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Posted on October 10, 2019.

See our amazing student editorial rough and finished work from class

Do you want in on the fascinating world of editorial illustration? Do you flick through your favorite magazine and see the art that accompanies each article and wonder how that artist got the gig? Let art agent Lilla show you how! Make Art That Sells co-founder and teacher, Lilla Rogers, was a professional illustrator in NYC before she set up her own hugely successful art agency, so it’s no surprise that she has tons of wisdom and insight to share with anyone interested in the editorial market. She taught her brand NEW course, Editorial Live: Illustrating for Magazines and More, for the first time in spring 2019, and it was so popular (it sold out before it was ever officially launched!) that we’ve scheduled it again this month. Book your spot here! What’s editorial? Broadly, it means anything having to do with text (words). For example, it could be something

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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

Posted on September 24, 2019.

Get your FREE Home Décor #MATSprep Part 2

Posted on September 23, 2019.

Get your FREE Home Décor #MATSprep Part 1

Get your FREE Home Décor #MATSprep: Lilla’s Patented 100% Scientifically Accurate* Magic Style Decoder! Discover more about your unique artistic style with art agent Lilla Roger’s FREE Magic Style Decoder! Our brand-new Home Décor PLUS course begins on Monday, September 30th, so today, to get you ready for class, we’re giving away Lilla’s FREE MATS Prep. You’ll get part two – the results! – tomorrow, so you’ll definitely want to do this today! What’s a MATS Prep? It’s a fun free exercise to get prepared for class, or just to have some creative fun, and it’s a great way to see what Lilla’s playful, kooky teaching style is all about – as Lilla often says, “I trick you into doing your best work!”. Anyone is more than welcome to take part whether or not they’re signed up for class. Today we’re delighted to present … Lilla’s Patented 100% Scientifically

Posted on September 19, 2019.

See our FREE video series on Designing for Home Décor by creative director Margo Tantau!

Imagine walking into your favorite store, maybe Anthropologie or West Elm or a charming neighbourhood boutique, and seeing your beautiful unique art on a line of products. Can you see it on plates, pillows, rugs, tea towels and more? How do you get that gig? Let top art agent Lilla Rogers and creative director Margo Tantau show you how! To celebrate the start of our amazing LIVE new mini course, Home Décor PLUS, which starts September 30th, today we’re sharing our FREE video series, Designing for Home Décor. The video series is presented by Margo Tantau, co-teacher for both of our home décor courses, our new live mini course, Home Décor PLUS, and our in-depth self-paced course, Creating Collections for Home Décor. [As well as teaching for Make Art That Sells, Margo is currently head of product innovation at Studio M and previously has held creative leadership roles at Creative

Posted on September 12, 2019.

FREE download: what’s YOUR home décor style?

Get industry insight and invaluable tips from renowned art agent Lilla Rogers and trend queen creative director Margo Tantau! (Products by artists represented by Lilla.) With just a couple of weeks to go until our fabulous LIVE home décor course, Home Décor PLUS, kicks off, today we’re sharing the syllabus for this fun new mini course, plus a cool quiz for you to start thinking about your own personal style and what your home décor collection would look like. Home Décor PLUS Live has a lovely relaxed pace that will help you create a gorgeous home décor piece in just three weeks that will broaden and strengthen your portfolio and help you launch or boost your brilliant home décor career. On the very first day of class, you’ll get a gorgeous industry-level trend board with beautiful images handpicked for you by art agent Lilla Rogers based on her vibe and

Posted on September 6, 2019.

See our students’ amazing home décor designs!

Art agent Lilla is so excited to start her brand new LIVE mini course, Home Décor PLUS, in just a few weeks, on September 30th! It’s an easy, fun and super accessible course that will fit into any schedule, and by the end of it you’ll have some gorgeous market-savvy art for your portfolio that will help you launch or boost your amazing home décor design career! Click here to read more about what’s in the course, including how it differs from our full length, in-depth self-paced Creating Collections for Home Décor course. Grab your spot here! You won’t want to miss this course – it’s our only LIVE home décor course, and we don’t know when we’ll be running it again! #1 Art by Make Art That Sells student Anna Lindsten. As you’ll already know if you follow our stunning Instagram feed, we love showing off the work

Posted on August 29, 2019.

Make beautiful color palettes from ugly colors! By professional artist Mara Penny

Do you want to know how to make beautiful color palettes from ugly colors? We’re thrilled to be able to share a guest post today from illustrator and color enthusiast, Mara Penny. If you’ve watched any of our free Facebook Live events, you’ll already know that color can be a dealbreaker for top art agent and Make Art That Sells co-founder and teacher Lilla Rogers, but getting started with color can be intimidating. Don’t panic! Let Mara break it all down and show you how you can easily make beautiful color palettes … How to make beautiful color palettes from ugly colors Hello everyone! My name is Mara Penny and I live in Oakland, California. I am one of Lilla’s artists after joining Lilla Rogers Studio just over two years ago. I have taken many, many Make Art That Sells courses over the last five years and am a verified

Posted on August 19, 2019.

Want to know how to break into the lucrative home décor market in just three weeks?

From dreamy bedlinen to cute ceramics to beautiful decorations that will add the finishing touch to any room, home décor is a wonderful and exciting market for your art – and it can be a very profitable one too! Would you like to dip your toe in the thrilling world of home décor to see if it’s for you? Do you want to create stunning portfolio pieces that will broaden and strengthen your portfolio and help you snag work for clients like Anthropologie? Have you already taken our in-depth Creating Collections for Home Décor course and are hungry for more? Do you crave the inspiration and motivation of LIVE classes, and making art surrounded by a huge supportive network of like-minded creatives? … then our brand new LIVE mini course, Home Décor PLUS is for you! In just three weeks, you’ll crank out a kick-ass on-trend job-snagging portfolio piece to

Posted on August 15, 2019.

Lilla Rogers Studio has snapped up another Make Art That Sells student! Find out who!

One of the things that makes our outstanding LIVE online classes unique is that they offer an unparalleled opportunity to get your art directly in front of our brilliant teachers – art agent Lilla Rogers, children’s book art director Zoë Tucker and creative director Margo Tantau. As well as being warm, inspirational and effective educators, they’re also creative professionals at the top of their fields, and they’re always looking to scoop up new talent: Zoë told us that she has recently taken on two MATS students for children’s book illustration work, and ALL 18 of the new artists taken on by Lilla Rogers Studio since MATS started in 2013 have been former MATS students! Plus of course at the same time you get to make some amazing art, strengthen your portfolio, get motivated and discover our incredible supportive global community! Over the past couple of years, art agent Lilla has