February is Black History Month in the USA, and to mark it we wanted to invite you to join our FREE art history course, Redrawing Black History, with top art agent Lilla Rogers and illustrator and educator Tamisha Anthony.
Redrawing Black History is a visually rich, fascinating course. Sign up for FREE now.
Redrawing Black History is a fascinating and visually rich online course that covers four iconic eras in Black American history. It’s self-paced, which means you can dive in whenever you want and complete it at a pace to suit you, and will help you broaden and strengthen your illustration portfolio while learning more about some less well-known but incredibly important areas of American history.
Tamisha says: “Redrawing Black History is a great way to get a snapshot of Black history, to see the creativity and resilience of African Americans, their incredible artistry in creating something out of nothing, and how they always endured despite their struggles. They found a way to connect and find joy and love and celebration in the most ugly of times, and I think that’s amazing.”
Meet your teacher, Tamisha Anthony! Tamisha loves period clothing, and dresses in gorgeous period dress like this for each video in the course! Photo by Voon Chew.
Lilla adds: “This course is a celebration of Black American history, that acknowledges the struggles of the past, but also showcases the beauty. As an agent, I want to see diversity in an artist’s portfolio. I promise you that you’ll be inspired.”
Claudia Marianno
Claudia’s portrait of Edmonia Lewis that she created for Redrawing Black History.
Claudia landed her first international children’s book illustration job after an author saw the art she created for Redrawing Black History on Instagram.
Claudia’s art for Redrawing Black History (left) and the front cover for her first international children’s book illustration job, Melanin Pride (right).
See more of Claudia’s art on her website and Instagram, and read more about how her career has gone from strength to strength here.
Nosheen Ahmed
The art that Nosheen created for Redrawing Black History was longlisted for the World Illustration Awards out of more than 5000 entries.
Nosheen’s portrait of Betye Saar that she created for Redrawing Black History.
Nosheen told us, “I wanted to share some very exciting news with you. I have been taking MATS classes since 2019. I enrolled on the Redrawing Black History course and created some incredible art thanks to the incredible teaching styles of Tamisha and Lilla. Thanks to Lilla’s encouraging voice at the back of my head, I pushed myself to enter my assignment work for the World Illustration Awards. I am so excited to share that with you that my entry has been longlisted! As you may be aware over 5000 entries were submitted and I am so humbled to be selected to be one of the longlist winners! I wanted to reach out and say a big thank you for amazing assignments.”
See more of Nosheen’s art on her website and Instagram.
Art by Tequitia Andrews, a Make Art That Sells student who is now represented by Lilla Rogers.
Do you want to learn more about Black American history and create some powerful art for your portfolio? Then sign up here.
Lots of love
The Make Art That Sells team xxx
