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mymatsprep daily art OCT17 Make Art That Sells #MYMATSPREP: Character (Day 1)

#MYMATSPREP: Character (Day 1)

Lilla here. :-) 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 highly acclaimed 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

letsgetstarted Make Art That Sells Lilla’s 6 top tips for artists for the Home Decor industry. Still time to join us!

Lilla’s 6 top tips for artists for the Home Decor industry. Still time to join us!

We loved following along in the Make Art That Sells #myMATSprep mini assignments across Instagram last week. These mini assignments by Lilla were to prepare you for the Home Décor class that started YESTERDAY! If you haven’t signed up for the Home Décor class, there’s still time. But hurry before it’s too late. Lilla co-teaches this class with the lovely and savvy Margo Tantau, top creative director who delivers a ton of inside information to help students make outstanding pitches. Annabel Tempest Lilla says, “I love nothing more than seeing an artist take one of my courses and watching their work bust out all over in fabulousness. You may think I’m just saying that to be braggy, but the proof is in the pudding. I expect the very best of my students and push them because I want them to make a living with their art.” Check out the range of styles on

mats prep 05 Make Art That Sells #mymatsprep Home Decor DAY 5: YOUR IMAGINARY SHOP

#mymatsprep Home Decor DAY 5: YOUR IMAGINARY SHOP

pictigar.com Complete this sentence. Be weird. Be yourself. Be nutty. Be a child. Once, a long time ago, I owned a special tiny little shop in the town of _____________________. I sold _________________ which everyone loved because __________. The name of my shop was _________________. It was only open on Tuesdays because ______________________. My best-selling item was: _______________ (Draw the shop if you like!) Can’t wait to see you in class. You are now prepared for the course, and hopefully motivated to make your dreamy killer pitch for you own amazing home décor collection with the guidance of expert Margo Tantau and me.   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

mats prep 04 Make Art That Sells #mymatsprep Home Decor DAY 4: YOUR IMAGINARY ROOM

#mymatsprep Home Decor DAY 4: YOUR IMAGINARY ROOM

Lilla Rogers Studio conference table and my big thinking throne on the upper right. I made this space exactly how I wanted it. Imagine the coolest room ever. It’s full of gorgeous prints that you love. Abundant colors and patterns fill the space exactly to your liking. There’s a fab chair for you to read in. What does it look like? Give it an ottoman to rest your feet, a special table to hold your coffee, place the perfect lamp on top, a little rug under it all. Now draw it so we can all see what your perfect spot looks like. Use your color palette from day 2. You’ve just created the beginning of a whole product line. We’ll teach you how to present it so that you get the home décor collection of your dreams. Join the fun and show us your images for MATS Prep! –Upload your

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.