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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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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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FREE Zoom TODAY all about books plus LIVE Q&A, plus student success stories

Join art agent Lilla and children’s book art director and author Zoë for a FREE live Zoom TODAY! Meet your teachers: Lilla (left) and Zoë (right). They’ve got tons of insight and wisdom to share – and they both love to find new talent among Make Art That Sells students. Join your teachers, top art agent Lilla Rogers and brilliant children’s book art director and picture book author Zoë Tucker for a FREE live Zoom event TODAY at 12 pm ET/5 pm GMT! Here’s what to expect: They’ll be chatting LIVE on screen with a volunteer or two Lilla will do her famous career tarot for a volunteer They’ll be discussing their favorite books and why they are so successful They’ll take a look at current trends in children’s books You’ll have the opportunity to ask all the questions you’ve ever wanted to ask a top art agent and a

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Get represented by Lilla Rogers and get art gigs like these

How can you land representation with top art agency Lilla Rogers Studio? It’s something that we get asked a lot. And the short and easy answer is that every live Make Art That Sells course is an incredible opportunity to get your art directly in front of art agent Lilla Rogers: she’s always on the lookout for new talent! Lilla looks at every single piece of art submitted to the class galleries when she’s preparing for the live class reviews, and she also loves to keep an eye on the private class Facebook groups and see all your beautiful work in progress. So if you take her classes, then she’s going to see your art. Why does she love scooping up students from Make Art That Sells courses? Because she knows they’ll have really strong portfolios to get work for top markets. In fact, since Make Art That Sells was

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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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LAST CHANCE! Does this course actually work??

Hurry hurry HURRY – registration for Creating Collections for Home Décor closes TODAY and we don’t know when this class will run as a LIVE course again, so if you want in then hop to it! Hold up, hold up. What’s Creating Collections for Home Décor? It’s an inspiring and intense LIVE five week course all about designing for the dreamy – and lucrative – home décor market: fabric, furniture, storage, tableware, bedlinen, vases, mugs – essentially anything you can buy to make your home more beautiful. It’s a huge market, and it’s booming right now – this course will show you how you can get a part of it. Taught by top art agent Lilla Rogers and fabulous creative director Margo Tantau, will give you in-depth insight into five key substrates for the home décor market: fabric, wood, ceramics, glass, and metal. Plus – uniquely – it will teach

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Meet the latest Make Art That Sells student to be scooped up by Lilla Rogers!

Are you looking for representation? Do you want to just ignore the whole fiddly, business-y side of your creative career and just get on with making gorgeous art in your pajamas? We don’t blame you. And don’t forget, every single live Make Art That Sells course is a fantastic opportunity to get your art seen by top art agent Lilla Rogers. Lilla looks at every single piece of art submitted to the class galleries when she’s preparing for the live class reviews, and she also stalks the class Facebook groups pretty obsessively. So if you want to get your art seen by an innovative art agent who’s always looking for fresh talent then you’ll want to check out our fabulous online courses. This isn’t a one in a million shot either – since Make Art That Sells was founded in 2013, Lilla has taken on more than 30 Make Art

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LAST CHANCE! Bootcamp closes TODAY!

Hurry hurry HURRY – registration for Assignment Bootcamp: Portfolio closes TODAY! That means it’s your last chance to sign up for all this: Last chance to get something from top art agent Lilla Rogers every Monday from August to October Last chance for three months of inspiring illustration assignments for the hottest art markets right now And last chance to pack your portfolio with gorgeous art designed to help you get paying jobs! A few weeks ago, we shared a roundup of some of the jobs last year’s Bootcamp cohort landed due to art they’d made in Assignment Bootcamp – and today we’re sharing even more! Read on for more … Want to make beautiful portfolio pieces designed to get you work, explore new art markets and grow your art? Don’t miss out – sign up now!   Dani Knight Dani created this gorgeous journal cover for Assignment Bootcamp: Portfolio.

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Bootcamp starts TODAY: 5 reasons why you need to sign up

It’s BACK! Assignment Bootcamp: Portfolio starts TODAY! Fill your portfolio with gorgeous, on-trend art designed to land you jobs Explore hot new art markets that need your art Find the joy in your art-making … all for the same price as a couple of lattes a week! How does it work? Every Monday from today until the end of October, you’ll get something new from art agent Lilla: maybe a blobby worksheet, a video tutorial, a fresh new color palette, a mini assignment, a trend board or something else. Add them together and … step by step, every month you’ll create a brand new illustration portfolio piece for a different art market – you’ll make one finished piece every month, along with the prep work you’ll do along the way (which has also landed our students jobs!). And as if three months of creative inspiration at a rock bottom price