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Course dates: 2026

Get Me a Picture Book Deal bundle 2026

£777 / $1,040 (approximate)

Learn how to illustrate, write and pitch beautiful books for kids!

Create professional ready-to-send pitches for some of the hottest art markets right now and build a powerful portfolio packed with winning characters designed to catch an art director’s eye – if you’re dreaming of a shelf full of gorgeous books written and illustrated by you, then this is the bundle for you!

  •  Do you want to build a lucrative and rewarding career in the dreamy world of books, for children?
  •  Do you want to share your passions with other people and influencing a whole new generation – and get paid to do it?
  • Do you want to create magical worlds and winning characters – and get to call it your job?

Sound good? Scroll down to find out more.

Children’s books remain a huge market for your art and this fabulous bundle will help you to create gorgeous characters  and strong pitches for this exciting market, ready to send off to publishers, art directors and more. Plus you’ll build a kickass portfolio that will help you land more work in these fantastic markets.

Get ready to make pitches that will help you land your dream illustration jobs with the Get Me a Picture Book Deal bundle – because no matter how digital, online or automated the world becomes, there’s nothing quite like a book.

– and this fabulous bundle gives you everything you need to write and illustrate your own picture book.

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Grab the Get Me a Picture Book Deal bundle and get your work in books like these!

In this fabulous bundle you get:

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INSTANT ACCESS

Sign up today to get this portfolio-boosting bundle!

 

Here’s what you get in this incredible bundle:

  • My Kid Book Pitch:  (Feb 23 – Mar 20, 2026). Imagine getting paid to write and illustrate your very own children’s book – creating your own unique characters and world for children and parents to fall in love with again and again. This 4-week course with Lilla Rogers and Zoë Tucker will give you everything you need to write your own authentic, unique children’s picture book and avoid the slush pile. You’ll get an incredible 123-page downloadable workbook, Lilla’s dreamy custom Magic Cards to help you access your unique idea, tons of worksheets and questionnaires to help you dig deep into your personality, and tons more.

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Artwork by Make Art That Sells student Kim Fleming from My Kid Book Pitch

  • Illustrating Children’s Books:  (April 27 – Jun 1, 2026). The career-changing Illustrating Children’s Books is consistently one of our most popular courses, and no wonder! You’ll spend five intense weeks with top art agent Lilla Rogers and renowned children’s book art director and author Zoë Tucker, who together will help you to create a brilliant children’s book pitch to help you land your dream gig. By the end of the course, you’ll have a finished pitch containing everything an art director needs to see to get you jobs.

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Magical illustration by Jacqui Langeland for Illustrating Children’s Books

  • Bootcamp Special: Character Play:  (Instant Access). This fantastic course from children’s book art director and author Zoë Tucker and creative director, art agent and toy creator, Riley Wilkinson, will dig deep into creating winning characters that you can license for children’s books, toys, games and more. Originally run as a live course you’ll get instant access  to an archive of assignments. You’ll get mini texts from Zoë and assignments  to create characters, before brainstorming with Riley to come up with your own unique character-based toy or game. Give your portfolio a tremendous boost in two of the hottest art markets right now.

An amazing opportunity to work on your characters, your illustrations and your writing. The perfect bundle for you to break into the kid book market!

Your dream creative gig is waiting for you … with  The Get Me a Picture Book Deal Bundle!

why it’s perfect for you

It’s perfect for…

  • Artists who want to explore the booming children’s picture book illustration market.
  • Artists who have had some success in either of these markets and who want to explore them further.
  • Artists who love these markets and dream of getting paid work in them.
  • Artists who would like to learn more about creating and licensing appealing, engaging characters.

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Make Art That Sells students with books they’ve illustrated and/or written: l-r, Lynn Gaines, Erica Root, Darcie Olley, Maruga Koops and Sharisse Steber

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l-r,  Annabel Tempest, Erika Jones, Emily Hamilton, Adam Ming and Sarah Allen

It’s time to follow your passion, find your unique voice and make lots of incredible art so that you can enjoy a successful, lucrative career while playing and having fun. Sign up now for this incredible bundle and let your art shine!

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Cover created by Fran Ng in Illustrating Children’s Books

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teachers Lilla Zoe Riley

L-R Lilla Rogers, Zoë  Tucker & Riley Wilkinson

 

LILLA ROGERS, Founder, LILLA ROGERS STUDIO

Lilla Rogers: a former illustrator, innovative art agent and author, Make Art That Sells co-founder Lilla has boatloads of wisdom to share from her decades in the business, plus a warm and quirky approach to teaching that will trick you into doing your very best art

ZOË TUCKER, ART DIRECTOR

Zoë Tucker has worked in children’s book publishing for nearly two decades, starting with Random House, working across the list from baby books right up to Young Adult. Her books have won numerous awards and she has worked with Penguin UK (Puffin Imprint), and Scholastic UK (Alison Green imprint). Brilliant children’s book art director and author of several children’s picture books including Ada and the Number-Crunching Machine  and Greta and the Giants .

