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We’re so sad that our student-favorite Illustrating Children’s Books course is over for another year 😭 but at least we have our incredible students’ art to enjoy, like this by Make Art That Sells student Kristina Skutlaberg 😍

#KidLitArt #Environment #FullPageSpread #IllustratingChildrensBooks
August 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Art agent Lilla loved this character design for her student-favorite Illustrating Children’s Books course by Make Art That Sells student Lely Triastiti.

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August 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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The cutest of Little Boats by Make Art That Sells student Jen Vax for Illustrating Children’s Books.

#KidLitArt #CharacterDesign #PictureBookArt #MakeArtThatSells #IllustratingChildrensBooks
August 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Dancing through your Sunday like these gorgeous characters by Make Art That Sells student Yasemin Caglar 🕺

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August 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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An elephant-astic character sheet by Make Art That Sells student Susan Deming for Illustrating Children’s Books 🐘

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August 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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And another gorgeous elephant and bee pairing for Illustrating Children’s Books, this time by Make Art That Sells student Erin Niehenke.

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July 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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More gorgeous art for Illustrating Children’s Books. Lilla loved this character by Make Art That Sells student Jackie Gigliotti.

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July 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Prep 4 for the #illustratingchildrensbooks class by
@makeartthatsells.bsky.social was to combine the drawings.

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July 28, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Prep 3 for the #illustratingchildrensbooks class by @makeartthatsells.bsky.social was to play around with scaling.

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July 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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The #figtree was Prep 2 for the #makeartthatsells course by @makeartthatsells.bsky.social

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July 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Don’t miss the FREE live Zoom with top art agent Lilla Rogers TOMORROW, July 7th, at 12 noon ET/5 pm BST – you could win a FREE place in her career-changing Illustrating Children’s Books #kidlitart class!

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July 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Join them on the first day of class, Monday, July 7th, at 12 noon EST/5 pm BST – you’ll find the link to join the Zoom in our newsletter and blog, in our Stories, and on the front page of our website on the day. Set a reminder now!

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July 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Stunning art for Illustrating Children’s Books by MATS student Paloma O’Toole.

Course teacher Lilla Rogers has spent four decades helping artists create their best work. Find out what you can achieve!

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July 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Head over to today’s blog for Part 3 of your FREE five-part warm-up assignment for our raved-about Illustrating Children’s Books online course 👉 makeartthatsells.com/how-to-give-...

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June 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Part 2 of your FREE #MATSprep #kidlitart illustration assignment is available on our blog now 👉 makeartthatsells.com/free-assignm...

Image shows gorgeous art for Illustrating Children’s Books by Make Art That Sells student Rhaida El-Touny.

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June 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Oops, I did it again 😇 I’m in for the ICB12 class by @makeartthatsells.bsky.social 😍

My PREP1 where we were asked to draw our teacher, Zoë Tucker, as little girl.

Who’s in too?

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June 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Check out yesterdays’s blog for Part 1 of your FREE warm-up assignment from art agent Lilla Rogers that will give you tons of insight into illustrating children’s books.

Image shows beautiful art for class by MATS student Angela Caldwell.

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June 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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... then a setting, with hints and tips from Lilla along the way. Don’t miss it!

If you’re not already on our mailing list, sign up now so you don’t miss out! 👉 makeartthatsells.com/newsletter/

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June 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Here are your teachers for Illustrating Children’s Books: children’s book art director and picture book author, Zoë Tucker (left) and art agent and illustrator Lilla Rogers (right) 😍

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June 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Our courses really work!

Read some recent student success stories – like Natallia Bushuyeva, who’s illustrated but FOUR picture books since taking Illustrating Children’s Books!

Read it now 👉 makeartthatsells.com/blog/

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June 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Gorgeous character sheet by Make Art That Sells student Eleasha Morley for Illustrating Children’s Books.

Did you know that character sheets are one of the essential components of a picture book illustration pitch?

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June 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Less than a month to go until Illustrating Children’s Books 2025! Sign up now to find out why our students rave about this course and teacher Lilla and Zoë’s warm, supportive teaching style ❤️

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#KidLitArt #Testimonial #StudentReview #IllustratingChildrensBooks
June 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Class starts Monday, July 7th – don’t miss this incredible opportunity to learn direct from picture book industry experts!

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June 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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We’re thrilled to announce that wonderful illustrator Tamisha Anthony, will be joining art agent Lilla and children’s book art director Zoë for a LIVE weekly review in Illustrating Children’s Books!

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June 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Class starts in just over a month, on Monday, July 7th. Sign up now 👉 makeartthatsells.com/online-cours...

#MakeArtThatSells #IllustratingChildrensBooks #MATSICB #KidLitArt #CharacterArt #CharacterDev
June 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM