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Last chance for a year of art (and Lilla)

This is a message from the universe (okay, from the Make Art That Sells team, but the effect is much the same) to remind you that it’s your LAST CHANCE to sign up for My Year of Art School 2023! My Year of Art School – all of our courses for the entire year, bundled up with a fabulous 30% discount – is only available until the end of the month. So, if you’ve been umming and aahing, this is the sign that you’ve been waiting for that you should definitely sign up. Art by Make Art That Sells student Pamela Yeung. Since taking My Year of Art School, Pamela is now represented by a major art agency. Of course you can still sign up individually for all our career-changing courses as they pop up through the year (and we both know you probably will 😉) but you’ll be missing

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“This course changed my life.”

Last chance to sign up for Assignment Bootcamp: Portfolio 2023! How will you move forward in your art career in 2023? How will you finish the year? Maybe as a represented artist, maybe with your first book deal under your belt, or maybe feeling able to call yourself a professional illustrator … Take the first step and invest in your creative career with Assignment Bootcamp: Portfolio and get illustration assignments that are designed to get you paying gigs and are suitable for all levels, with the deadlines and accountability you need, all for the price of a couple of lattes a week! Hurry HURRY – registration for Assignment Bootcamp 2023 closes TODAY! This course changed my life. In case you’re still trying to decide, here are a few Make Art That Sells students who signed up for Bootcamp and told us that it changed their lives. Paloma O’Toole Taking Bootcamp

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Replay of Live with Lilla: Monday, January 9

Hi everyone, if you missed the special Live with Lilla, below is the replay! Bootcamp started yesterday and there is still time to dive in and download your first mini assignment. Sign up here.    

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Hurry – Bootcamp starts TODAY! Plus FREE Zoom!

Hurry hurry HURRY – our most popular (and best value) online course, Assignment Bootcamp: Portfolio, starts TODAY! In this course, you’ll get professional level illustration assignments and pack your portfolio with gorgeous art designed to land you paying gigs. Every year our students get jobs and representation because of art that they created for Assignment Bootcamp – check out last week’s blog here for some recent success stories and (because we couldn’t fit them all in one newsletter) look out for more on Thursday. What is Assignment Bootcamp: Portfolio anyway? Over three months, from today to the end of March, you’ll get something every single Monday that all adds up to help you make three brilliant bang-up-to-date portfolio pieces geared toward the hottest markets right now. The subject matter is playful and marketable, and is drawn from the trend reports that Lilla creates for her own highly-successful artists. Now you

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Bootcamp success stories plus a FREE BONUS!

Our first LIVE course of the year, Assignment Bootcamp: Portfolio, starts THIS MONDAY, January 9th! For just £99 (approx. $119), you could pack your portfolio with gorgeous art designed to land you jobs and representation! We love to see all the gigs our students get as a result of the art they make for this class – no wonder it’s the most popular course we run. Read some of our success stories below. One of the great things about Assignment Bootcamp is that it’s fabulous for everyone, no matter what level you’re at – art agent Lilla carefully designs the assignments so they bring out the best in everyone – and no matter how much time you have to put in. Plus with something from art agent Lilla every week, it’s the perfect way to get through the coldest, gloomiest months of the year (with apologies to our students in

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Get your FREE illustration assignment!

Lilla here. Welcome to your #MATSprep for Assignment Bootcamp:Portfolio, which starts one week TODAY on Monday, January 9th! “What’s a #MATSprep?” you ask. A #MATSprep is an assignment I create for you to warm up in preparation for a course that I’ll be teaching. The prep is free, so even if you don’t sign up for the course, you can still benefit from the instruction. This particular prep is to get you ready for my Assignment Bootcamp: Portfolio course, which is now in its tenth year. It’s a hugely popular course, with almost a thousand students taking it each time. I adore coming up with assignments for you that teach you something, but also ideally motivate you to make gorgeous art and expand your portfolio to pull in lucrative projects. Here’s your free warm up assignment. Your assignment is to draw these filigree items from my collection. I see you

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REVEALED: Meet the latest MATS student snapped up by Lilla Rogers Studio

What more pleasant way to finish up the year than by introducing you to the most recent Make Art That Sells student who has been scooped up by Lilla Rogers Studio? Since Make Art That Sells was founded back in 2013, art agent Lilla has taken on 30 – now 31 – Make Art That Sells students, and she’s always looking for more. With no further ado, we’re thrilled to reveal that the most recent Make Art That Sells student to be represented by Lilla is … Lydia Graves! We caught up with Lydia to find out a little more about her and how Make Art That Sells has helped her along her journey. Here’s what she told us. MATS: Which course was your favorite, and why? Lydia says: My favorite course so far has been My Toy Pitch. The assignments were super fun! I enjoyed dreaming up toys and

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Last Chance to save 50%: Sale ends today!

Hurry HURRY! Last chance to save up to 50% – our giant Cyber Sale closes TODAY! Are you ready to invest in your creative career? Are you ready to astonish yourself with what you can achieve in 2023? Our huge Cyber Sale, with 30% off all individual courses and up to 50% off our amazing bundles, ends TODAY! Books illustrated or authored and illustrated by artists represented by Lilla Rogers. Learn how to build a successful career in children’s book illustration, writing picture books or creating your own illustrated non-fiction books. Don’t miss out – shop now! Don’t forget: You will not get our courses cheaper than this: prices go up tomorrow! Some of our amazing bundles won’t be available after the sale ends, so if you want them, grab them NOW! Last chance to pay in installments on our biggest bundles. Art by Make Art That Sells student Socorro

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Sale extended: your final 48 hours to save!

FINAL DAY TO SAVE BIG! We hope you enjoyed yesterday’s fab live Zoom event with the Make Art That Sells co-founders and creative entrepreneurs, top art agent Lilla Rogers and best-selling author Beth Kempton as much as we did – if you missed it then catch the replay below. We’ve had a ton of questions about courses since yesterday’s Zoom, so to give you more time to decide, we’ve extended our huge Cyber Sale until tomorrow, Thursday, December 8th. Shop here now. Art by Make Art That Sells student Sirjana Kaur for Illustrating Children’s Books. Last chance to get this career-changing course at a 30% discount, or save up to 50% in one of our fab bundles. Don’t forget, if you have any questions or you bought a course or two but now want to upgrade to a bundle, that’s not a problem – simply email Louise at [email protected] and

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Replay of Lilla & Beth Cyber Sale Event: December 6

If you missed the Live Zoom with Lilla and Beth, please find the replay below. These top creative entrepreneurs, who have each built multi-million dollar businesses, will be giving their top tips for creative success. Plus they’ll be answering your questions, chatting to a volunteer live on screen, doing Lilla’s famous Career Tarot and giving away a FREE place in in their business course for creative people, the MATS MBA (Money BadAss).   Why wait to start your amazing illustration career? Hurry hurry HURRY – our huge Cyber Sale ends SOON! Download your gorgeous Sale Guide now, packed with quizzes and worksheets, and explore everything that’s included in the sale. Lots of love The Make Art That Sells team xxx