A girl with plaits with her arms crossed, book cover of Greta and the Giants by Zoe Tucker

Riley Wilkinson, game designer

Riley Wilkinson, designer, art director, and creative director for toy and product companies and creator of the smash hit game for pre-schoolers, The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game

It’s time to follow your passion, find your unique voice and make lots of incredible art so that you can enjoy a successful, lucrative career while playing and having fun. Sign up now and let this be the time for your art to shine!

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Character Bootcamp testimonial Caitlin Betsy Bell

Don’t miss out! Get the Get Me a Book Picture Deal bundle now!

Terms and Conditions

By registering for any of the Make Art That Sells classes, please be aware you are agreeing to the following Terms & Conditions:

  • You acknowledge that your work will only get viewed by Lilla in the live classes if you submit it as directed by the deadline of each week when the class is live. You also acknowledge that although Lilla will view every piece of work submitted and provide general feedback to class, only a handful of pieces will be chosen each week for specific critique (which will be shared with the class), and there is no guarantee that you will receive personal critique from Lilla during the course.
  • If you submit any work in class and it is selected for review, you give permission for that critique (including your images) to be shared with the rest of the class in any format.
  • You agree that Make Art That Sells may give permission to select art directors to view the finished works submitted for critique in any MATS class. Should they be interested in working with you, Make Art That Sells will put you in contact and you can continue your discussions directly.
  • You give permission for Make Art That Sells to use any images you submit for critique in any class or share in the class community area, to be included in any future class-related marketing or promotional strategies, online or offline. You will always be credited and will retain the rights to your work.
  • You agree to the class Ground Rules which are as follows: (i) Stay open (ii) Be positive (iii) No negative critique of others (iv) No excuses are necessary. If you miss a deadline for submitting your assignment that is fine, but the entire class does not need to know the reasons for that.
  • You acknowledge that Make Art That Sells reserves the right to delete any inappropriate comments in the classroom or any of the class-related community spaces, in order to provide and maintain a supportive classroom environment.
  • You confirm that you are purchasing a single license for this course for your individual use only. To enquire about educational/corporate rates (for official groups of 10 or more) please send an email to [email protected].
  • You acknowledge that Lilla Rogers Studio reserves the right to replace any advertised content with alternative content of an equivalent value without notice
  • You acknowledge that all sales are final and no refunds will be given before, during or after class.
  • You acknowledge that, if paying in installments, no part-payments will be refunded should you cancel your place before class begins.
  • All courses are priced in GBP £. Any approximate $ equivalents given are for reference only. When paying by Paypal, you will be charged in your local currency at the prevailing Paypal exchange rate.
  • You give permission for your email address to be added to the mailing list you can unsubscribe at any time.

Privacy Policy

We do not store credit card details nor do we share customer details with any 3rd parties.

Delivery Policy

All our courses are delivered online in password-protected classrooms. We do not deliver physical products in the post, but rather send you an email with the URL of the classroom and the password you need to log in. This email is sent to the email address you used to register for the class, and will be sent at least two days prior to the start of class (except where you register with less than 48 hours to go, in which case it will be sent within 48 hours of registering, which may be after the class has begun). If you do not receive your classroom login information within this time frame please contact us via email to [email protected] so our team can assist you.

You can view our full detailed terms & conditions here: https://makeartthatsells.com/terms-conditions/

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Win a FREE place in Lilla’s NEW Portfolio Club!  Our fabulous FREE Quarterly Art Challenge is BACK – but it’s only open to subscribers on our mailing list, so sign up NOW if you want to take part!  Here’s how it works:  ✨ Sign up for our mailing list – link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/newsletter/  ✨ TOMORROW, Thursday, December 11th, you’ll get an assignment from Lilla delivered direct to your mailbox. It’ll be something suitable for all levels and great for your portfolio.  ✨ Submit your art before the deadline, December 18th  ✨ Lilla will look at all the entries submitted before the deadline and pick her favorite to win a place in Portfolio Club 2026!  A fun creative challenge that will push you to create some gorgeous art for your portfolio AND the chance to win a free course – what’s not to like?! Join our mailing list now for your chance to take part!  Image shows art for our last challenge by Anna O’Neill, which Lilla picked as one of her Honorable Mentions.

Win a FREE place in Lilla’s NEW Portfolio Club!

Our fabulous FREE Quarterly Art Challenge is BACK – but it’s only open to subscribers on our mailing list, so sign up NOW if you want to take part!

Here’s how it works:

✨ Sign up for our mailing list – link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/newsletter/

✨ TOMORROW, Thursday, December 11th, you’ll get an assignment from Lilla delivered direct to your mailbox. It’ll be something suitable for all levels and great for your portfolio.

