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Moments of beauty: See art from our most recent challenge

We ran our most recent FREE quarterly Art Challenge in June, and, as ever, we loved seeing the beautiful art that you created! This time the challenge was a little bit different: the assignment was to illustrate a quotation from Lilla: Even so, there are tiny moments of beauty. Former art agent Lilla looked at every single entry to pick a winner and runners up: we share some of her favorites below, as well as an important update about the next FREE challenge, which is due to drop September 1st. Huge congrats to Ilana Diamond, who wins FREE place in Illustrating Children’s Books. Want the chance of winning courses and more? Don’t miss our next challenge in September! Lilla said: “The confidence in style, lovely painterly background, the hand-lettering add beauty to the piece. Conceptually, the quirky, atypical imagery—ice cream as paint, swaying seaweed—all make for a very personal style

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HURRY! Last chance to write your picture book for less!

Just a quick reminder to let you know that our 72-hour flash sale on art agent Lilla’s unique picture book story writing course for creative people like you, My Kid Book Pitch, ends TODAY! Books written and illustrated by artists represented by Lilla Rogers. Imagine building a lucrative career working on gorgeous projects like these! Let art agent Lilla and children’s book author and art director Zoë show you how in My Kid Book Pitch – currently 20% off! Lilla’s unique, warm and whimsical teaching style is created especially for creative people, making it playful and fun so that you stay engaged and motivated, and breaking everything down into easy steps so you’re never overwhelmed. You’ll follow Lilla’s Make a Story Recipe, which builds gradually throughout the course into a finished draft. Lilla says: “I’ve created a playful, personalized, and structured course that brings out your special story, with all

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FLASH SALE: Write your picture book!

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 rave 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 thrill publishers and children alike. Get your art reviewed LIVE by an art agent and a children’s book art director! The course is now self-paced, which means you get INSTANT ACCESS as soon as you sign up. However, Lilla has recently announced there will be a bonus LIVE review on Thursday, August 28th, with her and beloved

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How could mentoring with Lilla transform your art? Take a look inside

Are you craving one-to-one mentoring with Lilla Rogers? For 30 years, Lilla nurtured and championed some of the top artists in the industry, and now she’s offering that same expert guidance to a small, select group of students. Imagine having a former top art agent and beloved educator guide you step-by-step through your work—with enthusiasm, humor, and detailed, actionable tips! Want her support and encouragement twice a week for six weeks? Then we have great news: registration for the second round of Inner Circle, Lilla’s exclusive small-group mentoring intensive, is open NOW! Places are going fast – find out more and sign up here. What can you expect with the second round of Inner Circle? Even more face-to-face time with Lilla for feedback and support! When Lilla originally created the program for Inner Circle, she scheduled one weekly group meeting, plus the private 1:1 meeting after the end of the

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Write a picture book illustration success story like this

Check out this picture book illustration success story! Hurry hurry HURRY – registration for our career-changing Illustrating Children’s Books course closes TODAY, but there’s still time to sign up! Join now to get instant access to all the class materials released so far, including Daily Sketchbook prompts, lessons on things like pitching, the first Art Director’s Cheat Sheet from Zoë, and bonus lessons from former art agent and illustrator Lilla. Plus the rest of the class only got the first assignment yesterday, so you still have time to catch up and maybe get your art reviewed in the first weekly LIVE review on Monday! Sign up here. picture book illustration success story: Martina Stuhlberger Today we wanted to share an amazing success story from Make Art That Sells student Martina Stuhlberger, who is currently working on her sixth and seventh books since taking Illustrating Children’s Books! Martina (left) and with the

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Replay of Live with Lilla and Zoë: Illustrating Children’s Books begins today!

If you missed the fabulous live Zoom, then watch the replay of Live with Lilla and Zoë below! Over five incredible weeks, your brilliant teachers, top art agent Lilla Rogers and acclaimed children’s book art director and author Zoë Tucker, will lead you step by step to create a fabulous pitch presentation that contains everything an art director or publisher wants to see to give you work. And on the way, they’ll teach you everything you need to know about the wonderful world of children’s book illustration in a way that’s both fun and fascinating: you won’t want it to end. You’ll get daily drawing prompts, weekly LIVE reviews with Lilla and Zoe, tons of beautifully designed downloadable worksheets, and tons more. Book your spot here. Don’t forget – registration for Illustrating Children’s Books closes THIS THURSDAY, July 10th, and the course won’t run again until 2026. Do you want

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Illustrating Childrens Books 2025 starts TODAY!

Illustrating Childrens Books 2025 starts TODAY! Our raved-about online course, Illustrating Children’s Books, starts TODAY – and you could win a FREE place on this career-changing course in today’s free Zoom event! Scroll down for the Zoom link. Every year, this course creates a whole new flurry of book deals for our wonderful students – we’ll be sharing an amazing student story on Thursday, but until then you can read more student success stories here. Over five incredible weeks, your brilliant teachers, top art agent Lilla Rogers and acclaimed children’s book art director and author Zoë Tucker, will lead you step by step to create a fabulous pitch presentation that contains everything an art director or publisher wants to see to give you work. And on the way, they’ll teach you everything you need to know about the wonderful world of children’s book illustration in a way that’s both fun

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FREE picture book illustration assignment – Part 5

Get your FREE picture book illustration assignment – Part 5 Lilla here. Oh, man, you are a whole bunch of brilliant artists! You delight me with your imagination, sensitivity, and talent. I’ve loved seeing all the art you’ve created over the past couple of weeks for this #MATSprep. I love to teach my intensive live courses, like Illustrating Children’s Books, for exactly that reason: it’s amazing to see how the work blossoms over the five jam-packed weeks. The passion and achievement of our students are awe-inspiring. I hope that you’ve enjoyed taking part in this free #MATSprep as much as I’ve enjoyed writing it and seeing all your beautiful art. It gives you a taste of my teaching style, to see if it’s a good fit, and it’s also a great way to warm up and get ready for Illustrating Children’s Books, which starts THIS MONDAY, July 7th. Don’t forget,

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3 picture book art tips from an art agent

3 picture book art tips from an art agent Lilla here. Today we’re going to create magic together! I’m going to teach you three great tricks to create depth (distance) in your artwork, and explain why you might want to do so. It’ll help give your work a fresh, vibrant edge and be another tool in your ever-growing toolkit. I’ve created this series of FREE assignments to help you get ready for my LIVE online course, Illustrating Children’s Books, which starts this Monday, July 7th! There are still a few places available, so if you’d like to spend five weeks with me and my co-teacher, brilliant children’s book art director and author, Zoë Tucker, learning everything there is to know about children’s picture book illustration, then book your spot now! Over the last week, we’ve created a new character and explored fantastic new worlds – if you missed out then

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How to give your picture book art more visual impact

Lilla here. Today I’m going to make you flip out, literally. Over the past week or so, I’ve been sharing some FREE assignments that I created for you to get ready for my online course, Illustrating Children’s Books. I hope you’ll join us: class starts Monday, July 7th, so book your spot now! How to give your picture book art more visual impact Today I’m going to help you make some magic that will give your picture book illustrations more visual impact. Whether it’s dreamy, moody, whimsical or witty, digging deep into a manuscript and creating all those little details is one of the most rewarding parts of children’s book illustration. Think about your audience. Children are so in touch with their imaginations: they are going to love the imaginative worlds that you create. In Illustrating Children’s Books, we spend a whole week on creating a dreamy full page spread