Write your picture book!

  Lilla’s innovative picture book writing course, My Kid Book Pitch, is back as a LIVE course in 2026! Find out more and sign up here.

Course dates: July-Nov 2020

Kid Book Combo

£757 / $1,014 (approximate)

your DREAM children’s book GIG IS WAITING FOR YOU!

Have you ever dreamed of writing or illustrating a children’s book, or even a whole series of books? Children’s book illustration is one of the hottest markets for your art, and it’s also thrilling and fulfilling: it’s wonderful to immerse yourself in a text and create characters and worlds full of magic and color.

Our amazing Kid Book Combo bundle gives you everything you need to build a successful children’s picture book career.

This bundle includes:

Sound good? Scroll down to find out more about this amazing bundle.

*USD values are approximate

Important note about payment plan installments: You have the option to pay for this bundle in 3 monthly installment payments if you choose to do so at the time of purchase. By choosing the ‘deposit’ option, you will pay 34% of the total bundle price at the time of purchase, pay 33% one month after the initial purchase date, and pay the remaining 33% two months after the initial purchase date. Please note that payments will not be taken automatically. You will be sent an automated email to pay the remaining installments one month and two months after the initial date of purchase and you will need to make your installment payments securely on our website when they become due.

 

✨ Imagine creating appealing characters for children to fall in love with over and over again

✨ Imagine bringing stories to life with your beautiful art

✨ Imagine sinking into the magical world of children’s book illustration and creating your own unique world, and getting paid to do it!

Children’s picture book illustration is exciting and rewarding, and art agent Lilla says that it also happens to be one of the hottest markets for your art! According to a report from the Association of American Publishers, revenue for children’s and young adult fiction grew by 11.3 percent to $3.67 billion in the five years to 2018, while in the UK, the children’s book market has grown for four consecutive years, and is now worth £383m. In other words, sales of children’s books are booming, and this means that art directors are on the lookout for artists!

Our amazing Kid Book Combo bundle gives you everything you need to build a successful children’s book illustration career.

The Kid Book Combo Bundle includes:

Book your spot now!

Illustration by MATS student Allistair Burt

Of course, we’ve included our raved-about, job-snagging online course, Illustrating Children’s Books. Consistently one of our most popular courses, you’ll spend five intense weeks with top art agent Lilla Rogers and renowned 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. Children’s author and course co-teacher, Zoë Tucker, provides three new texts written exclusively for class, which are cleverly designed to bring out the best in all students, whatever level you’re at (and two of the texts which Zoë wrote for the class were published in 2019! – including one for which a Make Art That Sells student got the illustration gig. Next time it could be you!).

Illustration by MATS student Katie Mazeika

You’ll also get in-depth video lessons, daily drawing prompts, weekly assignments that will build your pitch, weekly LIVE video reviews, interviews, and more. By the end of the course, you’ll have a finished pitch ready to send off, including a front cover, character sheets, and a full-page spread – essentially everything an art director needs to see. Click here to read some of our Illustrating Children’s Books success stories.

Plus you’ll also have all the insider knowledge you need to identify and approach clients, and then to work with them in a professional way once you’ve secured the gig. And you will do all of this in the company of other like-minded artists from around the world in our supportive class community.

We know that artists love illustrating children’s books. It’s magical to sink into a project for months, creating their own signature characters and world.

That dream children’s book illustration gig can be yours!

 

Work by Agnes Ofner from our Illustrating Children’s Books course

What if you want to write and illustrate your very own picture book? If you’ve got a burning idea for your own book or you dream of writing and illustrating your own stories, art agent Lilla’s brand-NEW course, My Kid Book Pitch, is for you!

In this thrilling new course, you’ll learn how you can create and pitch a completely unique idea – the children’s picture book that only you can write! Led by art agent Lilla with contributions from children’s book art director Zoë and other special guests, you’ll discover a completely new way to come up with a strong pitch that an editor or art director will love. Right now, editors are looking for authenticity, books with meaning or a quirky story. Full of Lilla’s trademark playful but powerful teaching style, this course will use magical custom playing cards and fun idea generator worksheets to help you create your truly personal and authentic pitch. By the end of this [four] week course, you’ll have a fantastic, engaging character, a kick-ass opening line, a storyline and a double-page spread with text – everything you need to grab an editor’s attention and avoid the slush pile. For illustrators, writers and anyone with a story to tell, you won’t want to miss this new course.