✨ Submit your art before the deadline, December 18th

✨ Lilla will look at all the entries submitted before the deadline and pick her favorite to win a place in Portfolio Club 2026!

A fun creative challenge that will push you to create some gorgeous art for your portfolio AND the chance to win a free course – what’s not to like?! Join our mailing list now for your chance to take part!

Image shows art for our last challenge by Anna O’Neill, which Lilla picked as one of her Honorable Mentions.
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Win a FREE place in Lilla’s NEW Portfolio Club!  Our fabulous FREE Quarterly Art Challenge is BACK – but it’s only open to subscribers on our mailing list, so sign up now if you want to take part!  Here’s how it works:  ✨ Sign up for our mailing list – link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/newsletter/  ✨ THIS Thursday, December 11th, you’ll get an assignment from Lilla delivered direct to your mailbox. It’ll be something suitable for all levels and great for your portfolio.  ✨ Submit your art before the deadline, December 18th  ✨ Lilla will look at all the entries submitted before the deadline and pick her favorite to win a place in Portfolio Club 2026!  A fun creative challenge that will push you to create some gorgeous art for your portfolio AND the chance to win a free course – what’s not to like?! Join our mailing list now for your chance to take part!  Image shows art for our last challenge by Tamisha Harris @tamishastudio, which Lilla picked as one of her Honorable Mentions.

Win a FREE place in Lilla’s NEW Portfolio Club!

Our fabulous FREE Quarterly Art Challenge is BACK – but it’s only open to subscribers on our mailing list, so sign up now if you want to take part!

Here’s how it works:

✨ Sign up for our mailing list – link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/newsletter/

✨ THIS Thursday, December 11th, you’ll get an assignment from Lilla delivered direct to your mailbox. It’ll be something suitable for all levels and great for your portfolio.

✨ Submit your art before the deadline, December 18th

✨ Lilla will look at all the entries submitted before the deadline and pick her favorite to win a place in Portfolio Club 2026!

A fun creative challenge that will push you to create some gorgeous art for your portfolio AND the chance to win a free course – what’s not to like?! Join our mailing list now for your chance to take part!

Image shows art for our last challenge by Tamisha Harris @tamishastudio, which Lilla picked as one of her Honorable Mentions.
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In case you missed it, we’re giving away art agent Lilla’s amazing course packed with useful information about how you can have a lucrative creative career, Manifest Your Dream Creative Career, for FREE!

Sign up now! Link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-courses/manifest-your-dream-creative-career-self-paced/

P.S. Why not tag a friend who would love this FREE course?
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Gorgeous art for Manifest Your Dream Creative Career by Make Art That Sells student Patti Blau @pattiblau  Sign up for this inspiring course for FREE and make beautiful art like this while planning and plotting your career goals for 2026 ✨  Get it now! Link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-courses/manifest-your-dream-creative-career-self-paced/

Gorgeous art for Manifest Your Dream Creative Career by Make Art That Sells student Patti Blau @pattiblau

Sign up for this inspiring course for FREE and make beautiful art like this while planning and plotting your career goals for 2026 ✨

Get it now! Link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-courses/manifest-your-dream-creative-career-self-paced/
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Manifest Your Dream Creative Career is an inspiring, energizing course from illustrator, former art agent and fairy artmother Lilla that will show you how you can manifest creative success – and we’re giving it away for FREE to everyone!  Don’t miss it – sign up now! Link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-courses/manifest-your-dream-creative-career-self-paced/  Image shows art for class by Make Art That Sells student Joanna Mahoney @joamahoney

Manifest Your Dream Creative Career is an inspiring, energizing course from illustrator, former art agent and fairy artmother Lilla that will show you how you can manifest creative success – and we’re giving it away for FREE to everyone!

Don’t miss it – sign up now! Link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-courses/manifest-your-dream-creative-career-self-paced/

Image shows art for class by Make Art That Sells student Joanna Mahoney @joamahoney
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Give yourself (or a loved one) the gift of joy, creativity, hope and beauty in 2026 … It’s the last few hours to shop our biggest sale of the year. Explore now. Link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-art-courses/ ...

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A little afternoon ask me anything Instagram live session.

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Top art agent Lilla Rogers and much-loved author-illustrator Meera Lee Patel will be LIVE on Zoom in 15 minutes – grab a drink and a snack and join them!  You could win a FREE Make Art That Sells course just for watching – plus you’ll feel inspired and energized by these two creative powerhouses.  Get the link to join the Zoom in our Stories and on our website at http://www.makeartthatsells.com/ . See you there!

Top art agent Lilla Rogers and much-loved author-illustrator Meera Lee Patel will be LIVE on Zoom in 15 minutes – grab a drink and a snack and join them!

You could win a FREE Make Art That Sells course just for watching – plus you’ll feel inspired and energized by these two creative powerhouses.

Get the link to join the Zoom in our Stories and on our website at http://www.makeartthatsells.com/ . See you there!
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