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FREE assignment #2: Learn to do lettering

Learn to do lettering with Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering Lilla here. Yesterday I shared a little sneak peek of some of the content you’ll get in my brand new lettering course, Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering, which starts this Monday, February 5th, and today I’m going to give you another FREE worksheet to play with and learn from. Practice lettering by Lilla – note how she plays around and experiments with the lettering style. You’ll practice different letterforms with her insightful worksheets, each with notes from Lilla, and build a unique resource you can refer back to. In Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering, you’ll get one of these worksheets – which I’m calling Micro Mini assignments – every day from Monday to Friday of the first week of each month. So I gave you one yesterday and another one today to give you a real taste of what the course will be like. Just like

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How to do lettering: FREE download #1

Learn How to do lettering with top art agent Lilla Rogers Lilla here. I’m so excited to share a FREE example of some of the content you’ll get in my brand new lettering course, Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering, which will show you how to do lettering and which starts this Monday, February 5th. I’ve been passionate about lettering ever since we did penmanship in third grade. I’ve studied and taught calligraphy, and when I was an illustrator I paid my bills thanks in part to my lettering. Some of my lettering gigs from my days as a full-time illustrator in NYC. My clients included New York University, Chronicle Books, Uppercase magazine, the Grammys and hundreds more. I paid my bills using my lettering skills, and I want to show you how you can do it too! Now that I’m an art agent, one thing I always look at when I’m viewing

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FREE treasure hunt art assignment

Get your FREE treasure hunt art assignment! Lilla here. Today I’m sharing Part 2 of your FREE #MATSprep warm-up exercise ahead of my Manifest your Dream Creative Career course coming up NEXT MONDAY, January 15th! I hope you enjoyed Part 1 – I loved looking at your affirmations. If you haven’t had a chance to do it yet, catch up here. Enjoy three weeks of live Zoom events with me – an art agent, former illustrator, author, columnist, public speaker, educator and more – plus LIVE Career Tarot readings and fabulous assignments in Manifest Your Dream Creative Career. Sign up now! Are you ready for Part 2? Read on … Here’s Part 2 of your free treasure hunt art assignment I’ve got a nutty treasure hunt art assignment for you today, that’s sure to intrigue you, but also to get you to connect with meaningful little objects in your world.

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FREE assignment inside: Write an affirmation!

Lilla here. Let’s make some magic together! Today I’m going to show you how to write an affirmation. One of my affirmations. They can be a powerful tool for helping you to focus and succeed. I love to write affirmations, visualize, and then manifest whatever it is I’d love to do next. I find that affirmations are wonderful for focusing your mind on what you want to do and achieve – and for harnessing some of the power of the universe. They’re also a fantastic way to start a brand new year, while we’re looking forward and thinking of the year ahead, which means that this assignment is great even if you’re not currently planning on taking my new LIVE course, Manifest Your Dream Creative Career. I’m so excited about Manifest Your Dream Creative Career, which starts Monday, January 15th. I’ve spent the better part of four decades working in

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Get Part 3 of your FREE children’s book illustration assignment!

Lilla here! Firstly, don’t forget to join me and my brilliant Illustrating Children’s Books co-teacher, children’s book art director and author Zoë Tucker, for a FREE live Zoom event TOMORROW Friday, October 6th, at 12 noon ET/5 pm BST. We’ll be talking about the #MATSprep, showing off some of our favorite picture books, answering your questions and giving away a FREE place in class! Don’t miss it! Set an alarm now! Join the Zoom here – you’ll also find a link in our Instagram Stories tomorrow, and on the front page of our website at www.makeartthatsells.com. I recently shared the first two parts of a FREE three-part warm-up exercise that I’ve created for you ahead of Illustrating Children’s Books, which starts THIS MONDAY, October 9th. 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

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

Lilla here! Firstly, don’t forget to join me and my brilliant Illustrating Children’s Books co-teacher, children’s book art director and author Zoë Tucker, for a FREE live Zoom event next Friday, October 6th, at 12 noon ET/5 pm BST. Meet your teachers: top art agent Lilla (left) and brilliant children’s book art director and author Zoë (right). Join them LIVE on Zoom and you could win a FREE place in class! We’ll be talking about the #MATSprep, showing off some of our favorite picture books, answering your questions and giving away a FREE place in class! Don’t miss it! Pop a note on your calendar now. Join the Zoom here – you’ll also find a link in next week’s blog, in our Instagram Stories, and on the front page of our website at www.makeartthatsells.com. A couple of days ago I shared the first part of a FREE three-part #MATSprep warm-up

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FREE children’s book illustration assignment #1: Create a character

Lilla here! Today I’m going to share the first part of my FREE #MATSprep for my 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 2023 starts in less than two weeks, on Monday, October 9th, so over the week and a half, I’ll be sharing this free assignment I wrote especially for class.

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Join our new FREE art challenge and WIN!

Drum roll please … Introducing our fab new FREE quarterly Art Challenge! Deadlines and challenges are a creative’s best friend – they’re a great way to motivate yourself and get on with making fantastic art without having to think too much about what you’re going to create. Here’s the low down: Art agent Lilla will set you a fresh new art challenge once every quarter, on September 1st, December 1st, March 1st, and June 1st. The topic will ONLY be revealed by email. That means you MUST be on our mailing list to take part. Sign up here now. You’ll have exactly one week to complete the challenge. Enter by sharing to social media with the hashtag #MATSArtChallenge and by emailing a jpg version to [email protected] with the subject line MATS Art Challenge. Lilla will pick her favorite piece of art submitted before the deadline. Art supplies at the ready:

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Here’s Part 2 of your FREE illustration assignment!

Lilla here. Today I’m sharing Part 2 of the FREE #MATSprep illustration assignment I created for you to get you warmed up for Bootcamp Special: Character Play. Today you’re going to find out exactly how easy it is to create winning characters for some of the hottest art markets right now. This course really is for all levels! Win a free place in class! First I need to remind you to join me and my brilliant Bootcamp Special teachers, Zoë and Riley, in a FREE live Zoom event on the first day of class, Monday, July 10th at 12 noon ET/5 pm BST! Zoë and Riley are both incredible teachers who are a joy to learn from as well as having huge amounts of information to share, and I know we’re going to have a blast. Join us – scribble a note on your hand now so you don’t forget!

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Open for a sweet treat: FREE assignment inside!

Lilla here. Today I’m sharing the first part of a FREE two part #MATSprep illustration assignment I’ve created for you to get you warmed up and ready for Bootcamp Special: Character Play, which starts Monday, July 10th! Q: Hold up. What’s Bootcamp Special: Character Play? A: Bootcamp Special: Character Play is a playful, relaxed course that’s designed to boost your creativity and give you more income streams for your art, so you can make more money doing what you love. It focuses on two fabulous art markets – children’s picture books and toys and games – and is taught by two top experts. I am grateful to the thousands of students who have taken my Make Art That Sells courses and the kind words you send me about my teaching style, because you’ve found that my assignments grow your art like nothing else and because they help you land real