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Get your FREE downloadable affirmation from art agent Lilla

Lilla has used affirmations as a powerful tool for her entire career, and now, as a gift to you as we move towards the start of a whole new year, we want to give you a free affirmation to download and put somewhere prominent to help guide your own career and art practice. Why affirmations? Affirmations are a great way to program your beliefs so that you move in the direction you want your life to go. By repeating a key phrase, you reframe your beliefs in a subtle, but powerful way. Print out the one we give you here or create your own, then pin them in key places around your house or workspace. Lilla says, “My morning mirror is covered with sticky notes of affirmations I’ve written for my own life raising teenagers, getting through bumpy career points, or working toward goals I want to achieve. Somehow, repeating

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A day in the life of a top art agent

What exactly does a top art agent and born educator do all day? Having had the pleasure of staying with art agent and Make Art That Sells co-founder and teacher, Lilla Rogers, for several days in October, I can say for sure that she lives and breathes art and teaching: she is constantly thinking about what her artists and students need to know in order to thrive, both professionally and personally, and how she can break it down for them. It’s this ethos which underpins Make Art That Sells, which she describes as “an organic feedback loop”: always listening to her artists and students and thinking about what they need, and creating new courses in real time to meet those evolving needs. Much as you’d expect, Lilla’s studio is full of color and whimsy. Lilla’s day starts with ten minutes of meditation, daydreams, and checking email in bed – though

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Tips from a top art agent: Lilla’s advice for the holidays

Hi everyone, it’s British Jennie here. I write all of the Make Art That Sells newsletters and social media posts and various other bits and bobs behind the scenes. Earlier this year, I was lucky enough to visit Lilla at her home and studio in Boston, which was wonderful for many reasons, but one that struck me as soon as I walked in is that it’s such an incredible space. It’s beautiful, and it’s so so clean. I have three small children, so this was like stepping into a different world for me. She has no yogurt on her walls, no one has inexplicably left a Slinky, a doll’s head and two sticks next to her coffee machine, there are no foodstuffs smeared on any of her furniture. It was amazing. What’s her secret? Grown children and professional help, of course, but I wanted to know if she had any

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WIN a spot in Assignment Bootcamp 2020!

WIN a spot in our most popular course, Assignment Bootcamp 2020! Make Art That Sells manifesto by 2015 winner Shannon Newlin. What would your Make Art That Sells manifesto say? What sums up the Make Art That Sells experience for you? Is it the opportunity to fill your portfolio with show-stopping job-snagging art? Is it the inimitable Lilla Rogers, top art agent and Make Art That Sells co-founder and teacher, with her wisdom, insight and always surprising assignments? Or is it knowing that you’ve found your tribe in our brilliant supportive Facebook groups? As we head into the new year, we’re setting you a fun challenge for the holiday season: to create a Make Art That Sells manifesto illustration that describes what MATS means to you. The grand prize winner will get a FREE spot in our raved-about course, Assignment Bootcamp. And three runners up will win a free place in

myyear liveschedule Make Art That Sells Our biggest sale of the year ends TODAY!

Our biggest sale of the year ends TODAY!

Making art that sells Whatever your plans for your creative career in 2020, we’ve got the insight, insider info and assignments that will empower you to turn your dreams into reality. Imagine filling your portfolio with beautiful, job-snagging art … Imagine opening your favorite glossy magazine and seeing your gorgeous art inside … Imagine your Etsy shop selling out so fast you hardly have time to restock it … Imagine landing your dream children’s book illustration job: spending weeks immersed in creating a magical world for children to fall in love with – and getting paid for it … Imagine making art that sells! Want to find out how you can get your art onto cool products like these from Lilla’s artists? Let Lilla show you how – she’s got tons of wisdom and insider insight to share! BUT HURRY! LAST CHANCE! Don’t forget that our GIANT CYBER SALE ends