Finally, we’ve thrown in Lilla’s Art Recipes: Drawing Faces, because the ability to draw faces can make a huge difference to your creative career! This entertaining and instructive self-paced course will teach you how to draw faces in a completely innovative way that will boost your confidence and inspire your creativity, and it’s full of Lilla’s quirky touches, such as her incredible African mask and quirky international doll collections. You’ve never seen a course like this before!

Faces get you jobs – art by LRS artists

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 hello [at] makeartthatsells.com so our team can assist you.

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

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Hurry hurry HURRY – registration for Portfolio Club closes TODAY!  That means it’s your last chance to sign up for:  ✨ eight months of assignments written by an art agent and designed to land you real paying jobs  ✨ eight months of creating a fabulous job-snagging illustration portfolio with art across a huge range of markets  ✨ eight months of assignments written as real-life commisions, just like the ones you’ll get from an art director or client  ✨ eight months of lively, motivating live Zooms with Lilla and your fellow classmates where you can ask about your monthly assignment and lots more  Don’t miss out! Sign up now – link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-courses/portfolio-club/  Image shows art by Make Art That Sells student Ruth Burrows @ruthburrowsillustration for a previous class.

Hurry hurry HURRY – registration for Portfolio Club closes TODAY!

That means it’s your last chance to sign up for:

✨ eight months of assignments written by an art agent and designed to land you real paying jobs

✨ eight months of creating a fabulous job-snagging illustration portfolio with art across a huge range of markets

✨ eight months of assignments written as real-life commisions, just like the ones you’ll get from an art director or client

✨ eight months of lively, motivating live Zooms with Lilla and your fellow classmates where you can ask about your monthly assignment and lots more

Don’t miss out! Sign up now – link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-courses/portfolio-club/

Image shows art by Make Art That Sells student Ruth Burrows @ruthburrowsillustration for a previous class.
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Lilla’s first LIVE course for 2026, Portfolio Club, is on NOW!  Make fabulous portfolio art like this for a previous class by Make Art That Sells student Anna Lindsten @annalindsten 🤩 with tons of fairy artmother’s Lilla’s whimsy thrown in along the way to keep you engaged and trick you into making your best art 🤫  Not only that, but every assignment is designed to get you paying jobs, AND they’re based on real-life commissions from Lilla’s 30 years as an art agent – it’s just like getting a real job in your inbox every month for eight months!  All this for just £99 (approx $133) for eight months?! Don’t miss out – registration closes TOMORROW, so sign up now!  Link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-courses/portfolio-club/

Lilla’s first LIVE course for 2026, Portfolio Club, is on NOW!

Make fabulous portfolio art like this for a previous class by Make Art That Sells student Anna Lindsten @annalindsten 🤩 with tons of fairy artmother’s Lilla’s whimsy thrown in along the way to keep you engaged and trick you into making your best art 🤫

Not only that, but every assignment is designed to get you paying jobs, AND they’re based on real-life commissions from Lilla’s 30 years as an art agent – it’s just like getting a real job in your inbox every month for eight months!

All this for just £99 (approx $133) for eight months?! Don’t miss out – registration closes TOMORROW, so sign up now!

Link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-courses/portfolio-club/
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If you missed the fab FREE live with Lilla yesterday, catch up on our blog now!  Lilla demonstrated some dreamy art supplies, with tons of tips for pros and newbies alike, answered a load of questions, talked about what it’s good to have in your portfolio, and lots more.  Check it out now! Link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/blog/

If you missed the fab FREE live with Lilla yesterday, catch up on our blog now!

Lilla demonstrated some dreamy art supplies, with tons of tips for pros and newbies alike, answered a load of questions, talked about what it’s good to have in your portfolio, and lots more.

Check it out now! Link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/blog/
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Today’s the day! Today our fabulous Portfolio Club students are getting their very first Big assignment, to create a dreamy, moody magazine illustration for their portfolio that’s designed to land paying jobs.  Plus it’s written as a real-world commission, based on art agent Lilla’s 30 years’ experience as a top art agent!  Sign up now to get all the deets and take your first step towards a kickass illustration portfolio by the end of August. But hurry HURRY, registration closes TOMORROW!  HURRY! Join the class now – link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-courses/portfolio-club/  Image shows art for a previous class by Make Art That Sells student Anke Rega @anke.rega

Today’s the day! Today our fabulous Portfolio Club students are getting their very first Big assignment, to create a dreamy, moody magazine illustration for their portfolio that’s designed to land paying jobs.

Plus it’s written as a real-world commission, based on art agent Lilla’s 30 years’ experience as a top art agent!

Sign up now to get all the deets and take your first step towards a kickass illustration portfolio by the end of August. But hurry HURRY, registration closes TOMORROW!

