Lilla here. As an agent, one thing that I get asked all the time is: what should I show in my portfolio in order to get illustration jobs? Artists say to me: “Lilla, I have a load of art on my website, but what do I actually NEED?” Gorgeous products in a variety of markets illustrated by some of the artists I represented. There are so many markets out there that need your art! Let me show you how you can get jobs like this. My whole thing is about diversification. In other words, the secret to a successful art career is just like a financial stock portfolio: you don’t know what’s going to give you a ton of work or what art markets going to go up or down, so you need to diversify your investments. That’s why I often talk about having many eggs in many baskets –

Lilla here. I can’t wait to tell you about our newest wild adventure! I’m so excited to share my latest adventure with you – it perfectly combines two of my greatest passions: my love of teaching and my love of art supplies. If you’ve ever been to or seen my studio, you probably know that I have practically every art supply in the whole world! Art supplies are my love language From more than five decades in the art biz, I’ve got drawers of gouache and watercolor tubes organized by color; deeply pigmented oil paints and oil mediums; funky, sparkly and chunky acrylic mediums; silky 6B charcoal pencils; soft and absorbent printmaking paper; crispy linoleum blocks; and soft, richly colored handmade pastels sorted in wooden drawers! There’s a good chance I already have every art supply in the world, but I think I probably still need more, right? So just

Hurry hurry HURRY – only TWO DAYS before our biggest sale of the year ends for good, and that means it’s also your last chance to save big on Lilla’s brand new course for 2026, Portfolio Club! Imagine what it would feel like to get an email directly in your inbox each month with a brand-new assignment for a commission to create a gorgeous piece of portfolio art for a super hot art market … That’s exactly what you’ll get every month for eight months in Portfolio Club! You’ll explore a huge range of art markets, and experience exactly what it’s like to get a commission from an art director. Sign up now! Art by Make Art That Sells student Jean Ruth. Lilla has written eight fantastic Mini assignments and eight Big Assignments for you for an incredible range of art markets that are written exactly as you’d get them