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Plant parents assemble! Lilla’s favorite art from our Quarterly Art Challenge!

Our fourth FREE quarterly Art Challenge took place in June, and, as always, we loved seeing the amazing art that you created! Today we’re sharing Lilla’s favorite art from the challenge, and letting you know how you can take part in the next FREE challenge next month. The assignment was to draw a house plant (or two). Like florals, plants are a perennial (no pun intended) favorite for journals, notecards, bags, bolt fabric, wall art, editorial illustration, book illustration and more, so are a fantastic addition to any portfolio. Plus they’re open to all styles and media. The winning entry for the fourth FREE Quarterly Art Challenge, by Make Art That Sells student Kristina Skutlaberg. Kristina wins a FREE place in class – join in with our next challenge for your chance to win! As always, Lilla looked at every piece of art submitted before the deadline and – after

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Check out this amazing art for IPA packaging!

Check out our students’ gorgeous art for IPA packaging Our second FREE quarterly Art Challenge took place in December, and we were loved seeing the amazing art that you created! Today we wanted to share art agent Lilla’s favorite art from the second challenge, and, in case you missed it, let you know how you can take part in the next challenge. The assignment was to create art for IPA packaging in just one week. Why this assignment? Craft beer packaging design is a huge market for your art, and one that you may not have thought about. It can also lead to spin off sales in things like prints, t-shirts, stickers, skateboards, and other merch. Plus you can bring so much of your cool quirky self to it: cute, quirky, dreamy, radical, humorous, graphic – it lends itself to almost any style, and that means it’s a great thing to

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Join our new FREE art challenge and WIN!

Drum roll please … Introducing our fab new FREE quarterly Art Challenge! Deadlines and challenges are a creative’s best friend – they’re a great way to motivate yourself and get on with making fantastic art without having to think too much about what you’re going to create. Here’s the low down: Art agent Lilla will set you a fresh new art challenge once every quarter, on September 1st, December 1st, March 1st, and June 1st. The topic will ONLY be revealed by email. That means you MUST be on our mailing list to take part. Sign up here now. You’ll have exactly one week to complete the challenge. Enter by sharing to social media with the hashtag #MATSArtChallenge and by emailing a jpg version to [email protected] with the subject line MATS Art Challenge. Lilla will pick her favorite piece of art submitted before the deadline. Art supplies at the ready: