Our raved-about online course, Illustrating Children’s Books, starts TODAY! Every year, this course creates a whole new flurry of book deals for our wonderful students – we’ll be sharing some brand NEW stories on Thursday, but until then you can read about just some of them here!
Over five incredible weeks, your brilliant teachers, top art agent Lilla Rogers and renowned children’s book art director and author Zoë Tucker, will lead you step by step to create a fabulous pitch presentation that contains everything an art director or publisher wants to see. And on the way, they’ll teach you everything you need to know about the wonderful world of children’s book illustration in a way that’s both fun and fascinating: you won’t want it to end.
You’ll get daily drawing prompts, weekly LIVE reviews with Lilla and Zoe, tons of beautifully designed downloadable worksheets, and tons more. Book your spot here.
Win a class in today’s free live zoom!
Meet your teachers! Join top art agent Lilla (left) and brilliant children’s book art director and author Zoë (right) for a FREE live Zoom TODAY and you could win a FREE place in class!
Join Lilla and Zoë for a FREE live Zoom event TODAY at 12 noon EST/5 pm BST and you could win a FREE place in class! They’ll be sharing some of their favorite children’s picture books and talking about what makes them so spectacular, giving away a FREE place in class, and more.
Don’t miss it! Set an alarm on your phone now and join here.
Get your FREE Text Chooser
Sign up now and you’ll get instant access to three brand new original texts written especially for class and your first daily drawing prompt. And so you can dive straight into class, Lilla and Zoë, have created this insightful Text Chooser Tool, that will help you dig deep into your personality and find the right text for you.
Jester Hipster, Empathetic Superhero or Madame Bodoni: what type of children’s book illustrator are you? Our THREE unique texts ensure that everyone can create their very best art. Hurry! Register now.
Covering animals, people and objects, and in a range of moods from tender to humorous to dreamy, these unique texts have been carefully designed to ensure that every student does their very best art: you’ll be amazed at what you can achieve in just five short weeks. Book here!
(Finding it hard to choose? You can go back and repeat the assignments with the other texts after the course is over, so you build a really strong children’s book illustration portfolio.)
Art by Make Art That Sells student Fay Ford for Illustrating Children’s Books. Fay is now represented by Lilla Rogers after Lilla saw her art in class – she’s always looking for new talent! Book your place here.
Amazing industry guest reviewer!
We’re thrilled that amazing art director at Little Brown Books for Young Readers, Tracy Shaw, will once again be joining us as a guest reviewer for one of the weekly live reviews – and she may well be looking out for artists for picture books!
Tracy (left), art director at Little Brown Books for Young Readers, and some of the books she’s worked on.
Tracy has more than 20 years’ experience in the publishing industry, and has worked on everything from board books to adult nonfiction. She led the art direction of James Patterson’s children’s imprint, Jimmy Patterson Books, for eight years, and is now back to doing what she loves best: picture books. She lives in Brooklyn, NY, with her two children and her husband, who is a creative director at Macmillan.
Want to get your art in front of an art agent and TWO art directors? Hurry! Class starts today – don’t miss a minute! We can’t wait to see what you’re going to do. Book your spot here.
- Class starts TODAY: Join top art agent Lilla and brilliant children’s book art director and author Zoë for Illustrating Children’s Books 2024 and learn everything you need to know to boost your picture book illustration career. This course won’t run again until 2025! Sign up here.
- Free Zoom TODAY: Join Lilla and Zoë for a FREE live Zoom event on the first day of Illustrating Children’s Books. They’ll be answering your questions and giving away a FREE place in class! Set a reminder now and click here to join the Zoom.
- Available now: Get The Children’s Book bundle and save a huge 20% off three of Lilla’s powerful children’s book courses: Illustrating Children’s Books, Illustrating Children’s Books PLUS and My Kid Book Pitch. HURRY! This bundle is only available until Thursday!
- Next newsletter: Illustrating Children’s Books works! Read even more student success stories.
Lots of love
The Make Art That Sells team xxx
P.S. Don’t forget – registration for Illustrating Children’s Books closes THIS THURSDAY, May 23rd, and the course won’t run again until 2025. Do you want to delay your children’s book illustration career for another year? Don’t miss out – register now.
