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Posted on September 20, 2016.

Want to be a top children’s book illustrator? See the cool life of Mike Lowery

Lilla Rogers Studio artist Mike Lowery lives the fabulous life of a busy illustrator well known for his hilarious children’s books. Follow his dream life on Instagram. Mike Lowery’s Carl the Duck’s Travel Adventures on Instagram Mike Lowery at a book signing at Barnes and Noble “The Search for the Slimy Space Slugs” Doodle Adventures by Mike Lowery and “Random Body Parts” Illustrated by Mike Lowery How to Draw Carl the Duck with Mike Lowery Want to live the dream? Learn how to create a killer children’s book illustration pitch with a top agent and highly-respected art director! Hurry! Space are limited. Online live course beings October 3rd. Want to get prepared for class? Be sure to join in our FREE hugely popular mini prep series which began yesterday. #myMATSprep is a series of five mini assignments Lilla has created to get you ready to rock our brand new Illustrating Children’s Books class.

Posted on September 20, 2016.

#MYMATSPREP Day 2: Setting

We are pretending all week that you have just been commissioned to illustrate a children’s book. Yesterday, you played around with drawing a character called “Minette”. Now, you’re going to play with the setting. The environment, or setting, is one of the most exciting parts of a children’s book. Why? Illustrators love settings because it’s their opportunity to create an imaginative world that adds to the text. What’s the view out of your window? All photos by Lilla Rogers For today, you’re going to make a setting exploration drawing. Go to your bedroom window and draw what you see outside. (If you don’t have a window in your bedroom, you can choose another window.) Do your visual research. Look up at the sky, look down below, look for people, cars, trees, things on the sidewalk, things in the distance. I can’t wait to see what you see! What’s the view

Posted on September 19, 2016.

#MYMATSPREP Day 1: Character

I’m excited about this MATS Prep! For the next five days, I’m going to help you grow your work to prepare you for our newest course, Illustrating Children’s Books. For the next week we are going to imagine that you have just been commissioned to illustrate a children’s book. I’m going to share a series of fun exercises to help you tackle your project. I’d love to see what you do so be sure to share it on social media! Share your images on Instagram: Tag us @makeartthatsells and use hashtags #mymatsprep and #matskidbook So, let’s say you have just received a commission to illustrate a children’s book. You’ve been sent the manuscript. Now what? One of the first things you’ll want to do is to get to know the main character, like how an actor “becomes” the character. So for today’s MATS Prep, you’re going to delve into exploring

Posted on September 16, 2016.

What Makes Working on A Children’s Book So Exciting for Artists?

What makes working on a children’s book so exciting for an artist? Watch this video with Lilla Rogers and Art Director Zoe Tucker to find out! [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/180746712[/vimeo] *** Would you like to develop your own world and illustrate an entire book with your art? Do you dream of illustrating a children’s book? Would you love to create a magical world with characters that you’ve designed? Do you love the magic of children’s books and feel that you have something to offer? Then this course is for you. In five weeks, you’ll create a brilliant children’s book pitch to help you land your dream children’s book gig. You’ll get over 20 videos, weekly assignments, live weekly video reviews, interviews with publishers and illustrators and more. Co-taught by top art agent Lilla Rogers and highly-respected children’s book art director Zoe Tucker. Spaces are limited for our first session of class this October. Don’t

Posted on September 14, 2016.

Meet Helen Stephens, renowned children’s book illustrator and author of How to Hide a Lion

Meet Helen Stephens Today, we have an interview with children’s book illustrator Helen Stephens, who calls herself an authorstrator: an author who writes with pictures and adds words in where needed. Helen drawing Helen has been creating children’s books for over 17 years and she is known for her bright, instantly recognisable illustrations. As well as illustrating for authors like Michael Morpurgo, Cécile Aubry, Sophie Hannah, Holly Webb and Roger McGough, Helen writes her own stories. These include Fleabag, The Night Iceberg, The Big Adventures of the Smalls, the Betsy toddler series, and How to Hide a Lion, which has sold in 14 languages, been nominated for The Kate Greenaway Medal and The Redhouse Book Awards and won the Prix Livrentete. It is now being developed for stage at The Polka Theatre in Wimbledon, where it will be shown this Christmas. The most recent additions to Helen’s ever-expanding portfolio include

Posted on September 14, 2016.

