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Your MATS Prep Make Art That Sells Get the final part of your FREE children’s book illustration assignment!

Get the final part of your FREE children’s book illustration assignment!

Lilla here! Today I’m sharing the final part of your FREE children’s book illustration assignment! I recently shared the first two parts of a FREE three-part warm-up exercise that I’ve created for you ahead of my raved-about online course, Illustrating Children’s Books, which starts THIS MONDAY, April 12th. If you missed them, you can catch up on Part 1 here and Part 2 here. How did you enjoy Part 2? I bet you had some fun accessorizing. Are you seeing that the more time and thought you spend on your character, the more interesting it is? An engaging character is so important to a successful children’s book, and that’s why my co-teacher, brilliant children’s book art director Zoë Tucker, and I spend so much time focusing on characters in class, and why we share boatloads of hints and tips from our decades in the industry. Want in? Book your place

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Where will YOUR art end up? FREE art career videos from art agent Lilla to inspire you!

There are so many opportunities out there for creative people – and these free art career videos will show you just some of them. Where will your art end up? Maybe on … A chocolate wrapper A rubber stamp kit An embroidery set An oven mitt A pair of socks A pencil case An adult puzzle … and tons more! How do you get gigs like this? Art agent Lilla can show you how (and right now, she can show you how for less in our big Spring Sale – but hurry, sale ends this Friday, April 9th!). Our Spring Sale is on NOW! Download your free copy of our beautiful sale guide here and explore everything that’s included, with 20% off individual courses and up to 40% off our amazing bundles! A few days ago, we shared a couple of free art career videos from top art agent Lilla

Your MATS Prep Make Art That Sells Get Part 2 of your FREE children’s book illustration assignment – plus a bonus!

Get Part 2 of your FREE children’s book illustration assignment – plus a bonus!

Lilla here! Today you can get Part 2 of your FREE children’s book illustration assignment! A couple of days ago I shared the first part of a FREE three-part warm-up exercise that I’ve created for you ahead of my raved-about online course, Illustrating Children’s Books, which starts on Monday, October 9th 2023. If you missed it, you can catch up here. This #MATSprep is a terrific warm up for class, because it will help you to start thinking about how you can create winning characters for your children’s book illustrations. Characters are absolutely central to children’s picture books, which is why we spend several weeks in class focusing on characters, and why my co-teacher, brilliant children’s book art director Zoë Tucker, and I share so many hints and tips on how you can take your characters to the next level and catch the eye of an art director or publisher.

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FREE home décor Zoom event with acclaimed creative director Margo Tantau! Plus see gorgeous student art

Join renowned creative director Margo Tantau for a FREE home decor Zoom event! Watch below.   Do you want to flick through your favorite glossy interiors magazine and seeing your art on stunning ceramics? Do you dream of wandering around Anthropologie or a lovely neighborhood boutique and hearing someone exclaim over gorgeous bedlinen that you designed? Can you imagine seeing your art on plates, pillows, rugs, tea towels and more – a whole home décor line with your name on it? Want to know how you can get gigs like this? Our raved-about online course, Creating Collections for Home Décor, will give you incredible indepth insight into five key substrates – fabric, wood, ceramics, glass and metal – and, uniquely, will teach you how to create home décor collections, so you can sell more art to each client. Art by student Erin Vanessa Sand. Earlier this year, Lilla offered representation

springsaleflowers Make Art That Sells FREE illustration career video series: Grab a cup of joe with Lilla and take in some gorgeous product videos

FREE illustration career video series: Grab a cup of joe with Lilla and take in some gorgeous product videos

Want to enjoy our FREE illustration career video series? Read on … Way way way back in the olden days, when you could still meet up with people for coffee and international travel was still a thing art agents Lilla and Kim met up for a coffee and to show off some of the beautiful products illustrated by artists that Lilla represents. For a little pickmeup today, we thought we’d share a couple of the videos that they shot – to give you a little bit of creative inspiration, to show you that you never know where your art is going to end up, and to help you feel like maybe you too are having coffee with Lilla and Kim. So grab a cup of joe or your beverage of choice, and enjoy the first part of our FREE illustration career video series … From rubber stamps to tarot cards,

Your MATS Prep Make Art That Sells Get Part 1 of your FREE children's book illustration warm up assignment!

