Month: May 2020
5/28/20
May 28, 2020 – WebinART#5 with Guest Artist Kendra Binney
In the 5th episode of our WebinART series, Lilla spoke with painter-turned-illustrator Kendra Binney. They chatted about how Kendra creates her layered ethereal paintings, how she is managing to work at home with her 2 year old during the pandemic, and more. An inspiring discussion!
Replay Link: Click here
Password: 6o@!8+38
5/28/20
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Kendra has worked on a variety of illustration projects for top companies such as Hachette, Page Street Publishing, Roger La Borde, Sterling Publishing, and more.
Click here to join our free public WebinART on Zoom with guest artist Kendra Binney today at 12:30 PM ET. Password: Kendra77
I’ll ask Kendra how she works in both paint and digital media, what makes a great art director, what her dream illustration project would be, how she enjoyed the Residency and creating a picture book pitch, her tips on working from home with her little boy, what she’s watching right now, and more.
We can’t wait to see you there as we put some goodness out into the world!
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Kendra Binney, illustrator
Washington State
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Right : Card for Roger La Borde
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Above: Sample book art for Hachette
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Above: Wall art for Oopsy Daisy
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Images above and below: Collection for Roger La Borde
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5/26/20
Contact us to assign or license art–we’re happy to help you find the perfect artist or gorgeous images for your project!
Join me for WebinART #5 featuring Guest Artist
this Thursday,
May 28th at 12.30 PM ET.
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We’ll be broadcasting live on Zoom here on Thursday. Bookmark it and set your alarm! Password: Kendra77
Did you miss the WebinART last week with artist Sarajo Frieden?
Password: 9I$.U3$1
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Above: Personal piece available for licensing
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Above: Personal piece available for licensing
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Kendra is both a gallery artist and an illustrator who creates dreamy, sublime art for a range of projects including greeting cards and books. Having spent a week with me on my Picture Book Residency, she’s currently finishing up an incredible authored children’s picture book pitch. You can imagine how delightful it’s going to be. Editors and art directors, we’d love to hear from you if you’re interested.
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Above: Card for
Roger La Borde
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Above: Card for
Roger La Borde
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Today we’ve curated some of our favorite images that we love and thought you’d enjoy…
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Available for license as of this writing.
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Big Words for Little Geniuses (Jimmy Patterson Books)
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Playful Painting: People (Walter Foster Publications / Quarto)
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Available for license as of this writing.
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Cover for “A Year of Reading Aloud” (Hodder & Stoughton Limited)
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From This Little Artist (Simon & Schuster)
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I hope you enjoyed the show! Check out
our site to see more.
Want great art for your project? Don’t hesitate to
contact us. We’d be delighted to assist you with any of your art needs.
xo
Lilla
Agent, Artist, Author
Founder, Lilla Rogers Studio
Co-Founder, Make Art That Sells
5/21/20
May 21, 2020 – WebinART #4 with illustrator Sarajo Frieden
Did you miss our WebinART with the brilliant Sarajo Frieden? Lilla and Sarajo chatted about maintaining freshness throughout a career that spans decades, and how Sarajo has preserved her unique voice through gallery work and commercial work alike.
Replay Link: Click here
Password: 9I$.U3$1
5/19/20
When the pandemic hit, we had a meeting. We asked ourselves, what can we do that a) has value for our readership, and b) is great promo for our artists? We came up with two ideas. The first you already know about: a 13-part series of Zoom WebinARTS featuring our brilliant artists.
We’ve gotten a great reception to our WebinARTS, and I’m happy to announce our next one is this Thursday featuring an artist that has been with me since 1999! Sarajo Frieden, who lives in Los Angeles, has an impressive client list: from a very cool All-Bran campaign for Leo Burnett to an extensive Godiva packaging program; Paramount Pictures; major ad agencies; Penguin Random House, Scholastic, and loads of magazines. I love eccentric and lovable Sarajo for a number of reasons, and I know you’ll enjoy meeting her.
Read on for the other idea that we came up with. (It’s a FREE download.)
Contact us to assign or license art–we’re happy to help!
Join me for WebinART #4 featuring Guest Artist
this Thursday,
May 21st at 12.30PM ET.
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We’ll be broadcasting live here on Thursday. Bookmark it and set your alarm! Password: Sarajo77
Did you miss the incredible WebinART last week with six Residency artists?
Password: 5L!074g!
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Above: Cloth dolls (Land of Nod)
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Above: Reading is Cool Journal Cover (Mudpuppy)
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Above: Extensive packaging program for Godiva chocolates.
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free ARTivities PDF for you!
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We had an idea to make an activities PDF that our followers could enjoy during this time. What could be more fun than pages of games and crafts?
When we asked our artists if they were interested in contributing, we were blown away by the number of artists that joined in and the caliber of work.
