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How can I keep creating with joy in difficult times?

Art agent Lilla has decades of experience in the creative industry – as an art agent, an illustrator, a speaker, a columnist, creator of a national jewelry craft line, an educator, an author and more. And – though you might not know it to look at her – she also has decades of experience as an actual human being, who’s lived through war, peace, economic downturns including three recessions, and times of prosperity. Long story short: she’s got a lot of wisdom to share. Some of Lilla’s career highlights so far, including her first book, I Just Like to Make Things, her regular column for Uppercase magazine, her jewelry craft line on the front cover of Stringing magazine, and more. And she loves to share her wisdom – through her courses with Make Art That Sells, by mentoring the artists she represents, through her live Zoom events, through her monthly

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Your favorite clients: Part 2

Our students get fabulous jobs, and we wanted to show you some more of them. We already shared one batch a couple of weeks ago, and today we’re sharing even more real-life stories from artists just like you. Bron Alexander Make Art That Sells student Bron landed a great job creating packaging for one of New Zealand’s most well-known household brands. Bron’s packaging as part of the Pams’ Emerging Artists range. Bron said: “It’s incredible to think that people are maybe going to have a little piece of my art in their home.” Bron told us: “I was knocked off my seat when one of New Zealand’s oldest and well-known household brands, Pams, selected me as one of three emerging artists to create artwork for their tissue boxes. As part of the promotion, Pams commissioned a video interview of each artist to go alongside a nationwide social media campaign, and

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The hype is real.

Last fall, art agent Lilla hosted a Zoom event with three of the artists she represents, Sarah Walsh, Tequitia Andrews and Lydia Graves. Watch the snippet below, or catch up on the full Zoom (scroll down to the next video) The whole discussion is worth a watch  – Catch up on the full Zoom below. – and it’s great to listen to while you sketch or draw, but today we just wanted to highlight this snippet from Sarah Walsh, because we love it so much. Here’s the transcript: “I’ll just say to everybody here the hype is real, and I don’t say things I don’t mean. I want to say something really quick about the way that Lilla teaches class. I think it’s really unique in the way that Lilla has an amazing business sense, she knows what she’s doing, she knows the markets. She’s been doing it for a

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QUICK: Lilla’s lettering course has re-opened!

Have you seen the excitement and fabulous art coming out of Lilla’s brand new lettering course? Do you want in? You asked and we delivered: registration for art agent Lilla’s one-of-a-kind lettering course, Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering, is open for a teeny tiny 72 hour window – don’t miss out again, join the class now! We’ve had a ton of emails from students asking if it’s possible to sign up – especially after they saw the gorgeous work in our first public gallery (if you haven’t seen it yet, check it out here). So we’ve decided to re-open registration for everyone for a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it 72-hour window – so if you want in, then join now, because registration will absolutely close for good on Sunday, and this class definitely won’t run again until 2025 at the earliest! Some student work above from the February gallery here.   Q: How does that work? Class

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FLASH SALE: Open now for 20% off My Kid Book Pitch!

Get 20% off art agent Lilla’s hugely popular children’s book writing course, My Kid Book Pitch, for the next 72 hours ONLY, and get access right now! Make Art That Sells student Katie Vernon wrote her first author-illustrated picture book, Ari Arranges Everything, while beta testing My Kid Book Pitch. Her THIRD book comes out this May! Have you ever dreamed of writing and maybe illustrating your very own children’s book? Imagine creating characters and worlds that will entertain and enchant children for generations – and getting paid for it! Imagine walking past your favorite bookstore and seeing your book in the window – or opening a magazine and seeing your first positive review! Art agent Lilla created her picture book writing course, My Kid Book Pitch, specifically to show creative people like artists and illustrators how they can harness their huge, magical imaginations and write engaging stories that will

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See some of the latest books illustrated by Make Art That Sells students turned LRS artists

Check out these gorgeous books illustrated by Make Art That Sells students! We’ve still got a few months to go until the start of Illustrating Children’s Books 2024 – but that doesn’t mean we can’t treat ourselves to some gorgeous eye candy courtesy of some of the Make Art That Sells students who are represented by Lilla Rogers Studio. Meet Lilla! Lilla is co-founder of Make Art That Sells, a born educator, and a top international art agent – she’s offered representation to more than 30 Make Art That Sells students and is always looking for more! One of the (many) great things about Make Art That Sells courses is that they’re led by a top international art agent, who not only sees exactly what work her artists are getting and thus knows what clients are looking for right now, but who’s also always on the look out for new

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HURRY! Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering 2024 closes TODAY!

Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering 2024 closes TODAy! Look how many products display cool lettering that you can be inspired by! Learn how to create your own unique letterforms, and make art for your portfolio in Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering. Hurry hurry HURRY – registration for our most highly-anticipated course ever, Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering, closes TODAY! Our students and folllowers have been begging for Lilla to teach lettering, and now this class has finally arrived – and it’s your last chance to sign up! Don’t forget to join art agent Lilla for a FREE live lettering demonstration TODAY at 1 pm ET/6 pm GMT! Lilla will be doing a LIVE lettering demonstration over Zoom – an amazing opportunity to see a professional at work. Some of Lilla’s lettering gigs from her days as a full-time illustrator. Her clients included Bergdorf’s, Bloomingdales, Vogue, the Washington Post, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, Chronicle Books,

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Win a FREE place in our lettering class!

Win a FREE place in our lettering class in today’s Zoom! Lilla’s long-awaited lettering course, Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering FINALLY starts TODAY – and to celebrate you could win a FREE place in class! Be sure to join Lilla for the FREE live Zoom at 2.30 pm ET/7.30 pm GMT for your chance to win! She’ll be sharing some cool lettering that she’s found, answering your questions, and giving away a FREE place on the course! Plus Lilla will be joined by two of her talented artists, Ruth Burrows and Sarah Walsh, who will be sharing their products and sketchbooks, and talking about how lettering helped them get work. Here’s your teacher! Lilla has loved lettering ever since penmanship in third grade. In this unique course, she’ll show you how you can create your own distinctive lettering style. Hurry! Sign up here now! Join here or find the link on the

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FREE assignment #2: Learn to do lettering

Learn to do lettering with Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering Lilla here. Yesterday I shared a little sneak peek of some of the content you’ll get in my brand new lettering course, Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering, which starts this Monday, February 5th, and today I’m going to give you another FREE worksheet to play with and learn from. Practice lettering by Lilla – note how she plays around and experiments with the lettering style. You’ll practice different letterforms with her insightful worksheets, each with notes from Lilla, and build a unique resource you can refer back to. In Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering, you’ll get one of these worksheets – which I’m calling Micro Mini assignments – every day from Monday to Friday of the first week of each month. So I gave you one yesterday and another one today to give you a real taste of what the course will be like. Just like

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How to do lettering: FREE download #1

Learn How to do lettering with top art agent Lilla Rogers Lilla here. I’m so excited to share a FREE example of some of the content you’ll get in my brand new lettering course, Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering, which will show you how to do lettering and which starts this Monday, February 5th. I’ve been passionate about lettering ever since we did penmanship in third grade. I’ve studied and taught calligraphy, and when I was an illustrator I paid my bills thanks in part to my lettering. Some of my lettering gigs from my days as a full-time illustrator in NYC. My clients included New York University, Chronicle Books, Uppercase magazine, the Grammys and hundreds more. I paid my bills using my lettering skills, and I want to show you how you can do it too! Now that I’m an art agent, one thing I always look at when I’m viewing