Online art courses

to boostyour portfolio!

Make Art That Sells provides raved-about career-changing online art courses for artists and illustrators who are passionate about what they do and want to make real money from their art while staying true to their unique, individual style.

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Get the motivation and inspiration you need with our incredible LIVE online art courses, or get instant access as soon as you register with our fabulous self-paced courses; the choice is yours. Start planning your creative career now!

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Get MY MAGICAL COURSE for free!

Lilla Rogers here. I’m thrilled to offer my course, Manifest Your Dream Creative Career, for FREE! We’re offering it to anyone who wants to give their creative career a huge boost and take it to the next level. Get 3 free assignments to supercharge your portfolio plus 3 creative ‘magic boosters’.

This course is magical, helpful and informative. I’ve packed it with loads of useful information about how you can have a lucrative creative career, whether it’s from illustrating, craft shows, podcasting, authoring your own cool books, or almost anything else – the possibilities are endless and I’ve got so much to share with you!

Here’s what you get:

  • Three  magical assignments centred around oracle cards and manifesting
  • Three magic booster bonuses  that will supercharge your creativity
  • Zoom replays  where you can find out more about the assignments and watch oracle card readings 

And did I mention it’s FREE? Sign up today and get instant access to my dreamy assignments.

Start Manifesting Your Dream Creative Career TODAY!

Lilla xo

JOANNA MAHONEY illustration for online art course Manifest Your Dream Creative Career

Art for class by Joanna Mahoney


examples of the illustration gigs you can get with Make Art That Sells online art courses

Get your art on gorgeous products like these agented by Lilla Rogers Studio. Sign up today!

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Exclusive mentoring with Lilla

Do you ever wonder how it would feel to be nurtured and coached by Lilla as though she was your agent? Now’s your chance as Inner Circle is back!

Imagine the massive leap forward your creative career could take with your fairy artmother cheering you on every step of the way!

Lilla’s exclusive mentorship program is now available for a second time for a select few artists. This is your chance to be personally coached by one of the most inspiring creative minds out there! You’ll enjoy small group coaching sessions with Lilla plus a private 1:1 to discuss ways to achieve your creative goals.

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not sure which course to take?

Welcome to our range of online art courses for beginners, intermediates, and professional artists. Whatever level you’re at, these courses are perfect! Join one of our exciting scheduled LIVE courses or start now with one of our instant access classes. Course materials contain fun worksheets, informative videos and assignments which Lilla says will trick you into doing your best work. Browse our range of bestselling online art courses today.

Are you ready to take your creative career to the next level and start making real money from your art? Let Lilla and the other brilliant Make Art That Sells teachers show you how.

Download your Course Chooser here and get ready to put a rocket ship under your creative career in 2025.


My Arty Book Pitch

Imagine holding your very own stunning art-driven non-fiction book in your hands, written and illustrated by YOU. Arty books can be travel guides, heavily illustrated guided journals, graphic novels, craft how-tos, art-driven memoirs, and tons more. They are a brilliant way to derive income and expand your creative career,

This online art course is fantastic for creative people such as artists, crafters, illustrators, writers, designers, photographers or anyone who is passionate about a hobby or interest. Lilla will give you the tools you need to make your dreamy passion into a book pitch that agents and publishers will love.

Book illustration by Heather Dryden for online art course My Arty Book Pitch.

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HEATHER DRYDEN illustration of Amanda Gorman for My Arty Book Pitch online art course

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what our students love about make art that sells!

We launched our massive video testimonial competition. We wanted to know what you loved about Make Art That Sells, the great work you’ve gotten, the friends you’ve met, and the courses that have blown your mind, and you did NOT disappoint!

Art agent Lilla said: “I loved each and every video”.

Our students give amazing feedback! Here’s a rocket-fuelled video review by Make Art That Sells student Lisa Chow which shows how our online art courses, Kid’s Books, Home Decor, Editorial and more, helped her on her creative journey. She gained from MATS: Expert teachers – Fun approachable assignments – Support from fellow students – and a boost in confidence and creativity!

Watch Lisa’s video here…

 

Which online art course is right for you?

Supercharge your art career: choose the right MATS class for you for 2025.

MATS works! It’s the gold standard in the industry. Many of our alumni have gotten work with top companies as a direct result of these classes.

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Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering

Live from September 8, 2025
12 weeks

Lilla Rogers here. I’ve honed my craft by studying Chinese calligraphy at the University of Wisconsin and taking a class with fabulous calligrapher Barbara Bash in Boulder, Colorado, and I’ve provided lettering for clients like Bergdorf’s, Bloomingdales, Vogue, the Washington Post, and Oprah Magazine. 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. Back for 2025 with all new content. Welcome aboard: let’s make magic together.

