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  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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Look at all this goodness! Sign up now for 9 months of bonus assignments from art agent Lilla

Lilla writes: “At this time we can choose to be fearful or we can choose to find our strength and embrace and develop our talents. My wish for you is to find the strength to thrive even in these times. Let me help you make your best art and achieve your dreams.” What are you looking for right now? Do you want to fill your portfolio with beautiful, market-savvy art that an art director will love to see? Do you want to explore lucrative new markets for your art so that you can launch an exciting new illustration career, or put a rocket ship under your existing one? Do you want your art to get better and better? Do you want something to look forward to and focus on in the months ahead? Lilla designs all of her courses and assignments to help you make your very best art, no

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Find out how you can snag Lilla Rogers’ brand NEW courses at an amazing price!

Have you met Lilla Rogers? As well as Make Art That Sells co-founder and teacher, she’s also a renowned art agent and an innovative educator who’s taught everyone from children to professional artists. And she’s a hugely calming and inspirational voice in these difficult times. Lilla writes: “One thing about where we are in this crazy, unprecedented time in the world is that it cuts through the unnecessary stuff. We step back and take a good look at our lives: what once was, in the past, and what will be when this is over.  This in-between time is a precious moment to reflect and make changes to our lives so that when this phase is over and the bright new future emerges, we will be well-positioned to go after our dreams. Let me help you achieve your deepest goals.” As an art agent and former illustrator, Lilla Rogers has boatloads

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Want to illustrate children’s books? Get your FREE mini tutorial video on conceptualizing a manuscript!

Do you want in on the enchanting world of children’s book illustration? Would you love to build a children’s book illustration career? Do you want to take your career in a new direction, or if your current industry is suffering during the pandemic, do you want to seize the opportunity to create a new career? Now is a great time to think about what you want from your creative career and to refocus your aims and your energy. During these days of quarantine, people are still buying books as they look for entertainment, comfort and escapism, and publishers will be looking for new writers and illustrators in the months and years ahead. Lilla says: “Think of a time in the future when this is all over. Think of what you want your career to look like. What will you be doing? What art what are you be making? Let me

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FREE Facebook Live, Bingo Board and more!

Have you signed up for your FREE place on MATS MBA (Money BadAss) yet? We’re giving it to you as a gift during this uncertain time, so you have something positive to focus on and to help you find a way to build a thriving creative business. As you know, we are currently living through a strange and unprecedented time in world history – a time that art agent Lilla is calling the between worlds, where we’re caught between the old life that we knew and a new uncertain future. It’s left many of us feeling confused, unsettled, scared. Where do we go from here? In her recent free Facebook Live event for our new MBA students (want in? Sign up for your FREE place here), Make Art That Sells co-founders Lilla and Beth talked about reframing your experience of this time. While there is plenty for us to be

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Get your FREE career planning worksheet, plus Lilla’s video of all the cool art jobs out there

First up, it is 100% absolutely your last chance to sign up for Assignment Bootcamp today, so if you want in – and we both know that you do – then book your spot NOW! Registration closes at 11.59pm PT and will not re-open again until 2021! Secondly, our fabulous Spring Sale starts one week today! We’ve got some delicious bundles of goodness to tempt you, plus discounts across every single one of our upcoming raved-about online courses – don’t miss it! Look out for your gorgeous FREE sale guide in next week’s newsletter! Today, in the run-up to the sale, we’re sharing this nutty worksheet from Lilla. Let’s say you’re an acorn: what will you become? Are you going to work your way up the tree right to the top, setting yourself a goal and working out all the steps you need to take? Or are you going to

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HURRY! Absolutely positively 100% last chance to sign up for Assignment Bootcamp 2020!

All aboard the Bootcamp train please: this train is preparing to pull out of the station. Assignment Bootcamp officially started Monday, March 2nd, but, due to popular demand, we’ve re-opened registration TODAY for a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it 72 hour window. HURRY! We will close Bootcamp 2020 registration for good on Thursday, March 26th at 11.59pm PT. It isn’t in our calendar again this year, so this will be your last chance to take part until 2021! Even though class started in March, there’s a fresh new assignment every month, so if you sign up now you’ll be ready to start the April assignment on Monday, April 6th along with the rest of the class as well as getting the March bonus content on Monday, March 30th. Plus you’ll have instant access to the March assignments to complete in your own time (want some motivation? Check out the gorgeous student gallery here) so

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Assignment Bootcamp is reopening for a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it three day window!

Oops – you did it again. Every single year, we get emails from students kicking themselves for not signing up for Assignment Bootcamp, especially when our first public gallery goes live (look out for the eye candy on March 24th). They see the incredible work that our students are producing, and how much fun they’re having, and how quirky and inspiring the assignments are, and they think: DAMN. We have great news for all you FOMO Fionas and Last-minute Larries: we’ll be re-opening registration for Bootcamp for a super limited blink-and-you’ll-miss-it window from this coming Tuesday, March 24th, to Thursday, March 26th. But that really truly utterly completely is your very last chance! Q: Won’t I be missing out if I sign up next week? Class started on March 2nd! A: One of the great things about Bootcamp is that you get a brand new assignment for a different market

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From our founders Lilla and Beth: A career-supporting gift for you in these tough times

How are you doing with all that is going on in the world? Together we are facing an unprecedented, challenging time. Everything is shifting, and many things are uncertain. In the face of this, we want you to know that the MATS community is here for you. Art can be a powerful force for good, a support for our collective mental health, and a way to stay connected with ourselves and each other. Make Art That Sells Founders: Lilla Rogers and Beth Kempton We also know that now, more than ever, we need tools and innovation to allow us to imagine a new kind of future, where we can be creative in the way we generate money to support our families, pay the bills, and help keep our local communities thriving. That’s why we want to gift every single person in our community a free place on our online course

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Get your work in front of a top art agent: Lilla announces LIVE review for Creating Collections for Home Décor

Do you adore home décor? Do you dream of seeing your beautiful art on fabric, ceramics and more in stores like Anthropologie? Our raved-about online course, Creating Collections for Home Décor, now in its fifth year, will give you incredible indepth insight into five key substrates – fabric, wood, ceramics, glass and metal – and, uniquely, will teach you how to create home décor collections, so you can sell more art to each client. Like our other renowned courses, Hot Markets for Your Art Part A and Part B, Creating Collections for Home Décor is self-paced, meaning you can dive in right away and complete it at a time and pace to suit you. And, as a special bonus, once a year, to motivate and inspire you, Lilla sets a deadline for submission for an assignment from each course. She’ll then view all of the pieces submitted to the gallery