Here’s a sneak peek of the trend boards you’ll get when you sign up for CREATING COLLECTIONS FOR HOME DECOR. (There are over 50 images per board!) WIN A FREE PLACE IN OUR UPCOMING GLOBAL TALENT SEARCH. Share this Trend Board photo (above) on Instagram and Twitter with the #LillasTrends and tag @MakeArtThatSells on Instagram or @ArtThatSells on Twitter by May 2nd and we will pick one lucky winner! Learn more about this life changing contest here. Share away because it could be you! WHY TREND BOARDS? Every time we run the Home Décor course, we provide new trend boards chock full of imagery to inspire you to design terrific products. But more importantly, these fresh boards are made to give you direction in color, subject matter, and vibe so that your work wows art directors. Plus, you get a Trend Board Analysis worksheet to help you better understand the trend
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Want to know some #HomeDecSecrets? Join our fun free creative challenge
In our upcoming course ‘MATS: Creating Collections for Home Décor’, top art director Margo Tantau shares finishing techniques for each of the five most popular materials used for products in this market. These are very cool techniques that you can play with on your product to make your presentation to the client even more exciting and marketable! Finishing techniques are different processes that can be done by the manufacturer’s factory to enhance the material you are working with. Examples include: Placing pom poms, trims or embroidery on a pillow Embossing, shaping, or silkscreening on metal Painting or decoupaging on wood, etc. Example of some finishing techniques used on wood – products from CBK Understanding and knowing about different techniques is a great way to stand out, to be creative, and to show that you know how to add value to a design. Every day next week, we are going to
April 2016 Bootcamp Gallery is now Live
The second gallery from our 2016 Make Art That Sells: Assignment Bootcamp class is now live! You can view it here: The gallery features over 250 pieces of original art inspired by the April class assignment… to design ornaments for the home decor market using lumberjack drawings and corresponding imagery from the mini CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE APRIL GALLERY! 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! Would you like to join us on one of our Make Art That Sells classes? Graduates of our courses have gone on to win work from clients such as Hallmark, Robert Kaufman Fabrics, Oopsy Daisy, Uppercase Magazine, West Elm, Midwest CBK, and more. It is industry learning that works in the real world. Find out more and register HERE
Reasons to take ‘Creating Collections for Home Décor: (No. 1): In-depth video training
Each week in class top art director Margo Tantau provides in-depth video-based training into how to design for a specific material, popularly used in the lucrative home décor market. Across the course Margo gives you insights into METAL, CERAMICS, FABRIC, GLASS and WOOD/MDF. Not only are the video trainings packed with a ton of eye candy, Margo explains what makes certain pieces great, helps you understand the manufacturing process, and shares secrets which will help you build your own compelling collections. Take a look at what is on offer with this short video: [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/124456512[/vimeo] Each training video is accompanied by a series of finishing notes to help you develop product presentations which speak to art directors, and show your understanding of the manufacturing process. This will make your work stand out head and shoulders above that of other artists, and encourage buyers to buy more from you, because you will
Watch Lilla talk about the special Live Review with Janine Vangool of Uppercase Magazine
Several weeks back we announced some very exciting news for students of MATS A and B classes! Lilla and Janine Vangool of Uppercase Magazine will be running a special ‘live review’ for MATS Part A and Part B self-paced courses in April. This is an amazing opportunity to get your work in front of Lilla and Janine! Their feedback will be invaluable. Read more details about this special review here. And watch Lilla explain why she’s so excited to do this! [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/160882529[/vimeo] See you in class!
MATS Student Showcase for Self-Paced A and B {part 4}
We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase a series of gorgeous work that is being produced in the Self-Paced MATS A and B classes. Today, we have student work from MATS A which helps students build a professional portfolio to sell art in 5 of the most lucrative markets: bolt fabric, home décor, children’s books, wall art, gift. *** Paula Morgan I am a student on the MATS part A self paced course. The above work is from my main assignment work for the Home Decor assignment. What have you enjoyed most so far about the course? There are so many things I enjoy about the course, its hard to pick one, but I think its the assignments. I haven’t worked from briefs before and I like the way that having the assignments keeps me focused and challenges me too. How is
MATS Student Showcase for Self-Paced A and B {part 2}
We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase a series of gorgeous work that is being produced in the Self-Paced MATS A and B classes. Today, we have student work from MATS A which helps students build a professional portfolio to sell art in 5 of the most lucrative markets: bolt fabric, home décor, children’s books, wall art, gift. *** Karen Vermeulen I’m taking Mats A and here is my submitted work for the home decor market What have you enjoyed most so far about the course? I’ve enjoyed the home decor part the most so far, I really enjoyed the different format – round plates, and thinking how my illustration would work in this format and as a set of designs and looking at something like Straffordshire pottery which I would normally never consider as a theme out of my own accord,
How to thrive with a creative mind
Today Lilla is sharing a few thoughts on how highly creative people’s brains work differently, and how to thrive with your creative mind: [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/156674200[/vimeo] Want to learn from Lilla? Our next class gives you that opportunity, AND you get to learn from top art director Margo Tantau. Join us for MATS Creating Collections for Home Decor, starting May 16, and give your career a huge boost.
Monday Moment with Lilla “Make Art That Sells”
Our final Monday Moment today with Lilla Rogers is all about “Making Art That Sells”. She explains why that’s so important and gives insight as to how to make this happen! [vimeo]https://www.vimeo.com/153076405[/vimeo] We hope you’ve enjoyed Monday Moments with Lilla as much as we have! xo, Reine
Monday Moment with Lilla “Make More Art You Love”
We hope you’ve been enjoying Monday Moments with Lilla. In case you’re just joining us, Monday Moments are a series of positive affirmations posted on the blog every Monday that Lilla has created to inspire and encourage you on your journey in art making. Today is “Make More Art You Love”. [vimeo]https://www.vimeo.com/153076910[/vimeo] Hope you have a wonderful week making more art you love! xo, Reine