assignment work for the Home Decor assignment. What have you enjoyed most so far about the course? There are so many things I enjoy about the course, its hard to pick one, but I think its the assignments. I haven’t worked from briefs before and I like the way that having the assignments keeps me focused and challenges me too. How is
MATS Student Showcase for Self-Paced A and B {part 3}
We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase a series of gorgeous work that is being produced in the Self-Paced MATS A and B classes. Today, we have student work from MATS B which helps students build a professional portfolio to sell art in 5 of the most lucrative markets: paper, baby/children’s apparel & décor, scrapbooking, editorial, party paper. *** Bianca Pozzi I am taking both MATS A and B. My work above is for the Paper Market in MATS B What have you enjoyed most so far about the course? I enjoyed everything, from the minis, to the great Lilla advices, and being inspired and supported from a great community. How is the MATS class helping you grow? I feel MATS shows us some direction and you only need to dive in. I think that’s what’s so fun about it, you can be
MATS Student Showcase for Self-Paced A and B {part 2}
We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase a series of gorgeous work that is being produced in the Self-Paced MATS A and B classes. Today, we have student work from MATS A which helps students build a professional portfolio to sell art in 5 of the most lucrative markets: bolt fabric, home décor, children’s books, wall art, gift. *** Karen Vermeulen I’m taking Mats A and here is my submitted work for the home decor market What have you enjoyed most so far about the course? I’ve enjoyed the home decor part the most so far, I really enjoyed the different format – round plates, and thinking how my illustration would work in this format and as a set of designs and looking at something like Straffordshire pottery which I would normally never consider as a theme out of my own accord,
Revealed! Lilla + awesome special guest to do live reviews for MATS A+B in April! Details here…
It is with huge excitement that we announce we will be running a special ‘live review’ for MATS Part A and Part B self-paced courses in April, hosted by Lilla and our special guest reviewer… JANINE VANGOOL PUBLISHER, EDITOR, DESIGNER UPPERCASE MAGAZINE! Amazing, right? It’s going to be. Uppercase is one of our favorite magazines, and Janine regularly commissions original illustration to grace its pages. Let us tell you a little more about how it’s all going to work… Who is eligible to participate? This bonus live review is EXCLUSIVELY for participants of our self-paced MATS A and MATS B classes – but don’t worry, you can still register if you aren’t in yet! In order to participate you must be registered for MATS A and/or MATS B by Monday 11 April. There will be two reviews, one in each classroom, so if you are registered for both A and