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Find out how you’re going to get a kid book deal in 2020, plus get our FREE job-snagging download

Ready for your kid book deal? Let art agent Lilla Rogers and children’s author and children’s book art director Zoë Tucker teach you everything you need to know! There’s something magical about a picture book, isn’t there? Opening the pages, the feel, the smell – and of course the beautiful art. How must it feel to get to illustrate a book of your very own: to spend weeks or months digging deep into the text and bringing it to life for generations of children to enjoy – and getting paid to do it? How do you get a picture book gig? By showing art directors and publishers exactly what they want to see in your portfolio and pitch. And that’s what top art agent Lilla Rogers and recently published children’s author and brilliant children’s book art director Zoë Tucker are going to do. If you’re dreaming of illustrating – or

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Book deals, representation and more – read our incredible alumni success stories

We love shouting about our amazing alumni and the wonderful work that they do, and they give us plenty to shout about! Maria van Bruggen has taken a number of Make Art That Sells courses, including Illustrating Children’s Books in July 2019, during which she signed a deal with a publisher to write and illustrate three books. (Want to find out how you can pitch for your very own kids’ book? Don’t miss Lilla’s brand NEW course, My Kid Book Pitch!) Anna Lindsten has also taken multiple Make Art That Sells course, including Illustrating Children’s Books a number of times. She says: “I was also contacted shortly after by a Swedish publisher of children’s books after the editor had seen the squirrel character I created in the previous Illustrating Children’s Books course! I was so happy to work with this book publisher for a classic anthology of stories and poems

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How to build a show-stopping portfolio

Here’s the big reveal for Day 4 of our fab FREE cyber sale #MATSprep: meet #illustratorBarbie! Isn’t being an illustrator just the best job ever? Getting to hang out in your pajamas all day making art and getting paid for it? Share your finished piece with us on Instagram and let us know what you love most about being an illustrator in the caption! What did Lilla love about being an illustrator? Find out, including why it’s the opposite of soul-crushing in the audio clip below. Our Giant Cyber Sale is now on, which means that, until next Monday, December 2nd ONLY, all your old favorites plus our exciting NEW classes for 2020 are heavily discounted! Registration for all of our outstanding courses for 2020, including Lilla’s brand new courses, My Kid Book Pitch and Lilla’s Mystery Box, will be open next year at full price, but you can grab

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5 reasons why you need Make Art That Sells courses in your life in 2020

Want to make your art better than ever in 2020? Want to fill your portfolio with stunning job-snagging on-trend art? Want to land so many jobs that you’re getting to pick and choose what you want to do and turning potential clients away? Which courses will you take in 2020? With 25% off individual courses and up to 50% off bundles, you’ll be spoilt for choice! Download your sale guide here. Our huge cyber sale is on NOW, with juicy discounts across every single one of our raved-about courses plus huge savings on some scrumptious bundles that will give you everything you need to light a fire under your creative career in 2020. Download your copy of our gorgeous FREE sale guide here to see everything that’s included. Need some help deciding? Our Bundle Chooser will help you out, whatever your goals and dreams for the year ahead. Here’s Day

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9 reasons why you need to sign up for My Year of Art School

YAY! OUR GIANT CYBER SALE IS HERE! Yesterday we kicked off our GIANT CYBER SALE, our biggest sale of the year and an amazing opportunity for you to save on everything from individual classes to our huge My Year of Art School bundles! Click here to download your FREE gorgeous guide to our massive sale! Here’s Day 2 of our fun FREE #MATSprep! Don’t forget to share your work on Instagram and tag it #MATSprep and #MATSprepBarbie so art agent Lilla can see. Watch your email tomorrow for Day 3, plus the big reveal on Day 4! Want more agent tips like this? Want to build a powerful portfolio that will put a rocket ship under your creative career? Our My Year of Art School bundles are an amazing way for you to get ALL of our raved-about job-snagging courses at an incredible price, with up to 50% off plus