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Styling a flatlay is just like concepting an illustration. I first ask myself, what is the story I’m trying to tell? Then, it’s about assembling items that tell little stories. You may ask, “Lilla why did you include cookies? Isn’t this an art retreat?” I added them because they represent luxury, snacking on delicacies. I imagine we’re snacking on them while we make art, like we did on my France retreat. Plus of course they’re really pretty and they inject a number of round shapes into an otherwise boxy flatlay. The tropical flowers give a sense of place–Portugal. I like to include them around the edges, especially when they are long-stemmed like these. Then I feature the activity–a specific example of what we will be doing, which in this case is painting the colors from the cards. Art materials like brushes and colored pencils are great to accessorize the photo, plus

Get art agent Lilla’s inside scoop on time management for artists Art agent Lilla has had her fingers in a ton of creative pies (just roll with the metaphor here) – as well as her busy agency, she also teaches her Make Art That Sells courses online (and recently in person in France), writes a regular column for Uppercase magazine, has worked as a full-time illustrator, guests on podcasts, judges illustration competitions, has run her own craft jewelry line, has written a book, mentors the artists she represents, writes new content for class, and tons more. Meet Lilla Rogers! She has tons of wisdom to share from her decades of working in the creative industry. With decades of experience under her belt, we’ve been asking her to answer some of the Big Questions about life as an illustrator. Questions like: How can I keep creating with joy in difficult times?

I want to be commercially successful – but do you have to sell out to make money from your art? Over the past few months, we’ve been asking art agent Lilla some of the Big Questions about life as an illustrator. Questions like: How can I keep creating with joy in difficult times? How can I deal with envy in my work as an illustrator? Some of Lilla’s career highlights so far, including her first book, I Just Like to Make Things, her regular column for Uppercase magazine, her jewelry craft line on the front cover of Stringing magazine, and more. With decades of experience in the creative industry – as an art agent, an illustrator, a speaker, a columnist, creator of a national jewelry craft line, an educator, an author and more – Lilla has tons of wisdom to share. She shares it through her Make Art That Sells