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FionaBarden ICB5 EMOTIONS AFTERNL Make Art That Sells 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!

Posted on August 12, 2019.

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

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

Posted on August 8, 2019.

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

Posted on August 1, 2019.

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

Posted on July 25, 2019.

Let all your home décor dreams come true!

Do you dream of seeing your art on beautiful home décor products? Imagine seeing your stunning ceramics in a glossy interiors magazine … Imagine being in a high end shop and hearing someone exclaim over your gorgeous bedlinen … Imagine a whole home décor line with your name on it! If home décor is your bag then we have some exciting things coming up for you! First up, we’ve just announced the LIVE art review for our instantly downloadable Creating Collections for Home Décor (CCHD) course. This is an amazing opportunity to get your beautiful art in front of top art agent Lilla Rogers and renowned creative director Margo Tantau! Sign up NOW to be a part of the excitement! The assignment will be issued on August 1st with a deadline of August 10th, so sign up now so you’ll be first to hear when the assignment is announced! Work done by Lilla’s artist Zoe Ingrams in class: Lilla took her on shortly after she did this piece. Click here to read

learn from agent and art director Make Art That Sells Want to crank out some portfolio pieces to get kid book work? Meet Illustrating Children’s Books’ laid-back kid sister!

Posted on July 18, 2019.

Want to crank out some portfolio pieces to get kid book work? Meet Illustrating Children’s Books’ laid-back kid sister!

The sixth run of our raved-about course, Illustrating Children’s Books, is in its final few weeks, and what an amazing ride it’s been! As well as being our biggest, busiest ICB ever, it’s also been phenomenal in terms of the work that our students have been producing. If you haven’t already seen then be sure to head over to our Instagram feed and check it out! Whether you’re gutted you missed out, you already know you’re going to miss it when it’s gone, or you’re just ICB-curious, we know you’re going to love her kid sister: Illustrating Children’s Books PLUS! What is Illustrating Children’s Books PLUS and how is it different than Illustrating Children’s Books? Lilla created this course for you to help you make a fantastic portfolio piece in three weeks. You need several strong pieces to show an art director or agent that you should be commissioned to illustrate a children’s book, and this

Posted on July 11, 2019.

Lilla Rogers Studio’s newest artist (spoiler alert: it’s a Make Art That Sells student)!

Why Make Art That Sells? Top art agent Lilla Rogers created Make Art That Sells because she wants to help creative people to make a living from their art. She says: “I want gifted people to make money with their art. They deserve it. I want them to make art that sells, while being their own cool selves. That’s my deal.” Every one of our outstanding raved-about courses was created to help creatives like you to make a living from making art, and they really work! In fact, ALL of the new artists taken on by Lilla Rogers Studio since MATS began in 2013 have been former MATS students – 17 in total! (Read more about them and how they got chosen here and here). Why? Because MATS courses help you to make unique art in a way that will appeal to agents and art directors, so you can build

Posted on June 27, 2019.

See the book deals our fall 2018 Illustrating Children’s Books students got!

Just imagine – in just six weeks’ time, you could be holding your very own fabulous children’s book illustration pitch in your hands, containing everything you need to land you great jobs from art directors and publishers! Our next Illustrating Children’s Books course starts NEXT WEEK and we couldn’t be more excited about it! This will be the sixth time we’ve run the course, and it just gets better every time. Hurry, hurry – spots are going fast! As ever, there’ll be three exclusive, brand new texts for you to get stuck into, written by our brilliant co-teacher, children’s book art director Zoë Tucker: we can’t give away too much, but rest assured they’ll be bang on trend and designed to bring out the best in every student, no matter what level you’re at. Plus, as Lilla and Zoë review a selection of the work submitted, it’s a unique opportunity to get your beautiful

Posted on June 24, 2019.

Your free #MATSprep for Illustrating Children’s Books!

Do you dream of illustrating a children’s book (or books)? Imagine passing by a bookshop and seeing your art in the window, or visiting the library and hearing a child exclaiming over the pictures you created! There’s something really magical about immersing yourself completely in a text and bringing it to life for generations of children to enjoy. Lilla is going to help you prepare for our hugely successful course, Illustrating Children’s Books which starts on Monday, July 1st. The Mats Prep (#Matsprep) is for everyone (even if you are not signed up to class) What’s a MATS Prep? It’s a fun free exercise to get prepared for class, or to have some creative fun, and a great way to see what Lilla’s playful, kooky teaching style is all about. Simply download Lilla’s fun worksheet here and fill it in! This will help you start to think about what your individual style is, what you

Posted on May 30, 2019.

FREE class on composition for illustrators from top art agent Lilla Rogers!

Today we’re sharing a great FREE mini class from art agent Lilla Rogers on composition for illustrators, to help you become a composition master! As an educator, Lilla has taught everyone from little kids to professional artists, but one thing remains constant: she breaks down complex ideas in a way that makes it whimsical and fun, and accessible for everyone. Or as Lilla says, “I trick you into doing your best work.” Just check out this lovely composition for illustrators class to see what we mean. Kick-ass composition for illustrators by Lilla Rogers Lilla here. Years and years of illustrating full-time taught me ways to design a page, and now I’ll share them with you. I’ve gathered some flora from my mother-in-law’s bucolic country garden in Western Massachusetts to show you some of my own favorite composition layouts. How your artwork is composed is so important! I’ve seen really great imagery passed on by art directors because the overall

Posted on May 21, 2019.

REVEALED! Who is Lilla Rogers Studio’s newest artist?

We recently revealed that Lilla Rogers Studio is taking on a new artist who is also a Make Art That Sells student. This week we’re thrilled to be able to tell you that LRS’s newest artist is … Kelly Anne Dalton! Congrats, Kelly Anne! Lilla said: “Kelly Anne’s work is so strong, cool and eccentric, plus her work demonstrates a charming, quirky imagination. Her children’s book work in particular is incredibly strong: she’s taken Illustrating Children’s Books a number of times. It was obvious to me that she worked really hard in class and she always delivered: I always knew that her assignments were going to blow me away. You could tell that she was really taking in what Zoë and I were saying, absorbing the information from class and applying it to her work, and that told me that she was willing to work with me and that we could