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Posted on August 3, 2018.

By popular demand! Our new e-course, MATS MBA (Money BadAss) kicks off this month!

Our brand-new exciting e-course, MATS MBA (Money BadAss) is beginning very soon! This is not a gross, boring, drab business course. This course is about taking your passions and making money in the same cool way that you make your art (or craft or teaching or whatever!) Never before have creative careers been more fun and lucrative and we help you get there. How do you like to do business success? Wouldn’t you love to make your creative career even more profitable and more joyful? Whether you are just starting out, or ready to go to the next level, in our newest course, you’ll learn the secrets of success from me, art agent and serial creative entrepreneur, and my award-winning entrepreneur business partner and author, Beth Kempton. Each of us has created international brands and flourishing businesses with millions of dollars in revenue and clients all over the world. In creating this three-week step-by-step course, we dug deep and gathered up tons of our very best knowledge and

Posted on July 3, 2018.

LAST CHANCE TO ENTER OUR GIVEAWAY TO WIN $500 WORTH OF MATS COURSES !

It’s our 5-year anniversary! To celebrate, MATS co-founders Lilla Rogers and Beth Kempton had a virtual birthday party yesterday on Facebook Live with lots of MATS students and followers. As we had some technical issues with Facebook Live (we are pretty sure MATS broke the internet!), we decided to change the giveaways slightly to give our lovely students and followers a fair chance to win some of our fabulous prizes. The grand prize: $500 voucher towards ANY MATS COURSES and a free place on our newest e-course, MATS MBA (Money BadAss) Other prizes: 6 free places on our newest e-course, MATS MBA (Money BadAss) To enter (if you haven’t already), simply go to our public Facebook Page and watch the replay of yesterday’s virtual birthday party video, add your guess to Lilla & Beth’s giveaway question for the remaining prizes in the video comments, and don’t forget to include #MATSMBA with your guess. All guesses must be submitted before 10am PDT/ 1pm EDT/ 6pm BST on July 3rd to be considered for the prizes. The winners will be selected at random after the deadline and will be announced on Wednesday, July 4th on

Posted on June 30, 2018.

Get ready for our giant birthday party giveaway! Thousands of dollars worth of prizes!

Mark your calendars for this Monday, July 2nd at 11.30am EDT/ 4.30pm BST for a Facebook LIVE to win great prizes on the Make Art That Sells Facebook Page! Join Lilla Rogers and Beth Kempton for lots of fun, games, and free course giveaways (over $5000 of prizes to be given away!) Here’s a sneak peak of one of the tote bag bundles we’re giving away. My Body illustrated by Rebecca Jones. Random Illustrated Facts illustrated by Mike Lowery Win our tote bags full of fun products! See you on Monday! Lilla and Beth

Posted on June 22, 2018.

Your free 2018 GLOBAL TALENT SEARCH (GTS) PREP: DAY THREE!

Are you enjoying the GTS Prep? Here is Day Three of our free GTS Prep. We are so excited to launch our 5th Global Talent Search (GTS) which begins June 25th! Join the fun with our free prep—three days of mini assignments to get you warmed up for the first GTS assignment. Each of these is like a little hint, too. Here’s your third and final GTS Prep mini: Draw some sea anemones! How cool are they? Seriously, to my eye they are hilarious and gorgeous at the same time. The purpose of this is to invite you to draw organic shapes. TIP: Think about shading, as that will help you define the form (the roundness). You will want to have a little practice with this for when you get your first GTS assignment. Feel free to make up your own anemones if you like! Any style works here. You can

Posted on June 20, 2018.

Get your 2018 GLOBAL TALENT SEARCH (GTS) PREP: DAY TWO

Yay! Today is Day Two of our free GTS Prep. We are so excited to launch our 5th Global Talent Search (GTS) which begins June 25th! Join in on the fun with our free prep—three days of mini assignments to get you warmed up and prepared for the first GTS assignment. Each of these is like a little hint, too. Here’s your second mini assignment: Draw the following letters: A, G, and J. Do them in any style and medium you like. Have fun with them. Remember, letterforms are simply shapes. TIP: Experiment and play with the letterform. Just be sure that it’s clear what the letter is. Here’s a little inspiration board I created to give you ideas: TIPS: –Look at the thins and thicknesses of each letter, especially on the letter “A”. –Note the serifs. Are they pointy? Rounded? Bell-bottomed? –Is the overall shape chubby? Lean? Wide? –Check out the dots

Posted on June 18, 2018.

Get your 1st free download for the GTS prep!

It’s time for our GTS Prep! We are so excited to launch our 5th Global Talent Search (GTS) which begins June 25th! Join in on the fun with my free prep—three days of mini assignments to get you warmed up and prepared for the first GTS assignment. Each of these is like a little hint, too. First up is “Let’s Make a Color”. Download this worksheet and paint right on it, or simply follow the instructions on a nice piece of paper. Use any medium you want. I am always encouraging you to use neutrals in your art, and to ‘shop’ for new colors to add to your repertoire. This playful worksheet should help you do just that. In the actual GTS assignment, you are going to be asked to use one of my favorite neutrals, so this is a warm up for that. (Can you guess the name of one of my favorite neutrals?)

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 March 8, 2018.

Photos from Lilla’s Retreat and the return of the Global Talent Search!

The Lilla Rogers Studio Global Talent Search has become one of the most prestigious competitions in the art industry. It’s your chance to win representation with one of the top art agencies in the world. New this year!! The 2018 Global Talent Search Grand Prize Winner will win a host of incredible career-enhancing prizes including international representation from Lilla Rogers Studio, an all-expenses paid return trip to the USA to participate in Lilla’s annual Artist Retreat, and commissions and career consultations from some of the top executives in the business. Here are some photos of some of Lilla’s artists at last year’s Retreat doing crafts, enjoying Lilla’s garden, and learning & creating in her fabulous home studio! Lilla & her artists and staff (including eight previous GTS winners!) Katie Vernon & Marenthe working on a project together in Lilla’s gorgeous garden Last year, we enjoyed a morning session on writing children’s books with Tami

Posted on February 19, 2018.

Hurry! Class starts today! Lilla’s Facebook Live and get your free text chooser for class!

I thought it would be really fun to pull a handout from the Illustrating Children’s Books course (which starts today!) and give it to you now so you could get started early. Download your free copy here. I made this unique handout for you specifically to help you choose which text to illustrate for the course. It focuses on examining your personality type, art style, and preferred art media. Let me give you some background about how I teach. One of the things that distinguishes my e-courses is that I’ve taught or mentored artists for four decades. I pride myself on knowing how to teach artists. It’s about deeply inspiring the artist so they dive right in. It about giving plenty of structure so they know where to go next. It’s about breaking things down into tiny bites so that the student feels a greater sense of calm. I understand

Posted on February 9, 2018.

Alumni success ‘spotlight’ interview with Kate Mazeika

We are so proud of our Make Art That Sells Alumni, and we are pleased to feature a series of spotlight interviews showcasing their successes and artwork. We’ve asked them to share how the MATS courses have helped them learn and grow. You can see more Alumni Success stories here Today, we have an interview with Kate Mazeika who has taken Illustrating Children’s Books class twice! 1. Tell us a little about how you got started in art and design… I knew I wanted to be an illustrator since high school when a local illustrator spoke to my art class about his job. I went to Columbus College of Art and Design and earned a BFA- my major was illustration. 2. Lilla always says “People buy your joy”. What brings you joy? I get a lot of joy from creating textures and playing with color. I also like to learn new skills/digital

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Category:Creativity
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