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Former full-time illustrator, Lilla Rogers, shares her insights into the exciting world of illustrating for magazines and more. This course has run as a live course four times (including twice in its launch year after it sold out the first time) and you’ll get access to all of the assignments from all four tracks, to give you an incredibly powerful editorial illustration portfolio across a wide range of subject matter.
This course provides the skills and knowledge to fill a huge gap in the lucrative home décor market – for artists who can conceptualize and pitch full product collections. By showing art directors that you can do this, you put yourself ahead of the game, and stand out from other artists as a commercial professional. Not only are they more likely to buy your work, they are likely to buy MORE of your work – perhaps even your entire collection. So let’s get started!
Explore five of the most exciting and lucrative markets for your art, from bolt fabric to children’s apparel. You’ll get tons of gorgeous downloads and access to a huge vault of live reviews. Graduates of this course have gone on to win work from clients such as Anthropologie, Blue Q, Scholastic, HarperCollins, Crate Kids, Chronicle Books, Hallmark, Uppercase Magazine, West Elm, and more – you could be next!
Build a professional illustration portfolio while learning how to make art that sells in 5 of the most lucrative markets: stationery, baby/children’s apparel, scrapbooking, editorial (magazines, books and more), party paper. The course is full of expert advice from the people who buy art, through a series of exclusive interviews with industry leaders who collectively buy millions of dollars of art every year. Find out exactly what art directors look for in each market.
Art agent and author, Lilla Rogers, says: “Creating a unique book comes from understanding what makes you unique and discovering the story you’re excited to tell. To help you do this, I’ve created a playful, personalized and structured course that will bring out your special story. It’s packed full of quirky worksheets and fun exercises that will guide you step by step to create your own special brilliant story.” Plus if you can illustrate and write a story, you are much more appealing to editors and art directors. You also make twice the money—you get the advance as author and illustrator, and all the royaltie$ as well!”
Business learning for creative people from art agent Lilla and award-winning entrepreneur, best-selling author and Make Art That Sells co-founder Beth Kempton. You’ll get a 130-page downloadable playbook that will show you how you can make money doing what you love and build a thriving business, with actionable and concrete tips that will help you create your own formula for success.
It’s a fact: being able to draw faces will get you more work and make your career more rewarding, both emotionally and financially. In this playful short course, art agent Lilla breaks it down in a fun, fresh way that you won’t have seen before so you’ll be confidently drawing faces in no time.
In this short mini course, you’ll work with a gorgeous trend board created by Lilla to crank out a stunning piece of art for your home décor portfolio, with tons of content to dive into, including Lilla’s playful worksheets, video lessons from creative director and trend queen Margo Tantau, recordings of Lilla and Margo’s reviews of student art, and lots more.
Create a beautiful piece of job-snagging eye-catching children’s book illustration art to strengthen or broaden your portfolio. You’ll get four mini- texts to work from, plus access to recordings of Lilla and Zoë’s reviews of student art and more.
Have you ever wondered how an art agent reviews a portfolio? In this energizing self-paced course, you’ll watch art agent Lilla review portfolios, websites and social media of artists and illustrators just like you, and find out what you’re getting right, what you’re getting wrong, how to attract attention and jobs, why your About Me page is so important, and tons more.
Enjoy five recordings with top art agent Lilla Rogers as she explores her creative world, plus fascinating downloadable worksheets that will help you find your joy and your passion. This course is for anyone who does any kind of creative work, and will give you insights into yourself, creativity and success, as well as giving you concrete tips for a happy, fulfilled creative life.

My Toy Pitch

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Turn play into pay! In this course, innovative art agent Lilla Rogers and brilliant children’s toy and game creative director Riley Wilkinson will guide you through the playful world of the toy and game market. They’ll share industry secrets and show you how to showcase your unique art on products that’ll capture the hearts of children as you create an exciting original toy and develop your own winning, playful pitch. You’ll discover how you can use all the great art that you already have, maybe from our courses, or your own projects, and leverage it to make new products ready to pitch. This incredibly fun duo will take you on a deep dive into the booming toy and game market. The course is jam-packed with assignments, videos, insider lessons, expert interviews and Lilla’s trend boards.

Online art courses to help your career in art and design

Since launching in 2013 Make Art That Sells has rapidly gained a reputation for the go-to online art courses for anyone serious about making commercially viable art whilst staying true to themselves.

We have been completely blown away by the response of our participants (many of whom have come back to repeat the online art courses), and have been thrilled to see huge leaps forward in their artwork.

Here are just a few of the kind words that other participants said about the impact the course had on them.

“This is the course you need to do if you want to sell your art to the masses. As far as I know its the only course like this in existence. The information is like gold dust. It’s that valuable! ”
CHANTEL DE SOUSA

“Best investment in your art career, ever.”
LISA RIVAS

“I feel that I have learned fantastic amounts about the industry – information that money can’t buy. I feel that I have a thousand positive ideas in my head and am enjoying pushing them through.”
EMMA BURNETT

“I got some commissions and new works because of some Lilla’s challenges. Now I know I can even do more and can adapt more to client demands.”
JENIFER ESPINOSA