Welcome to Part 1 of your Assignment Bootcamp 2019 #MATSprep! Here’s your first of two FREE exercises to get prepared for our Assignment Bootcamp class What’s Assignment Bootcamp? Assignment Bootcamp is our four-month long e-course. It’s a great way to make four kickass portfolio pieces over four months that will help you snag great jobs, grow your art and learn in a fun, relaxed way, all for the same price as a weekly latte. Find five reasons you’ll love Bootcamp here. Be sure to share your work and use #MATSprep on Instagram so we can see what you do! For today’s #MATSprep we’re going to be focusing on color, because color is incredibly important in your work. I always emphasize how color is so key: it can absolutely make or break when getting a job from an art director. So in this #MATSprep I’m going to help you make a fabulous color palette. Today I want you to go around your house or apartment or studio and gather up
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#MATSPREP DAY Three: Your 2019 CUP of dreams
You’ve written on each cup on your page, and learned some things about yourself. There’s something about working pictorially that may help you get clarity. I’m guessing that you’re probably a visual learner (duh!) and that by making a drawing, you may have made some discoveries about what you want for your future. Today, pick one of your favorite cups and make it a whole big picture. Add ‘2019’ to the page, and any other words or drawings you like! Maybe it’s simply the cup and ‘2019’ on a page. Maybe you are drinking from the cup, or mixing up a cake mix in the cup/bowl…draw a picture of the cup any way you like! “But Lilla”, you say, “How can I pick just one?” I’m literally smiling as I write this because I know, as a creative person, you have a million things you want to do. But for now, pick one and make it a page.
#MATSPREP DAY TWO: Your cup runneth over
Cups, containers, vases, mugs. Cat cup by Helen Dardik and blue floral travel mug by Carolyn Gavin There’s something really precious about cups. What do you think of cups? Did you enjoy drawing a page of cups? (Remember, they can be any kind of vessel. I’m just calling them cups for shorthand.) The guts of a career is the dream. The thing that will keep you motivated and passionate—through thick and thin—is if the work comes from your very special dream. What do we mean by a dream? A dream is a vision for your future that makes you happy. Yes, your career will evolve—that’s the fun of it—but for now, start where you are right now. In our MBA (Money BadAss) course, brilliant entrepreneurs Beth Kempton and Lilla Rogers will guide you to create your brand, your look, and to think about who you want to appeal to. This MATS Prep that you’re working on is my sneaky secret trick to help you prepare
#MATSPREP DAY ONE: draw a page of CUPS!
A few of my many cups, vases, bowls and containers. From left: Floral bowl by Carolyn Gavin; fox cup by Helen Dardik; rabbit cup by Zoe Ingram Never before in the history of the planet have there been so many opportunities for creative people! For the next three days, I’m going to help you prepare for our hugely successful course, MATS MBA (Money BadAss) which starts this Monday. In the MBA course, you’ll make your dreams a reality, and this 3-Day MATS Prep is going to help you get ready for that with this kinda magical exercise. Each day, you’ll build on the previous day, so be sure to dive in right now. I’d love to see what you do so be sure to share it on social media! #matsprep Today, I’d like you to draw cups! Yup, cups. Draw a page of 10 – 20 cups, vases, bowls, containers of varying sizes. Leave room to write words on the front of each vessel. You’ll learn more tomorrow. Here’s a really simple page
Lotsa goodness for you: MATS prep and Facebook Live!
Happy New Year from all of us at Make Art That Sells! The start of a new year is always so exciting, isn’t it, like the start of a new page, or a new sketchbook? And maybe a little overwhelming too. You want it to be perfect, right? We say: play. Get messy. Have fun and make mistakes. We can’t wait to fill the year right up with your amazing art. Make Art That Sells manifesto by student Kara Kramer. When you play and have fun, you make better art. People buy your joy. That’s how you make art that sells! We’ve got loads of awesomeness coming up, from Assignment Bootcamp (the perfect way to start filling that new-year-new sketchbook!) to Lilla’s new Editorial Live to Illustrating Children’s Books and so much more. First off though, we’re kicking off with three FREE fab days of MATS prep to launch our first course of the year, MATS MBA (Money BadAss). If your new
Your free 2018 GLOBAL TALENT SEARCH (GTS) PREP: DAY THREE!
Are you enjoying the GTS Prep? Here is Day Three of our free GTS Prep. We are so excited to launch our 5th Global Talent Search (GTS) which begins June 25th! Join the fun with our free prep—three days of mini assignments to get you warmed up for the first GTS assignment. Each of these is like a little hint, too. Here’s your third and final GTS Prep mini: Draw some sea anemones! How cool are they? Seriously, to my eye they are hilarious and gorgeous at the same time. The purpose of this is to invite you to draw organic shapes. TIP: Think about shading, as that will help you define the form (the roundness). You will want to have a little practice with this for when you get your first GTS assignment. Feel free to make up your own anemones if you like! Any style works here. You can
Get your 2018 GLOBAL TALENT SEARCH (GTS) PREP: DAY TWO
Yay! Today is Day Two of our free GTS Prep. We are so excited to launch our 5th Global Talent Search (GTS) which begins June 25th! Join in on the fun with our free prep—three days of mini assignments to get you warmed up and prepared for the first GTS assignment. Each of these is like a little hint, too. Here’s your second mini assignment: Draw the following letters: A, G, and J. Do them in any style and medium you like. Have fun with them. Remember, letterforms are simply shapes. TIP: Experiment and play with the letterform. Just be sure that it’s clear what the letter is. Here’s a little inspiration board I created to give you ideas: TIPS: –Look at the thins and thicknesses of each letter, especially on the letter “A”. –Note the serifs. Are they pointy? Rounded? Bell-bottomed? –Is the overall shape chubby? Lean? Wide? –Check out the dots
Get your 1st free download for the GTS prep!
It’s time for our GTS Prep! We are so excited to launch our 5th Global Talent Search (GTS) which begins June 25th! Join in on the fun with my free prep—three days of mini assignments to get you warmed up and prepared for the first GTS assignment. Each of these is like a little hint, too. First up is “Let’s Make a Color”. Download this worksheet and paint right on it, or simply follow the instructions on a nice piece of paper. Use any medium you want. I am always encouraging you to use neutrals in your art, and to ‘shop’ for new colors to add to your repertoire. This playful worksheet should help you do just that. In the actual GTS assignment, you are going to be asked to use one of my favorite neutrals, so this is a warm up for that. (Can you guess the name of one of my favorite neutrals?)
#MatsPrep for Illustrating Children’s Books class: My Home Planet
Let’s get you ready for my course, Illustrating Children’s Books! I’ve chosen my very favorite MATS Prep for you. What’s a MATS Prep? They are free exercises to get prepared for class, or just to have some creative fun. What’s the number one thing that art directors look for in a portfolio when selecting an illustrator for a children’s book? They look to see that an illustrator can draw a great character! What is a ‘great’ character? It can be a person, an animal, or even a thing like a robot or even a pencil! The character has personality. So how do you show that? We will teach you how in class, but for now, here’s a tip: give it interesting accessories. What is it holding, carrying, wearing? Do the accessories help to tell the story? I’m going to show you some work for for Illustrating Children’s Books. See how
#MYMATSPREP: Jitna in your scene (Day 5)
Oh, man, you are a whole bunch of brilliant artists! You delight me with your imagination, sensitivity, talent. Are you enjoying yourself? Play. Visit Instagram and search the hashtag #mymatsprep 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, and I thoroughly enjoy writing them. I hope you’ve found them helpful. So today, for our last day of Prep, you’re going to live the life of a children’s book illustrator. It’s about placing a