HURRY! Join the class now – link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-courses/portfolio-club/

Image shows art for a previous class by Make Art That Sells student Anke Rega @anke.rega
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Who’s LOVING the Mini assignment Lilla gave you for January’s Portfolio Club? 🙋‍♀️  If you haven’t signed up for class yet, then do it now and get ahead before the thrilling reveal of the Big assignment on Wednesday.  Then you’ll have the whole month to complete it – along with the lively live Zoom with Lilla on Friday – and by the end of the month you’ll have a gorgeous portfolio piece ready to start snagging you jobs 🤩  Rinse and repeat for eight months 💅 and that’s Portfolio Club in a nutshell: laidback, joyful creating, eight fabulous pieces of art for your portfolio, and plenty of Lilla’s whimsy along the way.  If you haven’t signed up yet, what are you waiting for?! Join the class now – link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-courses/portfolio-club/  Image shows art for a previous class by Make Art That Sells student Cass Urquhart @cassurquhart.

Who’s LOVING the Mini assignment Lilla gave you for January’s Portfolio Club? 🙋‍♀️

If you haven’t signed up for class yet, then do it now and get ahead before the thrilling reveal of the Big assignment on Wednesday.

Then you’ll have the whole month to complete it – along with the lively live Zoom with Lilla on Friday – and by the end of the month you’ll have a gorgeous portfolio piece ready to start snagging you jobs 🤩

Rinse and repeat for eight months 💅 and that’s Portfolio Club in a nutshell: laidback, joyful creating, eight fabulous pieces of art for your portfolio, and plenty of Lilla’s whimsy along the way.

If you haven’t signed up yet, what are you waiting for?! Join the class now – link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-courses/portfolio-club/

Image shows art for a previous class by Make Art That Sells student Cass Urquhart @cassurquhart.
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HURRY! Lilla will be LIVE on Zoom in 15 minutes!  She’ll be demonstrating some dreamy art supplies and sharing hints and tips, answering your questions, talking about how you can build a really strong job-snagging portfolio (and what you should show in it) and lots more!  Grab a drink and a snack and join us!  Find the link to join the Zoom in our Stories and on the front page of our website at http://www.makeartthatsells.com/ .  You’ll find the link to join in our Stories, in today’s newsletter and blog, and on the front page of our website at www.makeartthatsells.com.

HURRY! Lilla will be LIVE on Zoom in 15 minutes!

She’ll be demonstrating some dreamy art supplies and sharing hints and tips, answering your questions, talking about how you can build a really strong job-snagging portfolio (and what you should show in it) and lots more!

Grab a drink and a snack and join us!

Find the link to join the Zoom in our Stories and on the front page of our website at http://www.makeartthatsells.com/ .

You’ll find the link to join in our Stories, in today’s newsletter and blog, and on the front page of our website at www.makeartthatsells.com.
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Here’s Lilla @lillarogers! Don’t miss the chance to hang out with her today at 12 noon ET/5 pm GMT for a fab FREE Zoom!  She’ll be answering your questions, demonstrating some dreamy art supplies, and tons more.  Set a reminder now and get ready to join us at 12 noon ET!

Here’s Lilla @lillarogers! Don’t miss the chance to hang out with her today at 12 noon ET/5 pm GMT for a fab FREE Zoom!

She’ll be answering your questions, demonstrating some dreamy art supplies, and tons more.

Set a reminder now and get ready to join us at 12 noon ET!
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Woo hoo! Portfolio Club starts TODAY – and there’s still time to sign up!  If you’re ready to build a powerful, job-snagging illustration portfolio (or you already have some art but want to get noticed by more clients and make more money), now is the moment to jump in!  HURRY! Don’t miss it! Sign up now – link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-courses/portfolio-club/  Plus join Lilla for a FREE live Zoom and art supply demo TODAY at 12 noon ET/5 pm GMT! You’ll find the link to join in our Stories, in today’s newsletter and blog, and on the front page of our website at www.makeartthatsells.com.  Art by Make Art That Sells student Jade Orlando @jadefrolics

Woo hoo! Portfolio Club starts TODAY – and there’s still time to sign up!

If you’re ready to build a powerful, job-snagging illustration portfolio (or you already have some art but want to get noticed by more clients and make more money), now is the moment to jump in!

HURRY! Don’t miss it! Sign up now – link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-courses/portfolio-club/

Plus join Lilla for a FREE live Zoom and art supply demo TODAY at 12 noon ET/5 pm GMT! You’ll find the link to join in our Stories, in today’s newsletter and blog, and on the front page of our website at www.makeartthatsells.com.

