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Stick Man for SURPRISE 3 Make Art That Sells Bootcamp surprise #3 revealed: Children’s book market tips from Zoe Tucker

Bootcamp surprise #3 revealed: Children’s book market tips from Zoe Tucker

One of the most sought-after dream gig for many artists is a children’s picture book deal. It’s always a popular week in our MATS A class, and this year in MATS Assignment Bootcamp 2016 we have invited top art director Zoe Tucker to offer you some tips to get that gig! This will be released as a special bonus in class. “Stick Man” – one of the wildly popular books Zoe has worked on Those of you who took the last live MATS A class will know Zoe from the live review she did with Lilla in Children’s Book Week. She is a supremely talented, deeply experienced and very lovely lady who we are delighted to bring onto the MATS teaching team. Zoe has art directed for nearly two decades, and has worked with the absolute best in the business—the most famous of children’s illustrators and authors, like The Gruffalo’s

monday moment 01 Make Art That Sells Monday Moment "Rule Your Own Life" with Lilla Rogers

Monday Moment “Rule Your Own Life” with Lilla Rogers

Monday Moments are a series of positive affirmations that Lilla has created to inspire and encourage you on your journey in art making. We hope you enjoyed the last Monday Moment “Make More Art” with Lilla. In case you missed, check it out here. Today, is a fantastic one “Rule Your Own Life”.  Watch below! [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/153077469[/vimeo] The series will be posted every Monday for the next few weeks to help jump start your week.  Have a great week and remember to Rule Your Own Life! xo, Reine

lauriedowning lauriedowningjanuary Make Art That Sells Bootcamp Gallery: Lilla's Top Picks! {Part 1}

Bootcamp Gallery: Lilla’s Top Picks! {Part 1}

For the next five Friday’s, Lilla will be sharing her top picks from each of the 2015 Bootcamp Galleries. Make Art That Sells: Assignment Bootcamp with Lilla Rogers is a structured five-month program of monthly assignments to help you build a strong body of work. It is an exciting online experience to help you create professional-level art in a supportive, nurturing environment, at a relaxed pace over an extended period of time. *** Here is part 1 of Lilla’s Top Picks. Part 1 is from the January 2015 gallery with comments on each piece. The January gallery features nearly 500 pieces of original art inspired by the January class assignment… a journal featuring Edwardian brooch-inspired imagery! Well done to all who were chosen. *** Caitlin Murray Lilla’s Comments: “Check out the diversity in media from digital to painterly, and the variety of styles from graphic to moody to quirky. This is

PANTONE for SURPRISE2 Make Art That Sells Bootcamp surprise #2 revealed: Lilla’s take on the Pantone Color of the Year, and what that means for your art

Bootcamp surprise #2 revealed: Lilla’s take on the Pantone Color of the Year, and what that means for your art

Image via Pantone Pantone made history this year by announcing the ‘Color of the Year’ would in fact be a blending of two colors, Rose Quartz and Serenity. What does a top agent like Lilla, who is at the cutting edge of trend in art, think of the Pantone Color of the Year, and what does it mean for your work? Find out in a Bootcamp Special bonus, to be released in the 2016 Assignment Bootcamp classroom. If you haven’t yet secured your place find out more about the course and register here.

MATS Home Decor Student Showcase part 4 {June 2015 class}

We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase a 4 part series of gorgeous work that was produced in our first session of Creating Collections for Home Décor Here is part 4. *** Patricia Lebedel I choose this collection may be because it’s the first of the course (METAL) and I find it very friendly. How did the Home Décor class help you grow? MATS Home Decor allowed me to compare my work with others and to tell me that my style had is place on the market, why not ? What did you discover about yourself? I saw that nothing is ever finished and I could always do better. How would you describe the course to a friend? I describe the course as a very intense moment and requires a lot of work but it’s an experience to do and

#mymatsprep Day 5: Textures

Next Monday we begin Make Art That Sells: Creating Collections for Home Décor, and I sure hope that you’re as excited as I am! What you’ve been doing for the Mini Prep has been to create awareness so that when you sit down to make your collection, you are a more savvy, unique designer. If you haven’t signed up already, get crackin’ here because it all begins on Monday. I’m really excited about today’s Mini Prep assignment. You’re going to create assets for your work in class. You’ll understand what I mean in a moment. Texture is a key feature of home décor products, as you have learned so far this week. Imagine that you’re designing products; let’s say you’re designing a tray for example. Is it made of wood? Distressed wood? Painted wood? Metal? Is it woven like a basket? See what I mean? It’s about surfaces. Textures. They make

MATS Home Decor Student Showcase part 3 {June 2015 class}

We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase a 4 part series of gorgeous work that was produced in our first session of Creating Collections for Home Décor Here is part 3. *** Mitzie Testani Home décor for sustainably-made wood products. Wood is my absolute favorite element for home décor. It’s natural, warm, rustic, textured and comforting. This is my favorite image because it’s the last project in the course and I felt like I put all of the lessons I had learned together in this collection. For me, it was the start of a beautiful alphabet series, which I would like to produce as double-sided ornaments on recycled stock or as coasters on pressed recycled wood pulp. I could envision someone buying only one or two letters (as their initials or to make a special word as a gift.) I

#mymatsprep Day 4: Once I lived in a tree house.

Copy the sentences below into your journal and fill in the blanks. Feel free to illustrate your musings if you like. Once, I lived in a tree house because ______________________________________________. I furnished it with ____________________________________________________________. My tree house had a style you might call __________________________________________. My tree house looked like __________________________________________________. People would say this about me:_____________________________________________________. Why did I create this assignment for you? Because making art is about being a bit weird. Let your inner weird come out! (Want to know more about the importance of this? Check out my free video series on ‘Why what makes you weird makes your brand’ here. And think about furnishing a tree house with your products! Extra credit for drawing your tree house. I can’t wait to see what you do! Seriously, I’m falling a bit in love with you all. Lilla Xo Join the fun and show us your images

#mymatsprep Day 3: Your Collections

Ok, I love Mini Prep and what you’re all posting on Instagram. I have found, to my delight, that many of my Make Art That Sells students are wacky, loveable, and eccentric. They are collectors. Today, I want you to photograph any collections you may have. What, you don’t collect anything, you say? Even a bunch of your pencils constitutes a collection. Here are some of my dolls. Photo by Lilla Rogers A collection is a grouping of like objects. That can be very broad. Consider your collections of shoes, purses, flower bulbs, candles, pencil cups, journals, bottles of inks. What I’m going for here is to get you to home in on your own personal style and taste. Take a look at your collection and reflect upon the following: Is there a particular color that seems to run through all your objects in the collection? Is your collection earthy

#mymatsprep Day 2: Lamp Shades

So the course you’re preparing for, is about home décor. Your mission today is to take a photo of one of the home décor products: lamp shades. Find them in your house/apartment, in the subway, in shops, in cafés, in restaurants… I’ll go first. Here are lampshades from my studio. Photo by Lilla Rogers Photo by Lilla Rogers Helen Dardik for BlueQ “Home Décor” means things that people buy to put in their homes including… Things you put on tables that are functional like: -Lamps -Lampshades -Candles -Flower pots and vases -Candlesticks -Trays -Table linens Things that add beauty to your space like: -Rugs -Decorator pillows -Little sculptures Larger items that store things like: -Dressers -Shelving -Canisters And on and on and on… We’re just going to look at lamps and lampshades today so that this Mini gets you looking at one type of home décor product without being overwhelming.