Category:Course: Assignment Bootcamp
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Posted on August 22, 2019.

See art by Make Art That Sells students in Uppercase magazine

See our student art in Uppercase magazine! Imagine flicking through your favorite magazine – perhaps Uppercase magazine or Flow – and seeing YOUR gorgeous, unique art! Art by Make Art That Sells students in Uppercase magazine issue 42. In our recent Assignment Bootcamp course, one of the assignments was aimed at the lucrative and exciting editorial market. The assignment was to create an illustration to accompany an article on wabi sabi by Make Art That Sells co-founder Beth Kempton, following publication of her bestselling book Wabi Sabi: Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life. Wabi sabi is a Japanese term connected to the idea of beauty in imperfection, so when Uppercase called for submissions around the theme of “perfectly imperfect”, it was clearly a perfect fit. Here is the stunning art from Make Art That Sells students which was included in Uppercase 42. Art by Make Art That Sells student

Posted on May 16, 2019.

See our students’ kooky collections and cool colour palettes!

We’d love to show you some of our students’ cool color palettes and kooky collections! Muted vintage color and goodness in Cynthia Frenette’s collection for Day 1 of the prep We shared two free days of #MATSprep ahead of the start of Assignment Bootcamp 2019 in February. What’s a #MATSprep? It’s a set of free exercises to get prepared for class, or just to enjoy some creative fun and inspiration, and they’re a great way to see what Lilla’s playful teaching style is all about. MATS preps are usually spread over a couple of days or more, and each day you complete a task without knowing what you’ll be doing with it the following day. As you can imagine, it’s enormous fun and always entertaining to find out where each prep will take you, but it’s also a brilliant way to find the joy in your artmaking, to just be in the moment and to play. Plus not knowing what will happen next is exciting and engaging;

Posted on February 26, 2019.

Bootcamp success stories plus HURRY! Blink-and-you’ll-miss-it Bootcamp registration window!

Once people start seeing all the great work coming out of the Bootcamp course, they say, “Hey! I want in!”! Assignment Bootcamp 2019 started on February 4th and we’ve been blown away by the standard of work that our students are already sharing in their private Facebook group. Imagine getting an email from one of your favorite magazines saying they love your work! This piece by Kate Merritt that was included in the Flow calendar 2019. Illustrating illuminated letters was a mini assignment in a previous Bootcamp course. The first public gallery goes live TODAY so you can check it out for yourself – just click here. Every year when our first gallery goes live, we get masses of requests to reopen Bootcamp registration because people start seeing all the amazing art coming out of it, so we’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be re-opening registration for a super limited blink-and-you’ll-miss-it window from today until Friday. HURRY! We will close Bootcamp 2019 registration for good

Posted on February 7, 2019.

Hurry! Registration for Assignment Bootcamp 2019 closes TODAY

Did you see our recent blog where our video testimonial competition winner, Sam Rudd, told us all about why she loves Assignment Bootcamp? See her video below Sam Rudd’s prize winning entry to our video testimonial competition focused on her love for Assignment Bootcamp. Want in? HURRY! Registration for 2019 closes today! What is Assignment Bootcamp, and why is it so brilliant? In brief, it’s weekly treat direct from a top art agent that will inspire you, motivate you, and help you to fill your portfolio with beautiful on-trend client-grabbing art – all for the price of a weekly latte! Find out more here – but HURRY! Registration for Bootcamp 2019 closes TODAY! Bootcamp 2018 work from MATS student Olivia Gibbs. Fill your portfolio with beautiful market-savvy client-grabbing art! Sam wasn’t the only one who loved Bootcamp! Here’s just some of the feedback we received from Bootcamp 2018: The assignments were fun, challenging and so

Posted on February 1, 2019.

Bootcamp 2019 #MATSPREP: Day Two

Welcome to Day 2 of your Assignment Bootcamp 2019 #MATSprep! If you missed Day 1, there’s still time to join in: find it here Gorgeous color is so key in getting you work, and today I have a fantastic way for you to come up with a fresh color palette! Let’s face it. We all tend to rely on our same colors, and with this download I’m pushing you to break out. Give it a try, and I encourage you to use colors you don’t normally. Lilla’s tip no. 1: I have found that artists often use only bright colors. I’m limiting it to only two so that you try other colors. If you’ve taken my courses, you know that I’m all about neutrals/muted colors, so for this I’m encouraging you to do 3 muted colors. One can be any kind you want, another is a light muted color, and the last is a dark muted color. (Just so you know, I’m using ‘muted’ and ‘neutrals’ interchangeably here.) Lilla’s tip no. 2: People tend to only use light

Posted on January 31, 2019.

