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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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✨ Imagine getting a call from an art director saying they adore your work and would love to work with you …   ✨ Imagine getting an email from one of your favorite authors saying that your art is exactly what they’re looking for …  ✨ Imagine getting to spend your time creating adorable characters and whimsical worlds – and getting paid for it!  Are you dreaming of building a successful career in the magical world of children’s picture book illustration?   Then don’t miss out - Illustrating Children's Books starts in less than three weeks, on Monday, April 27th, and won’t run again until 2027!  In five intense weeks, you'll learn a TON about the picture book illustration market, and create your very own professional pitch presentation ready to send off to art directors and publishers.   Register now! Link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-courses/illustrating-childrens-books/

✨ Imagine getting a call from an art director saying they adore your work and would love to work with you … 

✨ Imagine getting an email from one of your favorite authors saying that your art is exactly what they’re looking for …

✨ Imagine getting to spend your time creating adorable characters and whimsical worlds – and getting paid for it!

Are you dreaming of building a successful career in the magical world of children’s picture book illustration? 

Then don’t miss out - Illustrating Children`s Books starts in less than three weeks, on Monday, April 27th, and won’t run again until 2027!

In five intense weeks, you`ll learn a TON about the picture book illustration market, and create your very own professional pitch presentation ready to send off to art directors and publishers. 

Register now! Link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-courses/illustrating-childrens-books/
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Head over to today’s blog to see both the winners and all the Honorable Mentions from our March Art Challenge and to find out how you can take art in this FREE challenge in future.  Link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/blog/!  Image shows another of Lilla’s favorite entries, by Mydee Moon @mydeemoon

Head over to today’s blog to see both the winners and all the Honorable Mentions from our March Art Challenge and to find out how you can take art in this FREE challenge in future.

Link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/blog/!

Image shows another of Lilla’s favorite entries, by Mydee Moon @mydeemoon
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Woo hoo – it’s April, which means that our much-loved picture book illustration course, Illustrating Children’s Books, officially starts THIS MONTH! 🤩  Join your teachers – former top art agent Lilla Rogers and brilliant children’s book art director and picture book author Zoë Tucker – for five weeks from Monday, April 27th, and put a rocketship under your picture book illustration career!  Plus right now this student-favorite course is 25% off! Find out why our students love it so much and sign up now – link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-courses/illustrating-childrens-books/  Image shows art for class by Make Art That Sells student Yasemin Caglar @yasemincaglar.art

Woo hoo – it’s April, which means that our much-loved picture book illustration course, Illustrating Children’s Books, officially starts THIS MONTH! 🤩

Join your teachers – former top art agent Lilla Rogers and brilliant children’s book art director and picture book author Zoë Tucker – for five weeks from Monday, April 27th, and put a rocketship under your picture book illustration career!

Plus right now this student-favorite course is 25% off! Find out why our students love it so much and sign up now – link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-courses/illustrating-childrens-books/

Image shows art for class by Make Art That Sells student Yasemin Caglar @yasemincaglar.art
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Quick reminder that we LOVE hearing your student success stories, so we can shout about your brilliance in our weekly newsletter and blog!  If you’ve got a success story to share, email hello@makeartthatsells.com or reach out directly to British Jennie at jennie@makeartthatsells.com.  We can’t wait to hear your stories and celebrate with you!

Quick reminder that we LOVE hearing your student success stories, so we can shout about your brilliance in our weekly newsletter and blog!

If you’ve got a success story to share, email [email protected] or reach out directly to British Jennie at [email protected].

We can’t wait to hear your stories and celebrate with you!
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Less than a month to go until the start of our raved-about online picture book illustration course, Illustrating Children’s Books!  You’ll get three texts to work from and create a kickass picture book illustration pitch that contains everything an art director or publisher needs to see in just five weeks!  Plus it’s on sale, with a cheeky 25% discount! Power up your picture book illustration career for less!  Find out more and sign up now – link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-courses/illustrating-childrens-books/  Image shows art for class by Make Art That Sells student Amanda Brady @greenhoundpress

Less than a month to go until the start of our raved-about online picture book illustration course, Illustrating Children’s Books!

You’ll get three texts to work from and create a kickass picture book illustration pitch that contains everything an art director or publisher needs to see in just five weeks!

Plus it’s on sale, with a cheeky 25% discount! Power up your picture book illustration career for less!

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

Image shows art for class by Make Art That Sells student Amanda Brady @greenhoundpress
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Fab art for Portfolio Club by Make Art That Sells student Lee Gruber @leegruberleegruber

Fab art for Portfolio Club by Make Art That Sells student Lee Gruber @leegruberleegruber ...

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Don’t miss this week’s blog, where Lilla shares some tips on how to figure out what to draw when you know you want to draw something but can’t figure out what it is!  Link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/blog/

Don’t miss this week’s blog, where Lilla shares some tips on how to figure out what to draw when you know you want to draw something but can’t figure out what it is!

Link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/blog/
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Another Honorable Mention from our most recent FREE Art Challenge: Lilla loved this entry by Susan Faye Carr @susan.faye.carr  If you want to take part in our next FREE Art Challenge, so you get FREE illustration assignments from a former top art agent AND the chance to win FREE courses and more, make sure you’re on our mailing list! Link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/newsletter/

Another Honorable Mention from our most recent FREE Art Challenge: Lilla loved this entry by Susan Faye Carr @susan.faye.carr

If you want to take part in our next FREE Art Challenge, so you get FREE illustration assignments from a former top art agent AND the chance to win FREE courses and more, make sure you’re on our mailing list! Link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/newsletter/
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Quick reminder that we LOVE hearing your student success stories, so we can celebrate with you and shout about your brilliance in our weekly newsletter and blog!  If you’ve got a success story to share, email hello@makeartthatsells.com or reach out directly to British Jennie at jennie@makeartthatsells.com.  We can’t wait to hear your stories!

Quick reminder that we LOVE hearing your student success stories, so we can celebrate with you and shout about your brilliance in our weekly newsletter and blog!

If you’ve got a success story to share, email [email protected] or reach out directly to British Jennie at [email protected].

We can’t wait to hear your stories!
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How do you figure out what to draw? Lilla shares how she solved this conundrum recently in this week’s blog.  Read it now – link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/blog/  Image shows art by Lilla @lillarogers

How do you figure out what to draw? Lilla shares how she solved this conundrum recently in this week’s blog.

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

Image shows art by Lilla @lillarogers
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Gorgeous art for Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering by Make Art That Sells student Liz Munro @lizmunroart

Gorgeous art for Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering by Make Art That Sells student Liz Munro @lizmunroart ...

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