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1 hour 55 min
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Creative Business School
So You Want to Be a Professional Artist? A 15-Day Guide to Professional Practices
Lisa Solomon
Are you ready to take the leap into becoming a professional artist? In this four-hour long course, author, artist and educator, Lisa Solomon, teaches you how to present yourself as an artist in the world. Commonly referred to as a “Professional Practices” college-level course, Lisa shares her decades of practical know-how in 15 bite-sized lessons. These classes will help you learn how to create your portfolio, make connections, exhibit, apply for shows, attend residencies, copyright your work, market yourself and so much more. Lisa tells it like is it with cautionary tales from the art and gallery world as well as inspiring stories from her own experience. The accompanying 80-page downloadable PDF is full of rich resources to set you on your path, including helpful samples and web references.
This class is not only a starting point for anyone who is ready to call themselves an artist, but also for working artists who could use some structure and guidance in growing their practice. By the end of this series, you will learn how to take yourself more seriously and see your business dreams come to life.
This class is not only a starting point for anyone who is ready to call themselves an artist, but also for working artists who could use some structure and guidance in growing their practice. By the end of this series, you will learn how to take yourself more seriously and see your business dreams come to life.
Treasure Hunt Your Artistic Style: A 10-Day Guide
Lilla Rogers
In this fun and energetic 10-day course, Lilla Rogers shows you how to find your authentic artistic style by making a multitude of tiny and huge discernments. From playful exercises to mark-making experiments, Lilla encourages you to approach art with an open mind and tune into what makes your heart beat faster. As an agent, author, and artist with decades in the illustration licensing business, Lilla knows how to sniff out style. At the end of this 10-day journey, you’ll have a better understanding of who you are as an artist and how you want to be seen by the world.
Building a Creative Brand: A 5-Part Series
Creative Brand Series
Do you dream of turning your creative skills into a creative business? Not sure where to begin? This 5-part original series will start you on your path, covering everything you need to know to discover, build, and elevate your creative brand. Each episode features straight talk with creative rockstars including artist and illustrator Lisa Congdon, Christine Schmidt from Yellow Owl Workshop, fabric designer Heather Ross, Liesl and Todd Gibson of Oliver + S Sewing Patterns, and craft book publisher Melanie Falick. Each week, these inspiring creative mentors will cover a fundamental aspect of being a creative business owner: Identifying Your Brand, Business Nuts and Bolts, Licensing Artwork and Fabric, How to Publish a Book, and Maintaining Work-Life Balance. In addition to hours of valuable advice, this class comes with a 100-page PDF download filled with expert tips, bonus interviews and worksheets.
How to Design Fabric: A 4-Part Series
Denyse, Heather & Lizzy
If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to design fabric, this series will walk you through the creative process step by step. Learn from fabric design experts Denyse Schmidt, Heather Ross and Lizzy House as they share their process from inspiration to finished collection. The series covers designing repeats by hand as well as in Photoshop and Illustrator. We'll also bring you inside Spoonflower’s headquarters and provide candid advice from industry experts on breaking into retail fabric design. Whether you aspire to see your name printed on bolts of fabric, or you simply want to soak up design tips that apply to other fields, this series will inform and inspire.
If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to design fabric, this series will walk you through the creative process step by step. Learn from fabric design experts Denyse Schmidt, Heather Ross and Lizzy House as they share their process from inspiration to finished collection. The series covers designing repeats by hand as well as in Photoshop and Illustrator. We'll also bring you inside Spoonflower’s headquarters and provide candid advice from industry experts on breaking into retail fabric design. Whether you aspire to see your name printed on bolts of fabric, or you simply want to soak up design tips that apply to other fields, this series will inform and inspire.
Learn how to:
What you’ll get:
- Create your own fabric
- Use Photoshop and Illustrator to create your designs
- Break into retail fabric design as a career
What you’ll get:
- Detailed lesson on fabric design, Photoshop and Illustrator, as well as tips to break into a career of fabric design
- 20 HD video lessons you can access online anytime, anywhere
- Detailed supply list
- Step-by-step instruction by expert instructors Denyse Schmidt, Heather Ross and Lizzy House
- The ability to leave comments, ask questions and interact with other students
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How to Design Fabric: A 4-Part Series Reviews
1113 users recommended this class to a friend
Christina Santoyo
I'm feeling very encouraged after taking this class ! I'm anxious to try to expand my use of different media and experiment .
September 7, 2024
Najuma Abiela
This class is taught with so much openness, joyfulness and creativity. I began this class feeling intimidated by art and completed the class feeling like an artist who has her own style. Thank you Lilla for shining a light on the path of creativity such that it is accessible to anyone!
August 9, 2024
Susan Mattero
Lilla is a wonderful teacher. I've taken many of her MATS classes and they helped me so much as an artist. Brava!
August 2, 2024