Learn how to get paid for illustrating children’s books!

  Our hugely popular online course, Illustrating Children’s Books, starts May 20th

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Find out what Make Art That Sells students REALLY think of our courses!

What do Make Art That Sells students REALLY think of our courses? This summer, we asked our students to share their blogs and newsletters in which they mention Make Art That Sells courses, and we’ve loved reading all the wonderful things you’ve been saying about us! Just some of the stunning products assigned to artists represented by Lilla Rogers. Every one of the 20 artists taken on by Lilla Rogers Studio since 2013 have been Make Art That Sells students, and Lilla is actively looking for new artists to represent right now, because her artists are so busy! Check out Lilla’s three favorites below! Sonja Morris Sonja Morris is a card-carrying Make Art That Sells course addict! She’s taken a variety of MATS courses, including Assignment Bootcamp, Creating Collections for Home Décor, the MATS MBA (Money BadAss), and more. Make Art That Sells student Sonja Morris created this beautiful artwork

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What are an art agent and a children’s book art director’s favorite books? Join us for our FREE Facebook Live and find out!

Would you love to work in children’s book illustration? Imagine getting a call from an art director saying they adore your work and would love to work with you … Imagine getting an email from one of your favorite authors saying that your art is exactly what they’re looking for … Imagine getting to spend your time creating adorable characters and whimsical worlds – and getting paid for it! Work by MATS student Fiona Barden for Illustrating Children’s Books. Fiona was just one of the students from the course who went on to land a children’s book illustration gig! Whether you took our full five-week Illustrating Children’s Books course and you’re wishing it lasted longer … Or you didn’t take Illustrating Children’s Books and you’re wishing that you had … Or you couldn’t squeeze Illustrating Children’s Books into your busy schedule … Or you just want to dip your toe

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Everyone loves a makeover! See our Illustrating Children’s Books’ students before and afters (#6 will blow you away!)

Work by MATS student Anna Wilson for our most recent Illustrating Children’s Books course. Our outstanding Illustrating Children’s Books online course already gets rave reviews from our students, because it’s enormous fun, produces beautiful art and snags great jobs. Plus for our most recent course, co-teachers art agent Lilla Rogers and children’s book art director Zoë Tucker had a surprise for our students: right before class started, they announced that every one of the weekly reviews of student work would be LIVE! This means that students were able to respond to their teachers, add comments, ask questions and get answers, all in real time, which is highly motivating and encourages each student bring their A-game! There is no other course out there like this and as a result we have been seeing some absolutely incredible art. We are launching another brand-new children’s book illustration course in August!  What’s the difference

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Find out what students REALLY think of our courses and WIN a tote full of mystery goodies!

How would you like to WIN a tote full of mystery goodies from Lilla Rogers Studio worth at least $150? We know our students have said some wonderful things about us on Facebook, but we were thrilled to learn recently that you’ve been saying some lovely things about us on your blogs and in your newsletters too! We’d love to see more, so share your newsletter or blog post reviewing a Make Art That Sells course of your choice with us and you could win a gorgeous tote full of scrummy goodies from Lilla Rogers Studio worth at least $150! Read on to find out how to enter. Some of the beautiful products from Lilla Rogers Studio artists. Ever looked at stuff like this and wondered how the artist got the gig? Let art agent Lilla show you how! Here are just a few examples … Jennifer Potter has written

REVEALED! All our spring sale goodness – hurry or you’ll miss it!

Want to save $$$ on every single one of our outstanding raved-about courses? Want to spend five months immersed in three of the coolest, most lucrative markets for your art? Want your summer and fall mapped out with fantastic learning opportunities from industry experts every month from July to November? Then keep your eyes peeled for our fun flash spring sale, which kicks off NEXT WEEK! DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE GORGEOUS SALE GUIDE BELOW! Launch or boost your creative career in three thrilling markets with My Semester of Art School: check out what you get! Download your FREE sale guide here. We’ll be running our flash sale from Tuesday, April 23rd to Saturday, April 27th, with discounts across every one of our amazing courses plus an incredible bundle that will launch or boost your creative career across three of the most fun and profitable creative markets around: children’s book illustration, editorial

More #myMATSsuccess stories from our Alum!

Today, we published a blog post announcing the winners of our recent competition where our alum shared their successes! We have more to share with you in the post below.   JENESY CLAIRE I wanted to share a quick story about how MATS brought me to where I am today :  In 2014, I had finally quit my job running restaurants in NYC to pursue my dream illustrating children’s books. I went to every conference, workshop, and meet up group I could, showing my portfolio to anyone who would look at it. A generous tip from a mentor suggested I look at MATS to beef up my skills and portfolio, and I was off. I tore through the classes, and I thought, improved a lot. Art directors did not.   At the same time, my husband and I were relocated to Singapore for his work. I was thrown into a whirlwind of new colors and

#myMATSsuccess – read our astounding alum success stories and meet our winners!

How do you define success? It means different things for each of us and of course keeps on changing throughout our lives as we grow and develop. What does success look like to you? Print out and complete our quirky FREE Dream Snail worksheet to help you plan your amazing creative career. Perhaps it could mean snagging that amazing kids’ book illustration gig … Setting up a friendly group for fellow artists to support and inspire each other … Getting so many job offers you can pick and choose exactly what work you want to do … Taking the plunge and sharing your work for the first time … Or signing up for your first MATS class! We recently asked our MATS community to share their MATS successes so far, and today we’d like to share some of our favorites, as well as announcing the winners of our fabulous Lilla

Tips from a top art agent: How to have an illustration career in three steps. Plus discover your USP!

You might already know that, before she became a renowned international art agent, Lilla Rogers had a long and illustrious career working as a professional illustrator. All of the courses from Make Art That Sells are based on the fact that, from over 30 years in the business, Lilla knows exactly what you need to know in order to make art that sells in your own unique style. Some artwork by Lilla from her Art Recipes: Drawing Faces ecourse In today’s newsletter, we’re going to talk about how to have an illustration career in three steps. Note that we don’t say easy steps! Each of these steps will be an ongoing process that will become easier and more rewarding the more that you practice them. But one thing that Lilla does know for sure is that big daunting things become very much less overwhelming if you just break them down

Plan your amazing 2019 with our FREE Dream Snail downloadable worksheet!

What are your plans for 2019? This part of the year feels like a pause, doesn’t it? A big breath in, a time to take stock, to think about plans for the year ahead. So many of us will be planning resolutions, from small to huge, from mundane to life-changing. And we also know that even as everything settles down into the quiet of wintertime, there’s new life tucked away under the earth, just waiting to burst out and bloom. Art produced by MATS student Nancy Chalmers during our most recent Illustrating Children’s Books course. Nancy landed representation with a global agency during the course and has just been approached by her dream client. Huge congratulations, Nancy, we’re thrilled for you! The Make Art That Sells teachers really know their stuff. Between them, they have decades of experience in illustration, in education, in commissioning work, in home décor, in creating

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WIN BIG with our huge video testimonial competition!

Ever wondered how a top art agent views your website? Want a children’s book art director to review your work? Want to know how to tweak your portfolio so you get work in the home décor market? Now’s your chance to find out: we’re offering the rare opportunity for an exclusive 1:1 with your choice of one of our amazing teachers PLUS a place in our raved-about My Year of Art School LIVE, which includes every single one of our live courses for 2019 in our huge video testimonial competition to keep you creating over the festive period! This is one of our stunning manifestos from former student Abigail Halpin which sums up what we’re all about. Now we’d like to hear what you love about Make Art That Sells, whether it’s the courses as a whole, a favourite class, our amazingly supportive community, our outstanding teachers, the boost it’s