5 Free daily art assignments #myMATSprep

We are very excited about the upcoming MATS Prep! Back by popular demand! Starting Monday September 19, Lilla will help you grow your work to prepare you for our newest course, Illustrating Children’s Books. This #myMATSprep is a little different than previous ones! Each day you will be building upon the assignment you worked on the day before. So that by the end of the week you will have a finished piece of artwork which may even be a portfolio piece! In this 5 day free mini series of assignments, you will learn about: character setting scale and perspective scene magic environment Find out who this young girl is and why it matters to Illustrating Children’s Books: Learn about playing with scale and flipping: BONUS: Every day in #MyMATSprep is complete with a tip from Lilla for you on being the best artist you can be. What is #myMATSprep? It’s

Posted on September 9, 2016.

If you were a children’s book character, who would you be and why?

How about you? who would you be and why? Comment on our Facebook post here or share an image of your character on Instagram with your comments. Be sure to tag @makeartthatsells and use the hashtag #MATSKidBook so we can see your character! *** Would you like to develop your own characters in our ‘Illustrating Children’s Book‘ class? Do you dream of illustrating a children’s book? Would you love to create a magical world with characters that you’ve designed? Do you love the magic of children’s books and feel that you have something to offer? Then this course is for you. In five weeks, you’ll create a brilliant children’s book pitch to help you land your dream children’s book gig. You’ll get over 20 videos, weekly assignments, live weekly video reviews, interviews with publishers and illustrators and more. Co-taught by top art agent Lilla Rogers and highly-respected children’s book art

Posted on September 7, 2016.

2016 Global Talent Search Finalists announced!

The wait is over. It’s time to reveal the 2016 Global Talent Search Finalists, chosen from the 50 Semi-Finalists (who were selected from nearly 1,000 artists’ work). We are thrilled to unveil the SIX Finalists, knowing that one of these artists’ careers is about to change forever. Five were chosen by our panel of industry experts, and one chosen via public vote (our peoples choice winner). The overall competition winner will be represented by Lilla Rogers Studio for two years, and win a host of licensing deals from prestigious companies (see here for the awesome prize details). The second assignment Lilla created was full of possibilities! The Semi-Finalists were asked to design a cover of a dessert recipe book from Sunny’s Cafe. So without further ado, here we go… Over 10,000 votes were cast by the public, and we can now reveal that the 2016 Global Talent Search People’s Choice

Posted on September 5, 2016.

Manifesto Monday 2016 {part 6}

Welcome to Manifesto Monday, where we share some of the Manifesto artwork submitted by our Make Art That Sells Alumni. Would you like to experience the Make Art That Sells class yourself? Browse our live and self-paced classes here *** MARISA PARRA Through the wonderful MATS Global Talent Search and resources, I feel that my art has been brought to new heights. I find that I’m being more relaxed when it comes to creating my art work, which is making me more in tune to my creativity. I even find myself experimenting and playing more with different mediums. See more of Marisa’s work here *** BERNA DATEMA | BERNA’S PLAYGROUND I have taken MATS A, B, Bootcamp and Home Decor, I joined the Global Art Gathering in Brighton and participated in the Global Taken Search. I took all this classes because I feel I am getting better and better in

Posted on August 30, 2016.

NEW Free video series–Children’s Book Illustration: Expert Tips. Starts Monday, September 12th

Please join me the week of September 12th, to watch our new, free video series. Gather insight from Zoe Tucker, children’s book art director as we share with you: 5 things you must have in a children’s book illustration pitch How you can transition from another art market to children’s book illustration Why you don’t even need to draw realistically What exactly the children’s book art director does to help you to make your book go from good to great On the last day join Zoe and me for storytime. I’ll read one of my favorite children’s books which illustrates many of the points we teach in our new course. It’s a book that breaks many of the rules! Your teachers in our newest course, Illustrating Children’s Books. Lilla on the left, and top children’s book art director Zoe Tucker on the right. Sign up for the free 5 part