Category:Creativity
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Posted on November 30, 2019.

Book deals, representation and more – read our incredible alumni success stories

We love shouting about our amazing alumni and the wonderful work that they do, and they give us plenty to shout about! Maria van Bruggen has taken a number of Make Art That Sells courses, including Illustrating Children’s Books in July 2019, during which she signed a deal with a publisher to write and illustrate three books. (Want to find out how you can pitch for your very own kids’ book? Don’t miss Lilla’s brand NEW course, My Kid Book Pitch!) Anna Lindsten has also taken multiple Make Art That Sells course, including Illustrating Children’s Books a number of times. She says: “I was also contacted shortly after by a Swedish publisher of children’s books after the editor had seen the squirrel character I created in the previous Illustrating Children’s Books course! I was so happy to work with this book publisher for a classic anthology of stories and poems

Posted on November 27, 2019.

9 reasons why you need to sign up for My Year of Art School

YAY! OUR GIANT CYBER SALE IS HERE! Yesterday we kicked off our GIANT CYBER SALE, our biggest sale of the year and an amazing opportunity for you to save on everything from individual classes to our huge My Year of Art School bundles! Click here to download your FREE gorgeous guide to our massive sale! Here’s Day 2 of our fun FREE #MATSprep! Don’t forget to share your work on Instagram and tag it #MATSprep and #MATSprepBarbie so art agent Lilla can see. Watch your email tomorrow for Day 3, plus the big reveal on Day 4! Want more agent tips like this? Want to build a powerful portfolio that will put a rocket ship under your creative career? Our My Year of Art School bundles are an amazing way for you to get ALL of our raved-about job-snagging courses at an incredible price, with up to 50% off plus

Posted on November 26, 2019.

Get your FREE Illustrator Barbie #MATSprep

Today’s the day! Our Giant Cyber Sale starts TODAY! It’s our biggest sale of the year, with 25% off all individual courses and our fabulous bundles at up to 50% off (plus installment options on ALL our bundles). Don’t miss out: you will not find our courses cheaper than this! We’ve got everything you need to transform your art career in 2020 with an incredible learning opportunity every single month, including inspirational courses, fun assignments, and bucketloads of incredible tips and advice! Here’s Day 1 of your FREE #MATSprep!  Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and Facebook to get Days 2 through 4. To celebrate the start of our sale, we’re giving away Day 1 of our fab FREE #MATSprep from top art agent Lilla! What’s a #MATSprep? It’s a FREE creative warm-up exercise to get you ready for class, and they’re open to all, whether you’re a Make

Posted on November 21, 2019.

Get your beautiful FREE guide to our Giant Cyber Sale

Are you ready to supercharge your art career in 2020? Our Giant Cyber Sale starts on TUESDAY, with at least 25% off every single one of our job-snagging raved-about online courses, and up to 50% off our fantastic bundles (plus the option to pay by installments on all bundles) Today we’re giving you a FREE copy of our beautiful Giant Cyber Sale guide! Print it out, get yourself a coffee, sit yourself down, close your eyes and spend a moment or two thinking about what you want to get out of 2020. Where do you want to be? What’s your focus? Will you finish 2020 with your brand new kids’ book in your hands? Your first full-page editorial illustration? Having landed your dream home décor gig? Perhaps this will be the year you set up your Etsy shop or get serious about turning your side hustle into a fulfilling full-time

Posted on November 18, 2019.

Get your FREE Dream Armadillo downloadable worksheet!

How will your 2020 look? Which art markets will you focus on? Want to make your art even better? Want to get your beautiful art in front of a top art agent and maybe snag yourself representation? Let the Dream Armadillo lead the way! Art agent Lilla has come up with yet another brilliant and wacky downloadable worksheet to help you start to plan how you’re going to take your amazing creative career to the next level in 2020. Plus we’ll also reveal our schedule of raved-about courses for 2020, so you can get planning and plotting your year ahead! Meet the Dream Armadillo! What are your career goals for 2020? How will you meet them? We’ve got everything that you need to help you make art that sells and build a successful creative career! To help you to start to think about your career goals and dreams for 2020,

Posted on November 14, 2019.

Find out what Make Art That Sells students REALLY think of our courses!

What do Make Art That Sells students REALLY think of our courses? This summer, we asked our students to share their blogs and newsletters in which they mention Make Art That Sells courses, and we’ve loved reading all the wonderful things you’ve been saying about us! Just some of the stunning products assigned to artists represented by Lilla Rogers. Every one of the 20 artists taken on by Lilla Rogers Studio since 2013 have been Make Art That Sells students, and Lilla is actively looking for new artists to represent right now, because her artists are so busy! Check out Lilla’s three favorites below! Sonja Morris Sonja Morris is a card-carrying Make Art That Sells course addict! She’s taken a variety of MATS courses, including Assignment Bootcamp, Creating Collections for Home Décor, the MATS MBA (Money BadAss), and more. Make Art That Sells student Sonja Morris created this beautiful artwork

Posted on November 7, 2019.

Revealed! Lilla’s brand NEW courses for 2020!

How does Lilla decide what new courses to create? As a top art agent, she sees what kind of art is selling right now, which markets are the hottest, and exactly what clients are looking for, and she can then use this amazing insider info to create courses for you, so that you can make art that sells and enjoy a fulfilling, lucrative career! Plus of course, she’s always listening to feedback from you, her incredible students! We are thrilled to announce that we are launching not one but two brand NEW courses for 2020! Drum roll please: our new courses are … My Kid Book Pitch: Create a children’s book pitch only YOU can write; and Lilla’s Mystery Box: Exploring creative living with art agent Lilla Rogers Intrigued? Want to know more, including how you can get these courses at a great discount? Read on … ! Lilla says:

Posted on October 17, 2019.

Get your FREE Find the Concept Game download

Art agent Lilla’s LIVE course Editorial LIVE: Illustrating for Magazines and More starts in just over a week, on Monday, 28th October. When we first ran this course, in May 2019, it sold out before it even officially launched, which is why we’re running it again now – don’t miss out, guarantee your space and book your spot now! Cover illustration for Flow magazine by Flora Waycott, represented by Lilla Rogers. What’s editorial? Broadly, it means anything having to do with text (words). For example, it could be something like a magazine article, a newspaper article, a blog, a news site like the Guardian or the New York Times, or a book cover or interior. How might you start to show something abstract in a visual way? Sometimes in your editorial illustration career you’ll be asked to illustrate something straightforward, like gardening or shoes or a how-to, but other times

zoe ingram christmas ceramics rabbit cardinal Make Art That Sells Case study: from design to real life, see the products from our home décor class that really got made!

Posted on October 3, 2019.

Case study: from design to real life, see the products from our home décor class that really got made!

LAST CHANCE! Registration for our brand new LIVE home décor mini course, Home Décor PLUS, closes TODAY! This class is not on our schedule for 2020 so if you want to do it, now’s the time – but don’t worry: there’s still time to sign up! Book your spot here! Above: feedback on our self-paced home décor course, Creating Collections for Home Décor. Our new mini course, Home Décor PLUS, includes bonus material on finishing techniques from Margo Tantau and actual mock-up templates by Corinna Buchholz of Piddix. See the syllabus here. Case study: Zoë Ingram Zoë Ingram was the winner of our first ever Global Talent Search and the first GTS winner to be represented by Lilla’s agency, Lilla Rogers Studio. (Did you know the last 20 artists taken on by Lilla Rogers Studio are all Make Art That Sells students? That’s because our courses teach you exactly what