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The Art Challenge is completely FREE, but you have to be on our mailing list to take part!

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Image shows one of Lilla’s favorites from our last challenge by Anna O'Neill.

It’s nearly time for our next FREE Art Challenge!

You’ll get a FREE illustration assignment from top art agent Lilla Rogers in your mailbox on March 1st, and you’ll have one week to complete it.

Lilla will pick one entry to win a FREE place on her iconic Illustrating Children’s Books course!

You’ll work step-by-step through art agent Lilla’s 100+ page downloadable workbook, plus you’ll get weekly LIVE Zooms with Lilla and brilliant children’s book art director Zoë to keep you accountable and on-track.

HURRY – registration closes TODAY! 👉 makeartthatsells.com/online-cours...

🚨 LAST CHANCE – REGISTRATION CLOSES TODAY!

Have you ever wanted to write a picture book but didn’t know where to start?

Art agent Lilla breaks it down into gentle structured steps in her innovative picture book writing course designed especially for artists and illustrators, My Kid Book Pitch.


Are you ready to get your idea out of your head and onto the page? Then HURRY, registration closes TOMORROW! 👉 makeartthatsells.com/online-cours...

Image shows art for class by Make Art That Sells student Mandy Sloan Meador.

Art agent Lilla designed My Kid Book Pitch for artists, illustrators, daydreamers — anyone with a story inside them. She breaks it down into gentle, structured steps so you build everything from character to story arc, even if you’ve never written a story before.

Write a picture book story in just four weeks in My Kid Book Pitch.

You’ll work through Lilla’s step-by-step Write a Story recipe, designed to help you discover your unique voice, and live Zooms every week to keep you on track.

Registration closes Thursday! 👉 makeartthatsells.com/online-cours...

Illustrated book cover by Rachel Devlin showing a cracked blue & white porcelain anatomical heart shaped vase with white daisies, floating above a background of a stormy sea landscape, rocky coast and lighthouse. The title reads ‘Her Porcelain Heart’ written in red over a cream ribbon across the heart.

A heart & some flowers for Valentine’s Day 💝💐

Imagined book cover for @makeartthatsells Lettering Bootcamp. I imagined an epic historical novel of eternal love, yearning over oceans, stormy seas, all overdramatic 😍😆

I dream of doing real book covers so this was a dream project ☁️🥰☁️
#illustration

So beautiful!

Want to write a success story like this? Then hurry HURRY, My Kid Book Pitch 2026 is on NOW, and registration closes SOON!

Write your winning picture book story 👉 makeartthatsells.com/online-cours...

Kimberly’s debut is due out in fall this year – and not only that, but her SECOND author-illustrated picture book has been picked up by Little, Brown, and is due summer 2027. Huge congrats, Kimberly!

This isn't what we planned to share today.

We were planning to share a piece of art that MATS student Kimberly Shrack created for My Kid Book Pitch … But when we checked her Instagram, we discovered that she’d only gone and landed a book deal based on it, so we can’t share it after all! 🥳

Class starts TODAY! Our students have already got their downloadable Magic Cards, to help them start unlocking their unique story ideas.

In just four weeks, they’ll have a ready to send picture book pitch.

Want to write your picture book story? 👉 makeartthatsells.com/online-cours...

Artists are brilliant at telling stories ❤️

If you’ve always wanted to write a picture book then now’s your chance – art agent Lilla’s innovative picture book writing course for artists starts TOMORROW, February 23rd!

Hurry HURRY, sign up now! 👉 [[link]]

Work for class by Liz Snider 🦝

In a month you could be holding your ready-to-send pitch – and don’t forget, Lilla will be picking one student from class for a warm, supportive, private 1:1 to work on your pitch together, just like she used to with the artists she represented.

👉 makeartthatsells.com/online-cours...

✨ Class starts TOMORROW!