We are incredibly excited to gift you with our free 28-page gorgeous ARTivities booklet with projects created by 15 of our brilliant artists.
Paper dolls? Got you covered.
Word Search? It’s in there.
Quarantine Bingo? Of course!
Enjoy these fun activities to keep you (and the kids) entertained. It’s our gift to you during this time.
Yeah, part of our devious plan is to entice art directors and editors to be inspired to commission a book, or an article, or a toy or game from this work. Hey, I wasn’t born as an agent yesterday.
All the work inside is brand-new and available for licensing.
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Here’s a sneak peek of some activities in the booklet:
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How are you coping these days? We hope you are finding ways of keeping healthy, happy, and hopeful. Our artists continue to use their wit and talent to deal with these extraordinary times.
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5/15/20
Join us at 12.30 PM ET TODAY for our Free WebinART #3
Our Artists’ Residency: Picture Book Pitches
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Above: Banner by Mara Penny
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Join me as I chat with five of my stellar artists when we take a break from the week-long virtual Residency to chat with you TODAY at 12:30 PM ET. I’ll ask them about their working process, how they magically dreamed up their ideas for their children’s picture book pitches, the hardest part and easiest part of making their pitch, PLUS they’ll possibly show a sneak peek of what they’re working on. It’s not to be missed!
Click here to join our free public WebinART on Zoom at 12:30 PM ET.
Password: Residency7
Art directors and editors tell us that they’re looking for author/illustrator book pitches (probs because artists are so cool and imaginative), so we dreamed up our latest caper–our Residency–which is an incredible incubator for five of my artists to work on their authored/illustrated picture book pitches.
I’m in the midst of working with them this entire week while they dive into my latest course (ahead of the public launch) called My Kid Book Pitch that I’ll be offering in October. My six artists will have brilliant and highly original pitches–including texts and sample spreads–finished by the end of the week or shortly thereafter.
Art Directors and Editors: Contact us or simply reply to this email to get your hands on what I promise will be pitches that will shine.
You don’t want to miss this. Can’t watch it live? We’ll send you the link for the replay next week in our newsletter or look for it on the Lilla Rogers home page this Friday.
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Here are the six in-demand Residency artists who will join me on today’s WebinART:
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Above: For The Washington Post
Local Living section
Left: Personal Work
Clients include Callisto Media, Crazy 8,
FabKids, Gap Factory, Gymboree,
Janie & Jack, Simply She, Tea Collection,
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Above: Personal Work
Clients include
Sterling Publishing, Workman Publishing, Running Press
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Above: Starting from Seneca Falls
(Random House)
Clients include
Quarto, The Washington Post,
Editions Auzou, Sellers/RSVP,
Studio Oh!
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Clients include Amber Lotus,
Hachette, Page Street Publishing,
Calypso Cards, American Greetings,
Design House Greetings, Oopsy Daisy,
Roger La Borde, Sterling Publishing
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Above and below, left: Like a Girl (Sterling Publishing)
Clients include Design House Greetings,
Galison/Mudpuppy, Moda,
Running Press, Biely & Shoaf,
Boston Globe, Chateau Ste Michelle, Sterling Publishing
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Left: Make Art Every Day (Quarto)
Above: Notebooks (Roger La Borde)
Clients include American Greetings, Anthropologie, BBDO Worlwide, Chronicle Books, Disney Hyperion, Hallmark, IKEA, Oopsy Daisy, Papyrus
Quarto Publishing Group, TAG, Ltd.
Up with Paper!, The Washington Post
Workman Publishing
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I hope you enjoyed the show! Check out
our site to see more.
Want great art for your project? Don’t hesitate to
contact us. We’d be delighted to assist you with any of your art needs.
xo
Lilla
Agent, Artist, Author
Founder, Lilla Rogers Studio
Co-Founder, Make Art That Sells
5/14/20
May 14, 2020 – WebinART #3 with Lilla’s Artists Residency participants: Bambi Ramsey, Erica Root, Kelly Anne Dalton, Kendra Binney, Mara Penny, Katie Vernon
Replay Link: Click here
Password: 5L!074g!
Our 3rd WebinART in the series was a very special one, featuring 6 artists who are attending Lilla’s Artists Residency this week. The artists are spending the entire week developing brand new picture book ideas, under Lilla’s mentorship. They are using the structure of Lilla’s new class My Kid Book Pitch which launches on Make Art That Sells in October.
You won’t want to miss this one!
5/11/20
Above: Banner by Erica Root
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Join us this THURSDAY at 12.30 PM ET for our WebinART #3: The Residency
We have a very special (free) WebinART for you this Thursday. Six of my artists and I will have spent the week at our virtual Residency creating their children’s book pitches. We’ll chat live about what they’re working on and maybe they’ll even share a sneak peek.
