Write your picture book!

  Lilla’s innovative picture book writing course, My Kid Book Pitch, is back as a LIVE course in 2026! Find out more and sign up here.

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REVEALED: The winner of our huge video testimonial competition!

Discover what our students love about Make Art That Sells! Last month, we launched our massive video testimonial competition. We wanted to know what you loved about Make Art That Sells, the great work you’ve gotten, the friends you’ve met, and the courses that have blown your mind, and you did NOT disappoint! We were amazed by the standard of the entries that we received, and it was very hard to pick a winner, but a winner we must have, so we are delighted to announce that the winner is … RAINBOW WANG! Watch her video below. Art agent Lilla said: “I loved each and every video, but I was particularly moved the film by Rainbow Wang. In the beginning, she shares, ‘I had a vision map filled with my dreams. How do I get there? I needed direction.’ Then, from Make Art That Sells, she starts to see her

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HURRY! Last chance to write your very own picture book!

Hurry HURRY – registration for My Kid Book Pitch closes TODAY! This course won’t run again until 2023 – don’t miss out, sign up now! Every year, art agent Lilla hosts a residency for the artists she represents, either in person or (thanks Covid!) virtually. For the past few years, the focus has been on writing picture books, based on Lilla’s My Kid Book Pitch course, and today we’re thrilled to share not one but TWO gorgeous books written and illustrated by artists that Lilla represents. Lilla says: “One of my most favorite things in the world is to help artists make even more brilliant work, develop their unique gifts, and broaden their career opportunities. It’s why I wrote My Kid Book Pitch. So with that in mind, we were incredibly excited to offer our Picture Book Writing Residency to our artists, focusing on writing children’s picture books.” Want to

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Don’t miss out: Lilla’s picture book writing class starts TODAY!

Woo hoo! Our brilliant picture book writing course, My Kid Book Pitch, starts TODAY! If you’ve ever wanted to write your very own picture book, even if you don’t think of yourself as a writer, then you won’t want to miss this. Woo hoo! Our brilliant picture book writing course, My Kid Book Pitch, starts TODAY! If you’ve ever wanted to write your very own picture book, even if you don’t think of yourself as a writer, then you won’t want to miss this. Student success: Friederike Dammermann Make Art That Sells student Friederike got in touch to let us know that her children’s book story pitch was picked up by a publisher within a week of submitting her pitch! Art created by Friederike for My Kid Book Pitch that got her a book deal. What will your picture book story look like? Get ready to find out – sign

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Replay of Live with Lilla: Friday, October 21! My Kid Book Pitch Begins on Monday!

If you missed the Live with Lilla on Friday, below is the replay! Woo hoo! Our brilliant picture book writing course, My Kid Book Pitch, starts on MONDAY! If you’ve ever wanted to write your very own picture book, even if you don’t think of yourself as a writer, then you won’t want to miss this.   Want to save 25% on My Kid Book Pitch? Save big with The Children’s Book Bundle 2022! You’ll get My Kid Book Pitch along with Illustrating Children’s Books PLUS and Lilla’s Art Recipes: Drawing Faces for just £395/approx. $436 (down from £527/approx. $582)! Find out more and sign up here.

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#MATSprep Part 3 FREE: How to write a picture book by art agent Lilla

Lilla here. Welcome to Part 3 of my FREE three part #MATSprep that I’ve written for you ahead of my picture book writing course, My Kid Book Pitch. I hope you’re enjoying all the fun tricks you can use to make your writing better and learning that you are, in fact, a writer. I just love this stuff, and it’s why I love being a literary agent for my artists and authors and why I love teaching My Kid Book Pitch. If you missed Parts 1 and 2, find them here. I hope you’ll go give it a read to catch up and get some top writing tips. Then when you’re ready, it’s time for Part 3. This is the terrible text I wrote to use as our example: Cami, a young girl, liked to draw big, grey anteaters with long snouts like the ones she saw yesterday at the

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Get Part 2 of your FREE picture book writing assignment!

Lilla here. Today I’m sharing Part 2 of my FREE three-part #MATSprep warm up assignment ahead of My Kid Book Pitch, which starts Monday, October 24th. If you’ve ever wanted to write your very own children’s picture book, you won’t want to miss it. In this #MATSprep warm up exercise, I’ve been showing you how easy and enjoyable writing your own story can be. We’ve been having a bit of fun taking the terrible sentence that I wrote and using the poor thing as an example of how to improve your own writing.   Cami, a young girl, liked to draw big, grey anteaters with long snouts like the ones she saw yesterday at the zoo. She was going to carefully show them to her class next Monday. Suddenly, a dog chased her! Yesterday, we removed the visual words and the first sentence became this: Cami liked to draw anteaters.

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Get your FREE assignment: Writing tips from an agent and author

Lilla here. In just a few weeks, on Monday, October 24th, I’ll be teaching my children’s picture book writing course, My Kid Book Pitch. I absolutely love teaching this course because I love helping creative people like you to thrive, and I love helping you to reach into your magical imagination and pull out all the stories I know you have whirling around in there. I know what you’re thinking: “But Lilla, I’m not a writer!”. I think you are, but you just don’t know it yet. That’s why I do writing retreats with my artists and artist/authors. I believe in artists’ minds and their ability to make books. (They do so well that they get book deals and I’m going to share with you what I teach them!) If you’re an artist, you may think that you can’t write a story like a ‘real’ author. You might think you

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How an artist creates a story board

Imagine getting paid to write and illustrate your own beautiful picture book … Getting to share your passions with generations of children … Walking into a bookshop and seeing your book on display … Visiting the library and hearing kids exclaim over a book that you created! Creative people like you are full of imagination, stories and magic. Even if you don’t think of yourself as a writer (yet), we bet that you constantly make up stories and tales. Now let art agent Lilla – who knows how to get artists to write – show you how you can take that dreamy imagination and create your very own unique picture book. Lilla’s four-week picture book writing course, My Kid Book Pitch, starts in less than a month, on Monday, October 24th! You’ll use her fabulous Magic Cards to come up with your own one-of-a-kind story idea (or work on an

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FREE CAREER DOWNLOAD: How to get more customers and more money!

Lilla here. I love to help creatives succeed. Today I want to gift you a juicy FREE 8-page career download with worksheets that will help you to get more illustration customers and therefore increase how much money you can make from your art. I’ve been in the creative industry for more than 40 years and I’ve lived and worked through several recessions. I know that many of my students are experiencing higher living costs right now, with inflation and the price of fuel rising in many places around the world. What I want you to know is that you absolutely can make a living from your art, and that there are more opportunities out there for creative people than ever before. I want to show you how you can make the most of those opportunities. Get your FREE 8-page career download with worksheets HERE! Today’s free download is an actual

ENTER COMPETITION Make Art That Sells WIN ALL of our live courses in 2023!

WIN ALL of our live courses in 2023!

Win an incredible career-changing bundle! What do you love most about Make Art That Sells? Is it a particular class, our amazingly supportive community, our outstanding teachers, a nugget of wisdom from art agent Lilla, the boost it’s given to your career, the way it’s stretched your art or something else? Watch the video below by Make Art That Sells student Sam Rudd’s that won her a place in My Year of Art School LIVE back in 2019. Whatever it is, share it in a one-minute video testimonial and you could WIN BIG in our 2022 video testimonial competition! What you’ll win: This incredible prize includes: A private 1:1 with top art agent Lilla Rogers A place on our outstanding YEAR-LONG My Year of Art School LIVE, featuring every single one of our highly acclaimed live courses in 2023, valued at £1,754 (approx. $2,050)! That means that you’ll: Create a