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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Get your FREE 2024 creative career planner!

Get your fab FREE 2024 creative career planner, designed to help you thrive in your fabulous art career Art agent, former full-time illustrator and fairy artmother, Lilla Rogers. She’s created this gorgeous planner for you to help you thrive in 2024. It’s absolutely possible to make a great living from making art – but good things (and successful careers) don’t happen by mistake. That’s why top art agent and former full-time illustrator, Lilla Rogers, has created this beautiful FREE 2024 creative career planner for you, so you can plan your amazing year ahead. Get your gorgeous FREE 2024 creative career planner now, grab a drink, put on some music and get ready to plot, scheme and dream. What has worked in the year gone by? What do you want to achieve in the year ahead? What’s your road map for getting there? We know you can do it, and we’re


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SAVE 50% on our online illustration courses!

Save up to 50% on our game-changing online illustration courses! Hurry HURRY! Last chance to save up to 50% on our fantastic online illustration courses  – our giant Sale absolutely definitely closes TODAY! This year’s annual sale has been a blast, with three live Zoom events (re-watch them here), numerous pop-ins, and hundreds of dreams advanced and creative careers planned. But all good things must come to an end: our huge sale, with 30% off all individual courses and up to 50% off our amazing bundles, finishes at midnight PST TONIGHT! Books illustrated or authored and illustrated by artists represented by Lilla Rogers. Learn how to build a successful career in children’s book illustration, writing picture books or creating your own illustrated non-fiction books. Don’t miss out – shop now! Here’s a quick reminder of what you can get if you sign up before the sale ends: You won’t get


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FREE Zoom with creative industry experts

Watch the Replay of our fab FREE Zoom with creative industry experts! We hope you enjoyed yesterday’s fab live Zoom event with all the Make Art That Sells teachers as much as we did – if you missed it then catch the replay here: Watch on YouTube here. We’ve had a ton of questions about courses since yesterday’s Zoom, so to give you more time to decide, we’ve extended our huge sale until tomorrow, Friday, December 8th. Shop here now. Don’t forget, if you have any questions, or you bought a course or two but now want to upgrade to a bundle, that’s not a problem – simply email Louise at [email protected] and she’ll be happy to help. Art by Make Art That Sells student Sayani Mukherjee for Illustrating Children’s Books. HURRY – last chance to get this career-changing course at a 30% discount, or save up to 50% in


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FREE course giveaway in today’s huge Zoom!

Join the FREE course giveaway in today’s Zoom event! Do you have a burning career question you want to put to a top art agent or brilliant art director or creative director? Do you have questions about any of our courses before our giant sale ends TODAY? Do you want to spend an hour or so in the company of an amazing creative community that will leave you feeling invigorated and inspired? Do you want the chance to win FREE places on our career-changing courses? Then don’t miss the FREE course giveaway in today’s Zoom with art agent Lilla and all of the Make Art That Sells teachers TODAY at 12 noon ET/5 pm GMT! This is your opportunity to ask an art agent – plus the Make Art That Sells teachers – anything! Meet your teachers in our FREE All-Star Zoom TODAY: (l-r) Lilla, Beth, Zoë, Margo, Riley and


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7 reasons to take My Year of Art School

Create your dream career with Art School online! Change your life with our My Year of Art School bundle! Get all this in 2024! Here’s your schedule for My Year of Art School ALL. Get ready to fill your year with inspiration, motivation and everything you need to put a rocket ship under your creative career! Imagine that your actual career is making good money with your art … Imagine filling your portfolio with beautiful, job-snagging art … Imagine picking up groceries and seeing your gorgeous art on the front of your favorite magazine or in the greeting card rack … Imagine your Etsy shop selling out so fast you hardly have time to restock it … Imagine spending months immersed in creating a magical world for children to fall in love with or researching something you’re truly passionate about – and getting paid for it! Are you ready to


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How to design for the home decor market

Learn How to design for the home decor market Do you want to learn how to design for the home decor market? Do you want to get your gorgeous art on ceramics, bedlinen, wall art, furniture, soft textiles and more? Beautiful home décor products agented by Lilla Rogers – she has licensed her artists’ work for companies including Anthropologie, West Elm and many more. Find out how you can get your art on gorgeous products like these. Imagine dropping round to a friend’s house for coffee and finding that she’s got mugs that you designed … Or imagine seeing your stunning art on beautiful cushions and throws in a shop and hearing customers exclaim over how lovely they are … Or imagine your fabulous ceramic tea set being picked up and featured in a glossy style magazine … Or imagine getting royalty checks for your home décor line! How would


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How to find your art style

Our brand new course is going to help you discover or hone your art style, while making gorgeous art for your portfolio! Art agent Lilla tells us that one of the most common questions she gets asked as an art agent is: how do you develop your art style? How do you push your style further? How do you freshen up your existing style? Need a jump start? Feeling stuck and want to be inspired? Lilla and Tamisha have come up with a unique, original and inspiring way for you to explore your style. Here’s your teacher! Illustrator and educator Tamisha will inspire you with her vintage accessories, plus she’ll pose in period dress so you can practice your figure drawing. That’s why we’re so thrilled to share our brand NEW course from illustrator and educator Tamisha Anthony. She’s curated some beautiful vintage accessories and combined them with her knowledge


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Learn what to show in your portfolio – with a huge saving

Build a show-stopping illustration portfolio designed to get you paying jobs – with a massive 40% off! Art agent Lilla has put together this amazing My Stellar Illustration Career bundle that’s built around creating a powerful illustration portfolio that art directors, art agents, creative directors and more will love to see. Here are the FIVE courses you’ll get in this fabulous bundle: New + Live! Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering: Being able to do lettering opens up a ton of art markets from journal covers to wine labels, and it’s something that Lilla looks for when viewing an artist’s portfolio (and don’t forget, she’s always looking for new talent – taking a Make Art That Sells course is a great way to get seen by her!). You’ll get something every Monday for three months and it’s suitable for everyone, no matter what level you’. Lilla’s NEW course for 2024 will give you


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Wow! Even more real-life success stories from our students

We already shared one batch of our students’ actual real life success stories a week ago, but we have so many that here’s another bunch for you. Why? Because we want you to know that it’s perfectly possible for you to build a full-time career in illustration. Q: Why do we have so many success stories to share? A: Art agent Lilla cleverly designs every course to help you to fill your portfolio with art designed to attract paying customers, grow your art so you get better and better (while loving every minute), and make real money from making pictures. We love sharing these. Read on to find out who credits Make Art That Sells courses as setting them on course for their dream career and more. But first, a quick reminder: our huge annual sale is on NOW! So if you’re thinking of taking ANY Make Art That Sells


This could be YOU!

Imagine holding your very own book, written and/or illustrated by you, in your hands … 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! Make Art That Sells students with books they’ve illustrated and/or written: l-r, Lynn Gaines, Erica Root, Darcie Olley, Maruga Koops and Sharisse Steber. This could be you! Books are a fabulous market for both artists and writers, because they’re constantly in demand, and hugely satisfying to work on. Books written and illustrated by artists represented by art agent and Make Art That Sells teacher Lilla Rogers. Imagine building a career working on gorgeous projects like these! Let Lilla show you how. Which of these appeals to you the most: “I want to sink deep