Bootcamp 2019 #MATSPREP: Day One

Welcome to Part 1 of your Assignment Bootcamp 2019 #MATSprep! Here’s your first of two FREE exercises to get prepared for our Assignment Bootcamp class What’s Assignment Bootcamp? Assignment Bootcamp is our four-month long e-course. It’s a great way to make four kickass portfolio pieces over four months that will help you snag great jobs, grow your art and learn in a fun, relaxed way, all for the same price as a weekly latte. Find five reasons you’ll love Bootcamp here. Be sure to share your work and use #MATSprep on Instagram so we can see what you do! For today’s #MATSprep we’re going to be focusing on color, because color is incredibly important in your work. I always emphasize how color is so key: it can absolutely make or break when getting a job from an art director. So in this #MATSprep I’m going to help you make a fabulous color palette. Today I want you to go around your house or apartment or studio and gather up

Posted on January 31, 2019.

Hands up who wants four months of art to look forward to! Plus find out why deadlines are your friend

How would you like to get a little packet of awesome from a top art agent every Monday for four months for the same price as a weekly latte? What a wonderful thing to have to look forward to! Work from a previous round of Assignment Bootcamp by MATS student Frida Hammar. You’ll create hot new portfolio pieces in your unique style with fun, engaging prompts! Assignment Bootcamp is one of our most popular courses, and for good reason: it’s brilliant fun for everyone, from beginners to professional artists; you’ll make some really cool art which will get you great work; you get to find out about the newest trends and create gorgeous portfolio pieces which are bang up to date; and it’s completely motivating because of Lilla’s unique teaching style. Picture this. You’re making great art. You’re clear about your goals. You want to create a knockout portfolio piece

Posted on January 24, 2019.

Five reasons you’ll love Assignment Bootcamp 2019!

Want to find the joy in your art-making? Assignment Bootcamp 2019 starts in less than two weeks! It’s one of our most popular courses, and for very good reason: it’s great fun, it’ll push you to make some fantastic art, and it costs about the same as a weekly latte! Read on for five reasons why you’ll love Bootcamp 2019. 1. It’ll keep you motivated The best way to improve your art is to make more art! The more art you make, the better it will be, and the more interesting, exciting and lucrative your creative career will be. It can be hard to do on your own though. It’s overwhelming. You don’t know where to start. Perhaps it’s wintry and gray where you are and you’re not feeling all that inspired. Assignment Bootcamp will change all that! It gives you structure and accountability, because you’re making your unique art alongside a whole bunch of other creative people. Suddenly

Posted on March 29, 2018.

Reading the tea leaves! See the varied approaches to the same assignment.

One of my favorite things about teaching MATS classes is being amazed at what my students do with the assignments I give them. I get to see all the beautiful work they make. Plus, I especially love to watch the growth of the students over time. In February, I gave our students an assignment to do a journal cover around the theme of reading tea leaves for our Assignment Bootcamp course. I give loads of visual inspiration, guidance, and advice, but then I encourage students to approach the assignment any way they like. Check out the diverse array of amazing work they did: Valerie Hamill Traci Sally Kelly LaPalme Rachael Grainger We’ve just released the March gallery from Assignment Bootcamp & you can take a look at even more gorgeous work by my students here. I can’t wait to see what else they create in the next months. Want to

Posted on February 2, 2018.

Hurry! Last chance to sign up for Assignment Bootcamp + My Year of Art School!

Nothing is more fun that making your best artwork with a lively group of like-minded students. Tomorrow is the very last day to sign up for my popular Assignment Bootcamp class, and I want to lure you into joining me. Get a look at this stellar work done by my students for class. What astounds me is not just the abundance of talent, but the enthusiasm and coolness of our students. In the January Mini Assignment for Bootcamp, I eased the students into the big assignment with this fun, playful Mini Assignment. I always like to give a Mini Assignment that will bring out the best in each student. How? By making it approachable, easy to draw, but with a broad scope so there is plenty of room for diversity of styles. I asked the students to draw the contents of their own bags. Check out the work, and you’ll