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mats prep 03 Make Art That Sells #mymatsprep Home Decor DAY 3: WHERE YOU’RE GOING TO WORK FOR THE 5 WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE

#mymatsprep Home Decor DAY 3: WHERE YOU’RE GOING TO WORK FOR THE 5 WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE

Photo by Lilla Rogers Find a spot where you’ll make art for the course. Is it outdoors? At your art table? At a café? On a balcony in Bermuda? (Ok, maybe your space isn’t a vacation spot. That’s ok.) This is where you’ll be making art for 5 weeks. Make it special and inviting. Add flowers. Line up your supplies. Get a new paint palette. Put your pencils in a kooky vase or can. Show us the photo!   Join the fun and show us your images for MATS Prep! –Upload your image on Instagram tagging @makeartthatsells and give it the hashtag #mymatsprep –To see all the fantastic images for MATS prep: Go to the #mymatsprep tag here What is #MyMATSPrep? It’s a series of five mini assignments Lilla has created to get you ready to rock our MATS: Creating Collections for Home Décor class. Haven’t signed up yet? Hurry! Sign up here. This

mats prep 02 Make Art That Sells #mymatsprep Home Decor DAY 2: COLOR COMBINATION PAGE

#mymatsprep Home Decor DAY 2: COLOR COMBINATION PAGE

Using any medium, put together a few fave color combinations you love. Use at least one gorgeous neutral such as cream, taupe, beige, gray, etc. You can cut out little color squares from magazines, use paint, cut bits of solid colored fabric, work digitally, etc. In class, we’ll provide you with state of the art home decor inspiration boards with gorgeous color palettes in class, but for now, check in on what colors you love. It’ll help you select your board in the course. If you like bright colors, for instance, you’ll know that the bright-colored board is for you to work off of in class. Join the fun and show us your images for MATS Prep! –Upload your image on Instagram tagging @makeartthatsells and give it the hashtag #mymatsprep What is #MyMATSPrep? It’s a series of five mini assignments Lilla has created to get you ready to rock our MATS:

mats prep 01 Make Art That Sells #mymatsprep Home Decor DAY 1: ART CUP

#mymatsprep Home Decor DAY 1: ART CUP

Are you ready for #MyMATSPep? Lilla has cooked up a very special series of creative prompts, starting TODAY! It’s free, and Lilla has created a series of five mini assignments to get you ready for ‘MATS Creating Collections for Home Decor‘ all this week before the course starts next Monday.  If you are not already signed up to the class, come and join us here! Photos by Lilla Rogers/Anthropologie ART CUP Put your art on a CUP that you’d like to use every morning. Does it have words? Flowers? What is its shape? What colors? What does your handle look like? Is there a saucer? Does it match or is it different? Look at that, you have just designed a product. Margo and I will teach you how to do tons of this on the top home décor substrates such as metal, wood, glass, ceramic fabric. Extra credit: Upload and

homedectrendboardsAug2017 Make Art That Sells Want a peek of the hot new trend boards we are sharing in our Home Décor class? Open up…

Want a peek of the hot new trend boards we are sharing in our Home Décor class? Open up…

For several weeks Lilla and Margo have been debating the hottest industry trends, discussing what’s on the horizon, and curating visual inspiration for participants of our ‘MATS: Creating Collections for Home Décor’ class which starts on Monday, August 7th. The three fresh trend boards they have come up with are absolutely gorgeous, so we thought we’d share a little peek with you. So, let’s take a look at what trend boards actually are, and how they are used in industry. By Kirsten Sevig based off Lilla’s trend board “Kool Aid Dollhouse”   Margo Tantau and Lilla Rogers regularly create professional trend boards (also known as style boards). These influence what product collections are developed. That’s why we are so lucky to have three gorgeous, industry-level trend-relevant trend boards created by Lilla Rogers exclusively for the course. You get to choose which one you’d like to work with, and then over the five weeks of

daily artmatssharp Make Art That Sells MY MATS PREP #matskidbook Day 5: Birdie in your scene

