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April 2015 Bootcamp gallery is live!

April 2015 Bootcamp gallery is live! The April gallery from our Make Art That Sells: Assignment Bootcamp class is now live! This month, we challenged our students to design a poster for our exciting Global Art Gathering taking place in Brighton, UK in June. The gallery features nearly 300 pieces of original art submitted as part of this live brief. 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! Our next Bootcamp will be running in 2016, read more and jump on the waiting list here.

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How to leverage existing artwork for the home decor market

  Image credit: West Elm How to leverage existing artwork for the home decor market Is your mind buzzing with ideas about what your very own home décor line could look like? It’s not an impossible dream if only you have the right tools and knowledge at your fingertips. In fact, you are probably already half way there! Do you want to know how to leverage existing artwork for the home decor market? Then try this: Look through your archives and find the following: Your favorite color palettes Your favorite icons and motifs Your favorite prints and patterns Now it’s time to do some virtual shopping (or real shopping if you like!) – do one of the following this week: Take a field trip to your favorite shop (either in person or online) Study websites like apartmenttherapy.com. Look at the website of a home décor trade show like Maison et

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Are you ready to design a home decor line?

Image credit: Jonathan Adler Are you ready to design a home decor line? Art agent Lilla Rogers here. One of the things I love about sharing my years of industry experience is helping artists build their confidence. One way I do this is by answering questions  (and I get asked a lot!). Some subjects come up over and over. One of them is readiness. Today I want to answer a very specific version of that question I was asked recently : “How do you know if you are ready to design a home décor line?” Home décor is one of those dream markets for many artists. There are a host of fabulous clients out there, it can be very lucrative, and it can be incredibly rewarding to see your work on anything from tiny decorations to enormous pieces of furniture. The additional income generated by a vast collection of home

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Student review: What I learned in Make Art That Sells

What I learned in Make Art That Sells …   Take a moment out of your day to watch this gorgeous video by Hot Markets for Your Art Part A and Part B  graduate Wendy Brightbill (aka A Girl and Her Brush). Although Hot Markets for Your Art Part A and Part B are packed with the insider knowledge that only comes from Lilla’s three decades’ of experience in the business, it’s amazing the most powerful thing people come away with is actually nothing to do with money or selling at all. But what they learn is what will lead them to making more art that ultimately does sell. Check out out now – and as a bonus you get to watch Wendy’s fabulous painting process! Are you ready to start making more commercially viable art whilst staying true to yourself? Do you want to get inside the head of

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Does Make Art That Sells actually work? Yes. Here’s the proof.

Does Make Art That Sells actually work?! YES! So does Make Art That Sells actually work? Do artists who take the class actually sell more art? Well yes, they do. We asked class participants for examples of their successes since taking Hot Markets for Your Art Part A and Part B, and were staggered by the response, bearing in mind that some people only took the course 4-5 months ago. Students have since secured licensing deals in the gift, editorial, baby apparel, bolt fabric, wall art, greetings, home décor, paper and fashion markets, many have won competitions, and a number have been signed for representation. It’s also really important to say that people join Make Art That Sells courses at different stages of their creative journey. Some are nearly ready to seek out work, others less so. For many people the greatest breakthrough is a new level of confidence in their

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Trina Dalziel on Make Art That Sells

Trina Dalziel on going back to school with Make Art That Sells Trina Dalziel is an illustrator who is represented by Lilla Rogers. She joined one of the first Make Art That Sells online illustration courses, now known as Hot Markets for Your Art Part A and Part B, and reflected on how it felt to “go back to school”. Scrapbooking : vintage typewriters and cameras I’ve been freelancing for over seventeen years and I’ve also taught on several illustration degree courses – but going back to “school” this year has been a delight for me. Map of famous people connected with the area around Crystal Palace These projects are my responses to Lilla’s amazing online course for Make Art That Sells, aimed at professional illustrators and designers worldwide. Party paper with a Winter Folk Art theme The majority of my commissioned work has always been for editorial (which is

Student review of Make Art That Sells

Read this student review of Make Art That Sells!

Check out this student review of Make Art That Sells! Emily Balsley is an artist who signed up for the very first Make Art That Sells course, Hot Markets for Your Art Part A and Part B, as well as art agent Lilla Rogers’ Global Talent Search. She got in touch to let us know what she thought of her experience. Read this student review of Make Art That Sells below. Hey Lilla! Now that the Make Art That Sells course and the Global Talent Search are over, I finally have the time to sit down and reflect on the last six months. What a whirlwind it has been! I went into the course a fairly “green” illustrator and I have come out of it ready to take on the world one illustration at a time – with new skills, self-confidence, focus and drive. Before Make Art That Sells, I