Get Part 1 of your FREE children’s book illustration warm up assignment!

Lilla here! Today I’m going to share the first part of my FREE #MATSprep for my children’s book illustration 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 2021 starts in less than two weeks, on Monday, April 12th, so over the next few days I’ll be sharing this free assignment I wrote especially

EMILY HAMILTON ENVIRONMENT 1 Make Art That Sells Children's book illustration success stories for spring 2021 (Part 1!)

Children’s book illustration success stories for spring 2021 (Part 1!)

Children’s book illustration success stories – Part 1! When you’re investing money in an illustration course, what do you really want to know? That it’s enjoyable, sure. That your teachers have good credentials, of course. That it’ll grow your art and teach you new things, naturally. But what’s the number one thing you want to know? That it actually works. Make Art That Sells courses really work. We’ve got dozens of stories to share, from students at every stage of their journey, with children’s book illustration success stories ranging from setting up a new website or having the courage finally to send that email, all the way up to landing incredible book deals and representation. Why are our students so successful? Here are just some of the reasons why: You’ll learn everything you need to know to get the gig. Our teachers, including top art agent Lilla Rogers, brilliant children’s

matsSpringsaleguideimage Make Art That Sells FREE illustrator interview: Tisha Lee chats with top art agent Lilla Rogers

FREE illustrator interview: Tisha Lee chats with top art agent Lilla Rogers

FREE illustrator interview: Tisha Lee What’s it like to build a successful career in illustration? How does it feel to get that call from art agent Lilla offering you representation? What does an illustrator even do all day?! Make Art That Sells courses are a unique opportunity to get your art directly in front of a leading art agent and possibly land representation, and Lilla is always looking for new talent – in fact, she’s already scooped up three new artists from class this year, and it’s only April! Art by Tisha Lee, a Make Art That Sells student who is now represented by Lilla Rogers, for last year’s Illustrating Children’s Books, where she first caught Lilla’s eye. Want to get your art in front of a top art agent? Sign up for a course for less today! One of those three was Tisha Lee, and  Lilla and Tisha chatted

bootcamp square Make Art That Sells Last chance to build your illustration portfolio with Assignment Bootcamp

Last chance to build your illustration portfolio with Assignment Bootcamp

build your illustration portfolio Do you want to build your illustration portfolio? Then hurry!  The Assignment Bootcamp 2021 train is getting ready to pull out of the station. Registration for 2021 closes for good TOMORROW, and then that’s it until 2022. In Assignment Bootcamp, you get four months of incredible art assignments written especially for you by top art agent Lilla Rogers, all designed to build your illustration portfolio and get you work in the hottest art markets right now. Want to build your illustration portfolio? Hop on board now and you’ll get: something every single Monday from now until the end of June – including a Mini and a Main assignment every month, plus maybe insights from a guest art director, a trend board, a blobby worksheet, a video tutorial from art agent Lilla or something completely unexpected – that will help you create gorgeous art for your portfolio

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Want illustration assignments? Got Bootcamp FOMO? Last chance for 2021!

get illustration assignments from a top art agent Wishing you’d signed up for Assignment Bootcamp this year? Kicking yourself for missing out? Or are you just looking for some creative inspiration and playfulness for the next few months? Then we have great news for you! Hurry HURRY: Assignment Bootcamp is reopening for a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it window! Have you checked out the stunning gallery of art that our students have produced for this month’s illustration assignment yet? No wonder that every single year, we get emails from students kicking themselves for not signing up for Assignment Bootcamp. They see the incredible work that our students are producing, and how much fun they’re having, and how quirky and inspiring the illustration assignments are, and they think: DAMN. Kick yourselves no longer, friends: we’re re-opening registration for Bootcamp for a super limited blink-and-you’ll-miss-it window from today Monday, March 22nd, to Friday, March 26th. But that