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Change your life with our My Year of Art School bundle!

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Get all this in 2024! Here’s your schedule for My Year of Art School ALL. Get ready to fill your year with inspiration, motivation and everything you need to put a rocket ship under your creative career!

  • Imagine that your actual career is making good money with your art …
  • Imagine filling your portfolio with beautiful, job-snagging art …
  • Imagine picking up groceries and seeing your gorgeous art on the front of your favorite magazine or in the greeting card rack …
  • Imagine your Etsy shop selling out so fast you hardly have time to restock it …
  • Imagine spending months immersed in creating a magical world for children to fall in love with or researching something you’re truly passionate about – and getting paid for it!

Are you ready to get serious about your art in 2024? Or do you want to see whether a career in illustration is for you – at a fraction of the price of traditional art school?

My Year of Art School is our biggest bundle with our biggest discount: all of our courses for the whole of 2024 at a massive 50% off.

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Choose between two incredible career-changing bundles:

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  • My Year of Art School ALL is a bundle that includes every single one of our courses for the whole of 2024, both live and self-paced – a full year of amazing learning and inspiration. You’ll create a powerful portfolio that’s specifically designed to get you work, by tapping into what art directors, creative directors and clients want to see and how they want to see it. You’ll explore a ton of different markets for your art, get business learning that’s designed especially for creative people like you, learn what an art agent looks for when they view an artist’s portfolio, and tons more. This is the bundle for anyone who wants to get serious and invest in their art career. Read more here.

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  • My Year of Art School LIVE is all six of our LIVE courses for 2024, including all three of our brand NEW courses based on what art agent Lilla wants you to know in the year ahead. You’ll explore some of the hottest art markets right now, like children’s picture books and illustrated non-fiction, and build a show-stopping portfolio designed to get great illustration work. This is the bundle for you if you know you need the motivation and accountability of live reviews and deadlines to keep you on track. Read more here.

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7 reasons why My Year of Art School is perfect for you

Still making up your mind? Here are seven reasons why you should invest in My Year of Art School.

1. Brand NEW courses

If you want to enjoy our brand NEW courses for 2024 at a whopping 50% off, then you need My Year of Art School!

  • New + Live! Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering: Being able to do lettering opens up a ton of art markets from journal covers to wine labels, and it’s something that Lilla looks for when viewing an artist’s portfolio (and don’t forget, she’s always looking for new talent – taking a Make Art That Sells course is a great way to get seen by her!). You’ll get something every Monday for three months and it’s suitable for everyone, no matter what level you’. Lilla’s NEW course for 2024 will give you a powerful tool for getting paid work. Read more here.
  • New + Live! Manifest Your Dream Creative Career: Harness the magic of the universe to take your art career to the next level, and benefit from the wealth of top art agent Lilla Rogers’ experience across the creative industry. You’ll get magical assignments, live Zooms, watch Lilla perform her famous career tarot LIVE for volunteers (and maybe take part yourself), and get the opportunity to ask an art agent anything in this NEW course. Read more here.
  • New + Live! Find Your Art Style with Style: If you’re wondering what a unique art style is, what yours is and how to find it, this course will help you on your way. Join fabulous children’s book illustrator and educator Tamisha Anthony for this NEW live course that blends vintage vibes with a modern twist that will help you uncover your unique style. Plus enjoy LIVE clothed figure drawing sessions, and breakout rooms with your fellow students where you can brainstorm your assignments. Read more here.

2. Build a powerful portfolio and ready-to-send pitches

With My Year of Art School, you get tons of inspiration, tons of assignments, tons of joy and playfulness, and no worrying about what you’re going to draw next or what’s hot right now or what art directors are looking for.

By the end of 2024, you’ll have a stunning portfolio packed full of job-getting art across a ton of markets, and a whole heap of ready to send pitches for toys and games, children’s picture book illustration, your own picture book and your own illustrated non-fiction book.

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Art for Assignment Bootcamp: Portfolio by Tequitia Andrews, another Make Art That Sells student who is now represented by Lilla Rogers Studio after Lilla fell in love with her art in class: Lilla is always looking for new talent!

3. An exclusive Facebook group and live Zooms with Lilla

Our students tell us that our friendly, supportive community is one of their favorite things about our courses. As well as access to all of the individual course groups, My Year of Art School students also get access to an exclusive My Year Facebook group, with weekly check-ins to keep you on track and accountable, plus regular exclusive live events with Lilla.

4. More markets = more moola

Why pick and choose which art markets to explore when you can have them all? Multiple markets – from illustrated non-fiction books to children’s books to oracle decks and more – mean multiple income streams for you, so your career is more lucrative and more interesting! Plus art agent Lilla sees exactly what work her artists are getting, and knows which art markets are hottest right now – insider info that she passes on to you in class.

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5. Get assignments written for you by a top art agent

You want Lilla’s famous assignments, which are motivating and playful and which lead you step by step to create stunning portfolio pieces that an art director or client will love to see!

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Want to find out how you can make money from your art and get your art onto cool products like these agented by Lilla Rogers Studio? Let Lilla show you how – she’s got tons of wisdom and insider insight to share!

6. You’re ready to invest in your creative career

You’re ready to get serious and make real money doing what you love. You want to learn how to build a thriving creative career and turn your side hustle into your main hustle, or take your hustle to the next level!

7. Our courses really work

Click here to read alumni success stories!

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Art by Make Art That Sells student Darcie Olley. Darcie has landed her first children’s book illustration job since taking our courses, and has also had her art licensed for clothing, accessories, greeting cards, homewares, stationary and more.

If you’re ready to dream big in 2024, then our My Year of Art School bundles are an amazing way for you to get ALL of our raved-about job-snagging courses at 50% off – plus the option of paying in installments.

Our huge annual sale is on NOW! It’s our biggest sale of the year and an amazing opportunity for you to save on everything from individual classes to our fabulous bundles.

Don’t miss out! After the sale, these courses will be sold separately at full price, so don’t miss your chance to save big and make 2024 the year for your art to shine! Read more about what’s included in our fabulous My Year of Art School bundles and sign up here.

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Click here to download your copy of our fab Sale Guide, packed with worksheets, a quiz, a handy course chooser, student art and more.

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Want to know everything that’s included in the sale? Need help deciding? Download your FREE copy of our gorgeous sale guide here for full details of all our raved-about courses and scrumptious bundles, plus tools to help you work out which bundle is for you, whatever your goals for 2024.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

  • Last few days: Hurry HURRY, it’s the last few days for our huge annual sale, which ends this Wednesday, December 6th! Save at least 30% off everything, and up to 50% off our career-changing bundles!
  • TOMORROW, Wednesday, December 6th: Join all of the Make Art That Sells teachers for an incredible All Star Zoom on the last day of the sale, with tons of giveaways and more!
  • Next newsletter: Join us in our fab FREE All Star Zoom and win Make Art That Sells courses!

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The Make Art That Sells team xxx

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