Art by Make Art That Sells student Jade Orlando @jadefrolics
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Here’s a little sneak peek of the fabulous art supply demo Lilla will be talking you through in tomorrow’s FREE Zoom 👀  Join Lilla to hear tons of her tricks and tips (and idiosyncrasies like using a clam shell to hold a watercolor medium!), like using a dropper tube to wet the watercolor cakes.  She sets out all the various paints and art supplies for the January assignment for her NEW Portfolio Club course, and mixes them all different ways to get a range of luscious colors, focusing on a lush, cozy vibe. This will really help you understand mixing, using a paint medium, glitters and powders, plus you’ll get a dreamy color palette.  Tune in tomorrow to see the full video and hear Lilla’s wise, insightful commentary!  Kick off is at 12 noon ET/5 pm GMT – set a reminder now! You’ll find the link to join the Zoom in our Stories tomorrow and on our website at www.makeartthatsells.com.

Here’s a little sneak peek of the fabulous art supply demo Lilla will be talking you through in tomorrow’s FREE Zoom 👀

Join Lilla to hear tons of her tricks and tips (and idiosyncrasies like using a clam shell to hold a watercolor medium!), like using a dropper tube to wet the watercolor cakes.

She sets out all the various paints and art supplies for the January assignment for her NEW Portfolio Club course, and mixes them all different ways to get a range of luscious colors, focusing on a lush, cozy vibe. This will really help you understand mixing, using a paint medium, glitters and powders, plus you’ll get a dreamy color palette.

Tune in tomorrow to see the full video and hear Lilla’s wise, insightful commentary!

Kick off is at 12 noon ET/5 pm GMT – set a reminder now! You’ll find the link to join the Zoom in our Stories tomorrow and on our website at www.makeartthatsells.com.
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In case you missed it, head over to our blog to grab your FREE copy of Lilla’s famous illustration Bingo Board, which shows you exactly what you need to show in your illustration portfolio in 2026 to get paying jobs!  Get your copy now – link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/blog/  Image shows cool products agented by Lilla Rogers Studio. Look how many markets need your dreamy art!

In case you missed it, head over to our blog to grab your FREE copy of Lilla’s famous illustration Bingo Board, which shows you exactly what you need to show in your illustration portfolio in 2026 to get paying jobs!

Get your copy now – link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/blog/

Image shows cool products agented by Lilla Rogers Studio. Look how many markets need your dreamy art!
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Ready to change your fortune in 2026? Lilla’s NEW course, Portfolio Club, starts in just a few days, on Monday, January 5th!  Join Lilla for eight whole months to build a powerful illustration portfolio designed to get you paying jobs, with tons of play and whimsy thrown in along the way, deadlines and monthly live Zooms to keep you motivated and accountable, and lots more. Don’t miss this chance to transform your portfolio in 2026!  Find out more and sign up now – link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-courses/portfolio-club/  Plus don’t miss the fab FREE live Zoom event on the first day of class, January 5th, at 12 noon ET/5 pm GMT! Set a reminder now – you’ll find the link to join in our Stories on Monday and on our website at www.makeartthatsells.com.  Image shows art for class by Make Art That Sells student Petra Braun @petrabraunillustration

Ready to change your fortune in 2026? Lilla’s NEW course, Portfolio Club, starts in just a few days, on Monday, January 5th!

Join Lilla for eight whole months to build a powerful illustration portfolio designed to get you paying jobs, with tons of play and whimsy thrown in along the way, deadlines and monthly live Zooms to keep you motivated and accountable, and lots more. Don’t miss this chance to transform your portfolio in 2026!

Find out more and sign up now – link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-courses/portfolio-club/

Plus don’t miss the fab FREE live Zoom event on the first day of class, January 5th, at 12 noon ET/5 pm GMT! Set a reminder now – you’ll find the link to join in our Stories on Monday and on our website at www.makeartthatsells.com.

Image shows art for class by Make Art That Sells student Petra Braun @petrabraunillustration
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As we head into this brave new year, don’t miss your gorgeous FREE Playbook & Planner!  It’s packed with beautiful art, an insightful career planner that will help you hone in on what worked in 2025 and what you’re going to focus on in 2026, tons of worksheets to boost your creative career, and more!  Get it now – link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/download/272736/

As we head into this brave new year, don’t miss your gorgeous FREE Playbook & Planner!

It’s packed with beautiful art, an insightful career planner that will help you hone in on what worked in 2025 and what you’re going to focus on in 2026, tons of worksheets to boost your creative career, and more!

Get it now – link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/download/272736/
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