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Get your FREE fall Color Match Game worksheets

Fall* has … fallen, there’s a crispness in the air, and spooky/pumpkin spice (delete as appropriate) season is finally upon us! (*With apologies to our friends in the southern hemisphere) To help you settle in to the turning of the seasons, art agent Lilla has created this playful Color Match Game for you using some of the dreamy greens, browns and neutrals found in nature. Pop on your cosiest sweater, pour yourself a mug of hot chocolate, dig out your art supplies and get ready to play. Simply click here to download your FREE Color Match Game worksheets, then print them out and see if you can match the colors Lilla found. You can use whatever media you like – this is a great opportunity to play and experiment without worrying too much about the end result. Making art playful and fun is a huge part of Lilla’s unique, whimsical

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NEW COMPETITION: Share your best clients!

Have you had a call from an amazing company to offer you your dream job? Or received an email from an art director whose work you adore, saying they love your art and would love to work with you? We know that tons of our students have landed amazing gigs, and we love sharing them on our blog. Today we’re asking you to tell us about your very best clients – and we’ll pick one entry at random and give them our brand new Best of Bootcamp: Market Mix 1 bundle to say thanks! Make Art That Sells student Sirjana Kaur created this art for a FREE #MATSprep assignment for My Toy Pitch. She shared it on Instagram, where it was spotted by Cartoon Network, who then asked her to do some freelance character design. To enter: Simply email Louise at [email protected] with the subject title “My best client” and let us

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See Lilla’s favorite art from our first quarterly Art Challenge!

Our first FREE quarterly Art Challenge kicked off on Friday, September 1st and we were thrilled that so many of you took part. Today we wanted to share art agent Lilla’s favorite art from the challenge, and, in case you missed it, let you know how you can take part in the next challenge. The assignment from Lilla was to create an Empress tarot card in just one week. Why did Lilla choose this assignment? She told us: “Tarot cards are in high demand, and publishers are searching for talented illustrators to bring them to life. This means that this assignment is a golden opportunity to showcase your skills, boost your portfolio and catch the attention of publishers. Plus they’re enormously enjoyable to create!” Lilla looked at every piece of art submitted before the deadline, and her favorite was by Nira Bar, who won a place on Illustrating Children’s Books.

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LAST CHANCE for Illustrating Children’s Books until 2024!

Hurry hurry – LAST CHANCE to sign up for our career-changing Illustrating Children’s Books course until 2024! ✨ Imagine building a lucrative career in the magical world of children’s book illustration … ✨ Imagine walking past your favorite book store and seeing a book you illustrated in the front window … ✨ Imagine spending months digging deep into a dreamy children’s book manuscript, creating unique worlds and memorable characters – and getting paid for it! Our outstanding online course, Illustrating Children’s Books, started Monday, but there’s still time to sign up. Art by Make Art That Sells student Claudia Marianno for Illustrating Children’s Books. You’ll build a professional pitch presentation that includes everything an art director or publisher needs to see to give you work, including beautiful character sheets like these. Just think: in just five weeks you could be holding your very own stunning book pitch in your hands,

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How to get your dream children’s book illustration gig

Our raved-about online course – and our last LIVE course for 2023 – Illustrating Children’s Books, starts TODAY! Over five incredible weeks, your brilliant teachers, top art agent Lilla Rogers and renowned children’s book art director and picture book 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. 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 enjoy brand NEW interviews with industry experts including award-winning illustrators, a publisher and an art director – all completely revamped for 2023. Plus you’ll get weekly LIVE reviews with Lilla and Zoë, tons of beautifully designed downloadable worksheets, daily drawing prompts, and lots more. Book your spot here. Now running

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Replay of Live with Lilla and Zoë: Friday, October 6: Illustrating Children’s Books

Hi everyone, if you missed the fabulous live events with Lilla and Zoë, please find the replay below. We have also included the free text chooser pdf download as mentioned in the live. Illustrating Children’s Books begins on Monday, October 6th so grab your spot now so you can choose your texts and get ready for class!   Download Your Text Chooser HERE      

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FREE children’s book illustration assignment #1: Create a character

Lilla here! Today I’m going to share the first part of my FREE #MATSprep for my online course, Illustrating Children’s Books. I really love teaching this course. Why? Because I feel your excitement, your commitment, and no matter if you’re starting at the beginning or are an experienced published illustrator, I’m so happy that you want to strive to make the best children’s book illustration that you can make. I love seeing your work, and I love watching the inevitable growth that occurs over the five weeks of the course. What’s a #MATSprep? It’s a FREE warm up exercise to get you ready for class, and it’s open to everyone, whether you’re signed up for class or not. Illustrating Children’s Books 2023 starts in less than two weeks, on Monday, October 9th, so over the week and a half, I’ll be sharing this free assignment I wrote especially for class.

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Get your brand new FREE assignment NOW!

Dig out your funkiest legwarmers and your bluest eyeshadow, because the brand NEW Redrawing Black History assignment just dropped and we are heading back to the 80s! Redrawing Black History – now covering FIVE iconic eras of Black American history! The theme for the 1980s is Black is Bold – be sure to check it out now! Photographer unknown. If you haven’t signed up yet, Redrawing Black History is our FREE Black art history course that will give you a deeper and richer understanding of Black American history. It’s led by inspiring educator and pro illustrator Tamisha Anthony, with support from top art agent Lilla Rogers, and, to make it as accessible as possible, it’s completely FREE. Your teacher, Tamisha, is passionate about vintage clothes, and dresses in period dress for each different era she talks about in Redrawing Black History. Photo by Voon Chew. All of the course materials

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Incoming: BONUS content for our FREE Black art history course!

Have you signed up for our FREE Black art history course, Redrawing Black History, yet? Meet your teacher! Tamisha Anthony is a passionate and knowledgeable educator, and a thriving illustrator. Plus she wears period dress for each presentation! Led by accomplished educator and professional illustrator, Tamisha Anthony, Redrawing Black History will give you a deeper understanding of four key eras in Black American history and their power and beauty, and help you to become more diverse in your art making. Plus, because we want as many people to be able to take it as possible, it’s completely FREE. Bonus content incoming! The course is self-paced, so you’ll get instant access as soon as you sign up, and as well as four gorgeous, visually rich presentations, plus video chats between Tamisha and art agent Lilla, you’ll also get four assignments to help you make some fabulous art for your portfolio. Art

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REVEALED: Find out who won our big birthday card competition!

Make Art That Sells is ten years old this year, and to help us celebrate, we asked you to create a birthday card featuring the number ten. As ever, you blew us away with your imagination and creativity. It was incredibly hard to pick a winner, but a winner we must have – so, with no further ado, huge congrats to the winner of our birthday card competition … Jan Schmidt! The winning entry, by Make Art That Sells student Jan Schmidt. Jan wins a FREE place in our final LIVE course for 2023, Illustrating Children’s Books. Illustrating Children’s Books is one of our most popular courses, and no wonder – our graduates have gone on to land hundreds of book deals (read about some of them here). In just five weeks, from Monday, October 9th, you’ll build a powerful pitch presentation that contains everything a publisher or art director