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!
illustrate children’s books!
Join our bestselling children’s book illustration course! In this online art course you’ll create a brilliant children’s book pitch to help you land your dream children’s book gig. You’ll get videos, weekly assignments, live weekly video reviews, interviews with publishers and illustrators and more. Co-taught by top art agent Lilla Rogers and highly-respected children’s book author art director Zoë Tucker, you’ll get 3 exclusive texts plus insider knowledge and hints and tips from the experts.
Serious about a career in children’s book illustration? Want to start landing dream illustration jobs? Sign up for our popular Illustrating Children’s Book LIVE course and make it happen!
Image by Make Art That Sells student Brizida Magro for Illustrating Children’s Books
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.
Sign up HERE
Lettering can get you a ton of work!
In this three month bootcamp, you’ll spent 12 amazing weeks with Lilla with ALL NEW assignments to build up an incredible library of lettering you can use in your work going forward to create a really powerful reference tool to refer back to.
You’ll get 15 playful micro mini assignments to give you 15 fabulous new fonts to play with, and three Big Assignments that will push you to create three stunning pieces of artwork for your portfolio. All this for just £99 (approx. $123)
Plus a monthly group check-in with Lilla via zoom where you can find out more about the assignments and ask questions.
Learn how to do hand lettering with top art agent and illustrator Lilla Rogers and boost your portfolio!
Art Career Accelerator Week!
Watch the replays below…
Here’s Lilla! She’s got four decades of experience in the creative industry, and bucketloads of wisdom to share. In three live zooms she took questions and popped up a volunteer or two live on screen for 1:1 career mentoring – it’s absolute gold for anyone looking to advance their art career in the year ahead.
Watch the replays below to see Lilla review portfolios for a selection of lucky volunteers, picking out their strongest pieces on Instagram and giving career advice. Why not take the amazing tips and advice and apply them to to your own portfolio?
Monday 13 April – Watch the replay HERE
Wednesday 15 April – Watch the replay HERE
Friday 17 April – Watch the replay HERE
Get your art on gorgeous products like these agented by Lilla Rogers Studio.
Which course is for you?
If you want to…
- Illustrate for children’s books…find out more
- Boost your lettering…find out more
- Dream up gorgeous concepts for editorial…find out more
- Create your own home decor collection…find out more
- Plan and build your very own lucrative creative business…find out more
- Improve your portfolio by drawing faces…find out more
See the entire range of online art courses here.
Download our Course Chooser PDF here.
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 fun video here…
Which online art course is right for you?
Supercharge your art career: choose the right MATS class for you for 2026.
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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individual art courses
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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