Learn lettering with top art agent and illustrator Lilla Rogers!

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Get Part 3 of your FREE lettering assignment!

Lilla here. In the last newsletter, I shared a little sneak peek of the kind of content you’ll get in my unique lettering course, Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering, which starts in just a few days, on Monday, June 8th: I hope you enjoyed it! Today I’m going to give you another FREE assignment to play with and learn from. Being able to do lettering is so good for your career because so many different products need it – plus it’s just such a joy to do. In Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering, you’ll get a Micro Mini assignment every day from Monday to Friday of the first week of each month. In each one, I’ll share a new and gorgeous lettering style for you to get inspired by and play with – 15 in total, and they’re all brand new for 2026, collected from my travels around France and Portugal. Some of my

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Get Part 2 of your FREE lettering assignment!

Lilla here. I’m so excited for the start of Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering exactly one week today, on Monday, June 8th! Lettering is so good for your career – it’s something that art agents look for and it can radically increase how many jobs you get – plus I just want you to learn to love lettering as much as I do. I’ve created a FREE three-part #MATSprep warm-up exercise to help you get ready for class, and to give you a little taste of my teaching style, which is all about breaking things down into tiny steps so you don’t get overwhelmed, and keeping you engaged with lots of whimsy and surprises, to trick you into doing your best work. A few days ago we shared Part 1 – if you missed it, catch up here – where we took stock of what art materials we were going to use

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Get Part 1 of your FREE Lettering warm-up assignment!

Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering starts in just a few weeks, on Monday, June 8th! I wrote this course because I know that being able to do lettering can radically increase how much money you earn from illustration gigs! Lettering is fantastic for your career and can get you a ton of work. I created this course because I wanted to encourage you to experiment with different styles of lettering, to find your own unique style, and to fill your illustration portfolio with beautiful artwork designed to get you paying jobs. Lettering for projects by artists agented by Lilla Rogers Studio. Develop your lettering skills, learn how you can get gigs like these, and create art designed to land them. Sign up here. Today I’m sharing Part 1 of a FREE 3-part #MATSprep warm-up assignment I’ve created to help you get ready for class. Good news! Today’s #MATSprep is all about playing

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HURRY! FREE picture book illustration assignment Part 3 inside!

Our absolute student-favorite online course, Illustrating Children’s Books, starts THIS MONDAY, April 27th, and we can’t wait! We’ve got three incredible texts for you to choose between – one witty one written by art agent Lilla, one dreamy one by picture book author Zoë Tucker – who’s previously had THREE of the texts she’s written for Illustrating Children’s Books published – and one calm, mindful by British Jennie. As ever, it’s suitable for all styles and all levels, and we think you’re going to adore the stories we’ve come up with this year! Three of the stories which Zoë has written for Illustrating Children’s Books have been picked up and published so far – in other words, you’re working with professional-level texts. Book your spot here. To give you a little taste of Lilla’s innovative teaching style, which breaks everything down into smaller steps to keep you engaged and accountable

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Get Part 2 of your FREE picture book illustration assignment!

Get Part 2 of your FREE picture book illustration assignment! There’s less than a week to go until the start of our raved-about picture book illustration course, Illustrating Children’s Books. Tons of our students have gotten book illustration deals after taking this course – read some of their stories here. In five intense weeks, you’ll create a ready-to-send professional pitch presentation that contains everything an art director or publisher needs to see to give you work. If you’re ready to build or boost your picture book illustration career, don’t wait – sign up now. In order to give you a little taste of the course, and to help you get warmed up and ready for class, art agent and course leader Lilla has written a FREE three-part #MATSprep assignment for you. We’re drawing a scene together. Scenes are a huge part of picture book illustration, which is why you’ll spend

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FREE picture book illustration assignment Part 1

Our student-favorite LIVE picture book illustration course, Illustrating Children’s Books, starts one week today, on Monday, April 27th, and there’s still time to sign up! Why do students love Illustrating Children’s Books so much and take it over and over again? Because while it’s rigorous, it’s also engaging and just plain fun. In just five weeks, you’ll have a ready-to-send children’s book illustration pitch that contains everything an art director or publisher needs to see to give you a picture book illustration deal. Here’s your teacher! Lilla Rogers (left) and some of the many hundreds of picture books she agented during her 30 years as a top art agent (right). Plus it’s led by industry experts. Your teachers, former top art agent Lilla Rogers and renowned children’s book art director and author Zoë Tucker, will teach you everything you need to know about the wonderful world of children’s book illustration,

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FREE Magic Cards to generate your picture book story idea!

Lilla here. I’m so thrilled that my picture book writing course, My Kid Book Pitch, is running as a LIVE course again this year. Class starts next Monday, February 23rd, and I really hope you’ll join me. Lilla here! I can’t wait to help you write your fabulous unique picture book story, just like I helped the artists I represented when I was an art agent for 30 years. Why? Because I love helping creative people like you thrive, and picture books are such a wonderful income stream for artists and illustrators – that’s why I started working on them with the artists I represented when I was an art agent. I know you’re probably thinking: “But Lilla, I’m not a writer!”. I think you are, but you just don’t know it yet. I bet you have tons of characters and little stories whirling around in your magical brain. I

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Get your second FREE lettering assignment – from a creative director!

Lilla here. Last week I shared a little sneak peek of some of the content you’ll get in my unique lettering course, Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering, which starts Monday, September 8th: I hope you enjoyed it! Today I’m going to give you another FREE assignment to play with and learn from. Read on! In Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering, you’ll get one of these assignments – which I’m calling Micro Mini assignments – every day from Monday to Friday of the first week of each month. I gave you one last week and I’m giving you another one today to give you a real taste of what the course will be like. Just like in the course, you can do a little bit each day when you get the Micro Mini assignment, or you can save it all for the weekend. Plus this one is going to be extra fun. I came up

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Get your FREE lettering download!

Lilla here. I’m so excited to share a FREE example of some of the content you’ll get in my lettering course, Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering, which starts Monday, September 8th. BIG NEWS! I’ve concocted a wild new approach for five of the assignments you’ll get in Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering: I’ve pretended that I’m a creative director who is commissioning you with some very cool jobs! Having been on the receiving end of job commissions for decades, it turns out I have a knack for being a fake creative director creating fake jobs! And although the jobs are just pretend, they are tuned in to current lettering needs in the marketplace and will be phenomenal for your portfolio. I give specifics, fantastic lettering styles to follow, and sometimes color palettes and more. I hope they make you giggle, but also motivate you to draw while teaching you tons. I had so much

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FREE picture book illustration assignment – Part 5

Get your FREE picture book illustration assignment – Part 5 Lilla here. Oh, man, you are a whole bunch of brilliant artists! You delight me with your imagination, sensitivity, and talent. I’ve loved seeing all the art you’ve created over the past couple of weeks for this #MATSprep. I love to teach my intensive live courses, like Illustrating Children’s Books, for exactly that reason: it’s amazing to see how the work blossoms over the five jam-packed weeks. The passion and achievement of our students are awe-inspiring. I hope that you’ve enjoyed taking part in this free #MATSprep as much as I’ve enjoyed writing it and seeing all your beautiful art. It gives you a taste of my teaching style, to see if it’s a good fit, and it’s also a great way to warm up and get ready for Illustrating Children’s Books, which starts THIS MONDAY, July 7th. Don’t forget,