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Flora Waycot Surtex 2015 flyer Make Art That Sells What has Flora Waycott been up to since winning the Global Talent Search 2014 Special Studio Award?

Posted on July 7, 2015.

What has Flora Waycott been up to since winning the Global Talent Search 2014 Special Studio Award?

Flora Waycott is the Global Talent Search 2014 Special Studio Award Winner. Since winning, she has been represented by Lilla Rogers’ Agency and created art for some of the great names in the industry, worked at developing her style and trying out new techniques, exposed at Surtex and spoke at the MATS Global Art Gathering in Brighton – all that in only 8 months! There is no doubt that representation by Lilla Rogers’ Agency was a huge step in Flora’s career and even though she didn’t make it the first time she entered the Global Talent Search back in 2013, she was right to believe in herself and give it another go! So, what has Flora been up to since winning the GTS Special Studio Award last October? Here are only a few of the many commissions she has been working on in the past few months. All images courtesy of Flora Waycott.

Posted on July 6, 2015.

Behind the scenes with… Karen Capp of Oopsy Daisy

With the Global Talent Search just around the corner, we are having a look at who this year’s judges are. Today, we’re visiting the office of Karen Capp, Co-founder at Oopsy Daisy. Oopsy Daily licence artists and produce “engaging art-based products that embrace childhood and celebrate individual artistic efforts“. As part of this year’s Global Talent Search’s prize, Oopsy Daisy are offering a 3 year license for a collection of 6-15 designs by the winner, to include products in wall art, growth charts, night lights and wall decals categories. Along with a panel of industry professionals, Karen will be judging round 2 of the Global Talent Search entries. Learn more about Oopsy Dailsy’s products on www.oopsydaisy.com. Co-founder Karen Capp give us a tour of her office. All images are courtesy of Oopsy Daisy.

Posted on July 3, 2015.

How to be a successful online creative freelancer

Today, the freelancer movement is booming with more and more people finding work online. No matter where we live, we can reach out to more people and have access to more work. We have the whole world at our fingertips. Working online is especially adapted to the creative industries and this article explores how artists can make the most of remote working. This is a joint article by Lilla Rogers, successful artist, founder of internationally renowned art agency Lilla Rogers Studio and founder of Make Art That Sells , and Do What You Love, award winning online courses that help people find personal and financial freedom and producer of the Make Art That Sells e-courses. Why online freelance work makes sense today (an introduction by Do What You Love) Although freelancing and remote working aren’t new concepts at all (believe it or not, freelancing dates back to the 1800s!), the number of

Posted on June 22, 2015.

Passion + talent + attention to detail = a Global Art Gathering in Brighton

The Global Art Gathering 2015 is behind us, but the magic of the event lingers on. Rose Radtke takes a look back on why the event was special for her. Usually, when I picture Brighton, I picture home. The familiarity of my little flat, a pebble beach remaining unchanged as the seasons come and go, the route I take to work and the shops and cafes I like to mooch around at the weekend. But now I look back on one week in June 2015, and I see Brighton differently. I see it through the eyes of a group of people who arrived in a sunny, quirky seaside town on the south coast of England, eagerly anticipating exploring a new place and meeting long-distance friends in person for the first time.

Posted on June 17, 2015.

Top 5 art and design competitions you won’t want to miss

With so many online art and design competitions at our fingertips, entering the top contests each year is a must for any artist looking to grow their career. There are so many benefits to entering competitions beyond getting your work in front of the right people. Here are just a few: Develop a community You meet other artists and peers that can serve as a wonderful resource long after the competition ends. Express yourself You’re free to push boundaries and create work that’s uniquely you. A place to learn A place where everyone from fledgling to established artists receives constructive critique and support from talented peers and judges. Have fun Entering contests gives you the opportunity to experiment, have fun and connect with other artists. Win amazing prizes Prizes run the range from winning money and trips to your own product lines with major distributors. To get you started we’ve compiled the a list

Posted on May 1, 2015.

What makes a great Home Décor Collection and start sketching your own!

This is a guest blog post by Margo Tantau, VP of Creative at MidwestCBK Margo has co-written our brand new course, MATS: Creating Collections for Home Décor, with Lilla Rogers. She will also be speaking at MATS: The Global Art Gathering, our LIVE event in Brighton UK this June. Home Décor as a rule, needs designs that can be LIVED with. I won’t be cliché and say “ageless and timeless”, but I will say, think about what the subject matter is, what kind of a home it might be going in, as well as what would potentially sell most broadly. Think of all the varieties of style that you see on the market, on Pinterest and in magazines. Designs that are sophisticated, clean, lovely, graphic, floral… these are all relevant to Home Décor. Collections need to go well together, and equally and strongly should stand on their own. Designing these

Posted on April 8, 2015.

Rachael Taylor on starting out as a creative entrepreneur and why life’s never boring

Rachael Taylor is a UK based surface pattern designer, author and teacher. Five years ago, she decided to leave a secure job to go solo and create her creative brand. Since then, she has worked for top US and UK clients, created her own collection, written and illustrated her book “20 Ways to Draw a Doodle” published by Quarry Books, co-founded the successful Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design online course for surface pattern designers and launched the only online magazine dedicated to surface pattern design, Moyo Magazine. In this interview Rachael tells us about why surface pattern design is special to her, how she started out on her own and why she’ll never look back! All images are courtesy of Rachael Taylor Designs. Do you want to ask your own questions to Rachael? Rachael will be speaking along a panel of industry experts at Make Art That Sells: The

Posted on April 1, 2015.

Philippa Stanton on synaesthesia, inspiration and Instagram for artists

Philippa Stanton is a UK based fine artist and mobile photographer. She creates still life photographic compositions using simple, everyday objects; often a cup of tea or coffee, with flowers and plants, which is then contained within a quiet sense of season on her table. Her compositions are hugely popular on Instagram, where she has over 420 thousand loyal followers. In this interview, Philippa talks about her art, synaesthesia, her inspiration and why Instagram is a great way for artists to gain visibility. All images are courtesy of Philippa Stanton. Philippa will be speaking at Make Art That Sells: The Global Art Gathering on June 12th in Brighton.

Posted on March 20, 2015.

Join us for Make Art That Sells: The Global Art Gathering (LIVE!)

We are thrilled to announce our first ever LIVE MATS event and hope you will join us for a very special day! Make Art That Sells: The Global Art Gathering will bring together leading experts from the art industry with artists from all over the world, to explore how to build a flourishing art/design career by making great art that is commercially viable. The event will be held at the stunning Brighton Dome in Brighton, one of the most creative cities in Europe, on June 12, 2015. [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/121690281[/vimeo] This exciting new one day event will bring together leading experts from the art industry with artists from all over the world, to explore how to build a flourishing art/design career by making great art that is commercially viable. Led by host Lilla Rogers, one of the top art agents in the US who has sold art for products worth over $100