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Posted on June 11, 2020.

Get your FREE mini-video on the making of a children’s book

Looking for an exciting creative focus? There are just over six weeks to go until the start of our raved-about online course, Illustrating Children’s Books, and we can’t wait! Taught by top art agent and Make Art That Sells co-founder, Lilla Rogers, and brilliant children’s book art director and author, Zoë Tucker, it’s an incredibly intense five week course that will teach you everything you need to know about the wonderful world of children’s book illustration, and is renowned for its ability to make careers and change lives (look out for some more of our incredible alumni success stories in next week’s newsletter!). Today, with huge thanks to publishers Quarto, we’re sharing a mini-video on the making of children’s book Greta and the Giants, written by Illustrating Children’s Books co-teacher Zoë Tucker and illustrated by Zoe Persico. The story was originally written by Zoë for Illustrating Children’s Books, before being

Posted on May 28, 2020.

What does your home life look like right now? Plus get your final FREE assignment

We hope you’ve enjoyed all the Arty Assignments that art agent Lilla has created for you this month – if you’ve missed any, head over to our blog to catch up, and don’t forget to check out Lilla’s favorites on our Instagram feed. We’ve considered the future and the past, such as things that you might be missing from our pre-pandemic lives. What about the present? What does your home life look like right now? As for me, British Jennie, I’m writing this from the bathroom, because it’s the only room in my house with a lock. Every now and then I can hear crashes, which reassure me that my children are still alive and give me a vague idea of their location, plus it’s a fun guessing game for me (what do I own that makes that noise as it hits the floor?). Eventually they’ll find me and I’ll

Posted on May 22, 2020.

Lilla shares what makes her sad, plus get your FREE Arty Assignment

Lilla here. How are you doing? How are you feeling? I’m excited to share my third free Arty Assignment with you today and I wanted to reach out to you and check in. Like many of us, I’ve found myself feeling the need for connection even more than usual during this time, and I’ve enjoyed chatting live in our free MATS MBA (Money BadAss) Facebook group and my recent free WebinARTS with six of my artists (find details on my site here). Art by Make Art That Sells student Socorro Vega, illustrating a quotation by our co-founder Beth Kempton from her book Wabi Sabi: Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life. My free Arty Assignment this week is all about what makes you feel sad. There’s a lot of sadness right now and those feelings are important to acknowledge. Which isn’t to say that we do or should feel sad all

Posted on May 14, 2020.

FREE arty assignment: What’s the weirdest part of now?

Have you ever noticed how things are a bit, well, weird right now? For me, British Jennie, a woman who spends her days alone at home looking at my laptop in a darkened room, one of the weird things is how little things have changed: it turns out that I was socially isolating for years before it was cool. Granted, with three small children now permanently at home and a pesky need to find things for them to do other than play Minecraft for 15 hours straight per day, things are a little more untidy than usual (for which read: I currently have to wade from room to room, and for some reason our backyard is full of blankets and Nerf gun bullets); but on the plus side, with the school run cancelled for the foreseeable, I’m suddenly finding time for all those little things that have been on my

Posted on May 7, 2020.

Four FREE Arty Assignments to fill up your May from art agent Lilla!

How are you feeling right now? Have you settled into this new strange normal yet? Do you feel odd when you see people on TV standing close to each other? Can you remember the last time you wore shoes? Maybe you’re feeling anxious or stressed or just downright bored. Maybe you’re loving the slower pace of life. Maybe you’re somewhere between the two, finding occasional glimpses of joy amongst the dull dross of day to day life. To give you a focus, a distraction or simply some creative inspiration for the next few weeks, top art agent and Make Art That Sells co-founder and teacher, Lilla Rogers, has put together four weeks’ worth of FREE assignments which we’ll be sharing throughout the month of May. You can use them to journal, to create a keepsake of this strange time, or even as portfolio pieces. Lilla says: “As a creative person,

Posted on April 8, 2020.

Get your FREE kid book illustration video

Hurry HURRY – our big Spring Sale ends at midnight PST TODAY! That means it’s your very last chance to grab our career-boosting, life-changing courses at a great discount! Which of these is you? I want to explore a ton of new markets for my art, I want my art to get better and better, and I want to pack my portfolio full of amazing work: you need My Semester of Art School ALL COURSES – check it out here! I want the motivation and excitement of live courses to keep me going, and I want monthly assignments in a fun, supportive atmosphere so I can build a kickass portfolio: you need My Semester of Art School ALL LIVE – check it out here! I want to walk into a bookshop and see my art on gorgeous children’s picture books, plus this is the year I’m finally going to write

Posted on April 8, 2020.

What does an art director want to see in your children’s book illustration portfolio? FREE video!

What does an art director need to see in your children’s book illustration portfolio in order to offer you a kid book illustration job? Art agent and Make Art That Sells co-founder and teacher, Lilla Rogers, and renowned children’s book art director and author, Zoë Tucker, have tons of information and insight to share from their decades in the business. In their raved-about online course, Illustrating Children’s Books, you’ll create a stunning pitch presentation that contains everything an art director wants to see in order to land you the gig, including character sheets, a full page spread and a beautiful front cover. Congratulations to Illustrating Children’s Books student Natelle Quek, on being featured by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. One of the character sheets she did for Illustrating Children’s Books is on the left. Right now, you can book your place on Illustrating Children’s Books at an

Posted on April 6, 2020.

FREE mini video series on illustrating children’s books from art agent Lilla Rogers!

Imagine getting that call or email from a renowned art director to say they love your work and want to offer you a children’s book illustration gig … Imagine spending weeks or months digging deep into a manuscript and using your beautiful art to create adorable characters and magical worlds … Imagine going into your favorite bookshop and seeing your very own art – or hearing that they’ve sold out of their copies because kids just can’t get enough! Our career-changing Illustrating Children’s Books online art course can turn your dreams into reality – click here for just some of our success stories. Plus if you’ve always dreamed of writing as well as illustrating your very own children’s book, art agent and Make Art That Sells co-founder and teacher, Lilla Rogers, has also introduced a brand NEW course, My Kid Book Pitch, that will help you come up with your

Posted on April 3, 2020.

Want to illustrate children’s books? Get your FREE mini tutorial video on conceptualizing a manuscript!

Do you want in on the enchanting world of children’s book illustration? Would you love to build a children’s book illustration career? Do you want to take your career in a new direction, or if your current industry is suffering during the pandemic, do you want to seize the opportunity to create a new career? Now is a great time to think about what you want from your creative career and to refocus your aims and your energy. During these days of quarantine, people are still buying books as they look for entertainment, comfort and escapism, and publishers will be looking for new writers and illustrators in the months and years ahead. Lilla says: “Think of a time in the future when this is all over. Think of what you want your career to look like. What will you be doing? What art what are you be making? Let me

Posted on April 2, 2020.

FREE Facebook Live, Bingo Board and more!

Have you signed up for your FREE place on MATS MBA (Money BadAss) yet? We’re giving it to you as a gift during this uncertain time, so you have something positive to focus on and to help you find a way to build a thriving creative business. As you know, we are currently living through a strange and unprecedented time in world history – a time that art agent Lilla is calling the between worlds, where we’re caught between the old life that we knew and a new uncertain future. It’s left many of us feeling confused, unsettled, scared. Where do we go from here? In her recent free Facebook Live event for our new MBA students (want in? Sign up for your FREE place here), Make Art That Sells co-founders Lilla and Beth talked about reframing your experience of this time. While there is plenty for us to be