We can’t wait to see the fabulous pitches and books that come out of Lilla’s picture book writing course, My Kid Book Pitch, which starts TOMORROW, Monday, February 20th!

@firelli hot sauce rebrand with a traditional flare 🇮🇹🌶️🔥
Read my post on IG for the inspo of this piece 📸
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FREE live Zoom with Lilla TODAY, Friday, February 20th, at 12 noon ET/5 pm GMT!

Lilla will be taking your questions on writing picture book stories and giving away a FREE set of her Magic Cards for unlocking your fabulous story idea!

Set a reminder now and join here: us02web.zoom.us/j/81987799706

Gorgeous!

✨ Should you get an art agent and how do you know if they’re a good fit for you?
✨ What does an agent look for in an artist’s work?
✨ Why might they pass?
✨ How to approach an art agent

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

Learn how to get an art agent from two art agents and a represented illustrator in a FREE live Zoom TODAY!

Join top art agents Lilla Rogers and Margo Tantau plus represented illustrator Tamisha Anthony for a free live Zoom TODAY at 3 pm ET/8 pm GMT.

You could win a FREE Make Art That Sells course!

FREE Zooms and huge savings! | Make Art That Sells Online courses for artists serious about careers in children's illustration, home décor + more | Start for Free Today

✨ Plus THREE more fabulous FREE live Zoom events with Lilla and special guests
✨ And don’t miss the big reveal of Lilla’s brand new course for 2026 on Tuesday!

Head over to today’s blog for all the juicy deets 👉 makeartthatsells.com/free-zooms-a...

Mark your calendars now!

Did you hear our big news?

✨ Our huge annual sale starts Tuesday, November 18th – save up to 50% off our career-changing courses
✨ Join Lilla in conversation with the brilliant Meera Lee Patel on the final day of the sale, Friday, December 5th

Manifest Your Dream Creative Career (self-paced) | Make Art That Sells Join art agent Lilla Rogers for a tour around her beautiful, quirky creative world with this FREE course and manifest your dream creative career.

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*With apologies to our friends in the southern hemisphere.

The evenings are getting longer 👀 Give yourself something positive to focus on as we head into the darkest months of the year* with an amazing FREE course from top art agent Lilla Rogers that will help you focus on your creative career in 2026.

Manifest Your Dream Creative Career (self-paced) | Make Art That Sells Join art agent Lilla Rogers for a tour around her beautiful, quirky creative world with this FREE course and manifest your dream creative career.

Best of all, it's completely FREE! Sign up now 👉 makeartthatsells.com/online-cours...

P..S. Apparently yesterday we broke the internet 😅 If you tried to register and couldn't, please try again - if you have any problems please email Louise at hello@makeartthatsells.com and she'll help you out.

✨ FREE course from Lilla Rogers and Make Art That Sells!

Create gorgeous art for your portfolio with three cool assignments around oracle cards and manifesting from art agent Lilla.

Plus instant access to recordings of Lilla packed with wisdom from her decades in the creative industry.

Manifest Your Dream Creative Career (self-paced) | Make Art That Sells Join art agent Lilla Rogers for a tour around her beautiful, quirky creative world with this FREE course and manifest your dream creative career.

Don’t miss it – sign up now! 👉 makeartthatsells.com/course/manif...

Image shows art for class by Make Art That Sells student Adrianna Stratton.

P.S. Why not tag a friend who would love this FREE course?

Get your FREE COURSE from top art agent Lilla Rogers!

Manifest Your Dream Creative Career is an inspiring, energizing course from illustrator and former art agent Lilla Rogers that will show you how you can manifest creative success – and we’re giving it away for FREE to everyone!

Don’t miss it! All will be revealed in tomorrow’s newsletter and blog – so if you’re not on our mailing list, sign up now so you don’t miss out! Link in bio or copy and paste 👉 makeartthatsells.com/newsletter/

Art for class by Make Art That Sells student Katie Vernon.

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