MY MATS PREP #matskidbook Day 5: Birdie in your scene

I truly love seeing what you draw. You enchant me with your imagination, sensitivity, talent. Are you enjoying yourself? Play. Visit Instagram and search the hashtags #mymatsprep and #matskidbook to see the vast array of terrific art being created this week for the MATS Prep.   You know, a few years ago we came up with the idea of a free mini series as preparation for our courses. We figured that it would be a way for the students to get geared up for class and also to get a taste for what my teaching style is like, to see if it’s a good fit. We have been wowed with the response to our MATS Preps (as I write this, there are around 2,000 posts on Instagram for #mymatsprep and over 2,500 for #mygtsprep), and I thoroughly enjoy writing them. I hope you’ve found them helpful. So today, for our last day of Prep,

daily artmatssharp Make Art That Sells MY MATS PREP #matskidbook Day 4: Scene Magic

MY MATS PREP #matskidbook Day 4: Scene Magic

You made some pretty cool scenes in a variety of styles yesterday! I dig your beautiful minds. By the way, if you’ve just joined us, you can start any time. Visit Instagram and search the hashtags #mymatsprep and #matskidbook to see the vast array of terrific art being created this week for the MATS Prep. Today, I’m going to teach you three giant tricks to create depth (distance) in your artwork. – If you draw something at the top of your page, it looks like it’s far away. For example, if you draw a little house toward the top of your page, it looks like it’s in the distance. That’s because our understanding of distance in art is that the higher up the page, the farther away. And then, by making stuff smaller, it enhances the illusion of distance. The reverse is true: things at the bottom of the page look close to the viewer.

daily artmatssharp Make Art That Sells MY MATS PREP #matskidbook Day 3: Setting Flip

MY MATS PREP #matskidbook Day 3: Setting Flip

I’m going to make you flip out today! Children are so in touch with their imagination. They live in fantasy land a great deal of the time. Children will love your imaginative world. I’m eager today to help you make some magic. Take the drawing you did of the view out of your bedroom window from yesterday (or if you didn’t do it yet, no worries; you can dive right in today). Now, flip the proportions of things. For example: Make huge buildings tiny. Make little insects huge. If the people were big, make them small. If they were small (like you’re looking down at the from the top floor of a building), then draw them huge. You get the idea. It’s going to be crazy! Share your images on Instagram: Tag us @makeartthatsells and use hashtags #mymatsprep and #matskidbook   Little people and huge plants. Draw it, and show us. I cannot wait to

daily artmatssharp Make Art That Sells MY MATS PREP #matskidbook Day 2: Setting

MY MATS PREP #matskidbook 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 Birdie. 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. 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 What’s the view out of your window? Maybe you’d like to zoom in on your view. All photos by Lilla Rogers For today, you’re going to make a setting exploration drawing. Go to any window and draw what you see outside. You can draw from: A car window Looking out your office window Gazing

daily artmatssharp Make Art That Sells MY MATS PREP #matskidbook Day 1: Character

MY MATS PREP #matskidbook Day 1: Character

For the next five days, I’m going to help you grow your work to prepare you for our hugely successful 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 hope you’re as excited about this MATS Prep as I am! 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,

video portfoliostrong Make Art That Sells What do art directors look for in a portfolio?

What do art directors look for in a portfolio?

As the owner of a busy international art agency, Lilla Rogers frequently is asked “How important is my portfolio and what should I include?” Global Talent Search Winner 2014 Tara Lilly in her studio Lilla’s offered to share some insider tips with you on how you can make a strong portfolio and leverage your success as an artist! In these videos you will find out: – What to put in – What to leave out – How to make sure your portfolio tells the story of you If your portfolio is lacking in any area, get cracking with making great art to fill it!   Global Talent Search Winner 2014 Flora Waycott’s #Inktober Here are some ways to get started: Check out the archive of our #mymatsprep posts on the MATS blog HERE. Join us on our MATS A and B courses which have a vault of minis and assignments