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Category:Course: Illustrating Children’s Books
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Learn how you can build a lucrative career in the dreamy world of children’s book illustration with Make Art That Sells’ Children’s Book Illustration Course and Illustrating Children’s Books Plus courses!

Designed for newbies and pro illustrators alike, this career-changing course covers everything you need to know to give your children’s book illustration career a huge boost. In just five weeks, you’ll create a ready-to-send pitch presentation that contains everything an art director or publisher needs to see to give you work. Taught by industry professionals, you’ll gain real-world insights into the thriving children’s book market, whilst honing your skills through weekly assignments, live reviews, downloadable worksheets, video lessons, interviews with publishers and illustrators and more. Get all the tools, insight, and advice you need to succeed with Illustrating Children’s Books.

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See the books that My Kid Book Pitch built

Do you want to earn real money from illustrating and maybe even writing your own books? Then let Lilla Rogers, with more than four decades of experience in the business, show you how! Today we’re going to meet just some of the Make Art That Sells students who did just that. Books are a fantastic market for illustrators and creatives because they can provide months of work and they’re always in demand – according to market research agency Grand View Research, the global book market was worth around $151 billion in 2024 and is projected to increase to around $192 billion by 2030. Want to learn how you can land a picture book illustration deal of your very own, or maybe even write and illustrate your own book (meaning you get paid TWICE)? Lilla’s comprehensive picture book courses – Illustrating Children’s Books and My Kid Book Pitch – will give

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SALE! Our picture book illustration course gets you jobs!

Our picture book illustration course, Illustrating Children’s Books, is one of our most long-running and best-loved courses, and with good reason: thousands of alumni have gone on to land book deals and representation because of the work they did and the things they learned in class. This five week long LIVE course is taught by illustrator and former top art agent Lilla Rogers, with 30 years’ experience of assessing artists’ portfolios and assigning picture book illustration jobs, and brilliant children’s book art director and picture book author Zoë Tucker. Zoë has worked on hundreds of children’s books, including the author-illustrator dream team Julia Donaldson and Axel Schaeffer, and she’s always looking out for new artists to commission – check out some of the Make Art That Sells students she’s worked with after spotting them in class in tomorrow’s newsletter! Just some of the many dozens of books Zoë Tucker has

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Replay of Live with Lilla #2: Get the Inside Scoop on Children’s Books with art director Zoë Tucker

Did you miss the fabulous Live with Lilla #2: Get the Inside Scoop on Children’s Books with art director Zoë Tucker? Watch the replay below! Our huge annual sale is ON, with 30% off every single one of our career-changing courses, and up to 50% off our amazing value bundles! The Make Art That Sells Cyber Sale is our biggest sale of the year, so don’t miss out: if you’re thinking of taking any Make Art That Sells courses in 2026, you won’t get them cheaper than this – so sign up now!   What’s included in the sale? Get your FREE guide! Want help deciding which courses to take? Click here to get your free copy of our gorgeous Sale Guide, packed with worksheets, quizzes, art and more. Watch the replay below      

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FREE Zoom TODAY with an art agent and picture book art director!

Imagine holding your very own book, illustrated – and maybe written – by you … Imagine spotting it in the wild in the library or bookstore … Imagine getting invited to your favorite local bookshop or school or radio station to do a reading … Imagine this being your job – that you’re getting paid to do! Just some of the hundreds of books agented by Lilla Rogers Studio. Ready to hold the book YOU illustrated in your hands – and get paid for it? Grab one of our career-changing courses in our giant annual sale. Clockwise from top left: Hsinping Pan, Daniel Roode, Hsinping Pan, Sarah Walsh. Books are a fabulous market for both artists and writers, because they’re constantly in demand, hugely satisfying to work on, and a great source of income. Save big with our fantastic Get Me a Picture Book Deal Bundle! Give yourself the best

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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