What is our virtual Artists’ Residency?
Art directors and editors tell us that they’re looking for author/illustrator book pitches (probs because artists are so cool and imaginative), so we dreamed up our latest caper–our Residency–which is an incredible incubator for five of my artists to work on their authored/illustrated picture book pitches.
I get to mentor them daily for six days while they dive into my latest course ahead of the public launch called My Kid Book Pitch that I’ll be offering in October. How cool is that? We had originally planned to have the event at my home and garden, but we’ve Covid-ized it and now it’s virtual–6 days of Zooms with the gang. It’s my idea of an agent/educator dream. All this talent for a week!
What kind of stories will they write and illustrate?
Creating a special picture book comes from understanding what makes the author unique and then discovering the story they are excited to tell. They will share some of the goodness that they’re working on, their process, and other surprises.
The extraordinary artists in attendance for this Thursday’s Webinart are:
Tune in to the WebinART on Zoom here. Password: Residency7
I hope you’ll join us for this free special event.
Can’t watch it live? We’ll send you the link for the replay next week or look for it on the Lilla Rogers home page this Friday.
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Banner by Kelly Anne Dalton
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Lilla chats with top illustrator Katie Vernon
Did you miss the fascinating WebinART with Katie Vernon last week? Katie shared how her personal work brought in some stellar gigs plus showed some of her latest work. I know you’ll enjoy it.
Password: 3G#a#6n^
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We hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day! Here’s to all the mothers who keep everything going while we’re at home together :)
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Clockwise from top left: Carolyn Gavin, Tara Lilly, Jon Cannell
Work available for license as of this writing.
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Thank You, Clothworks!
A big shout out to our lovely client Clothworks who supplied fabric from Helen Dardik’s collection (below, left) to our very own Financial Manager and seamstress, Julia Parker, and to Erin Hazlett (below, right) from The Violet Orange. Julia and Erin created face masks which were donated tolocal hospitals and a homeless shelter in downtown Boston, and tohospice and clinics in Rhode Island. Thank you all!
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Above: Buy Helen Dardik’s collection, Good Things Will Come (Clothworks) here.
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I hope you enjoyed the show! Check out
our site to see more.
Want great art for your project? Don’t hesitate to
contact us. We’d be delighted to assist you with any of your art needs.
xo
Lilla
Agent, Artist, Author
Founder, Lilla Rogers Studio
Co-Founder, Make Art That Sells
5/7/20
May 7, 2020 – WebinART #2 with illustrator Katie Vernon
Replay Link: Click here
Password: 3G#a#6n^
Lilla chats with Katie about her stellar career making art in her eccentric style, what she’s working on right now, her favorite illustration project, and her creative process. Katie also reveals how her previous work as a florist influenced her illustration!
Enjoy :)
5/5/20
Thanks to those of you who attended our very first WebinART with artist Mara Penny. We had a great time chatting with Mara, and seeing her latest work.
If you missed it, you can catch the recording here. Password: 4p^#178H
Next up…
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Join me as I chat with top artist Katie Vernon broadcasting live here this Thursday, May 7th at 12.30 PM ET. Password: Katie77
Bookmark it and set your alarm!
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…and while you’re waiting, here are some gorgeous books for your reading pleasure, illustrated by our genius artists.
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Released today!
This engaging guide fully illustrated by Kelly Anne Dalton offers a series of snapshots of 25 scientists famous for their work with chemistry, each paired with a step-by-step illustrated experiment offering kids a hands-on opportunity to explore scientific concepts. (Quarto)
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Helen’s charming pen-and-ink drawings from her sketchbooks are interspersed with quotes from classic novels such as Alice in Wonderland and The Secret Garden.
Published by Chronicle Books.
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Inspirational sticker book with contributions by our own Mara Penny. (Duopress)
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Dive into this series of fascinating biographies of trailblazing folks fully illustrated by Sarah Papworth.
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Buy Stephen Hawking here. Buy Rosalind Franklin here. Buy Katherine Johnson here.
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Introducing a truly hilarious and one-of-a-kind new character: Magnificent Mabel!
Sometimes life isn’t fair for Mabel Chase. Like for instance she doesn’t have one SINGLE pet in her whole life. And ALL the people in her class are losing their baby teeth. And she doesn’t EVEN have a sprinkler in her own garden. But none of that matters in the end… because Mabel is still MAGNIFICENT.
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First in a series by Nosy Crow. Three laugh-out-loud funny short stories,
brilliantly illustrated throughout! (Nosy Crow)
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I hope you enjoyed the show! Check out
our site to see more.
Want great art for your project? Don’t hesitate to
contact us. We’d be delighted to assist you with any of your art needs.
xo
Lilla
Agent, Artist, Author
Founder, Lilla Rogers Studio
Co-Founder, Make Art That Sells
