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Happy International Women’s Day from the Make Art That Sells team!

Today and every day, we celebrate women across the globe. Our mission is to help women everywhere turn their beautiful art into successful, fairly paid careers.

#InternationalWomensDay #InternationalWomensDay2026 #IWD #IWD2026

Stunning art for Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering by Make Art That Sells student Lynn Lantz.

I’m so excited to be a part of Lila Rodger’s Kid Book class at @makeartthatsells.bsky.social & to be getting back into drawing characters & exercising my children’s book muscles again 💪🥰🦄🦅⛰️🎨🔮✨
#illustration #childrensbookillustrator #childrensbookauthor #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks #neurospicy

I've had gouache on my to-learn list for a while, so I was so happy to see it on this month's material list for @makeartthatsells.bsky.social Portfolio Club! I'm not quite comfortable with it yet, though this was fun to play with traditional again🎨
#illustration #gouache #Sicily #italy #bloodorange

Loving the @makeartthatsells.bsky.social Portfolio club! This design just came to me as I was imagining a fizzy, bubbly orange seltzer & wanting to draw fish for this challenge♓🐠🍊
#labeldesign #illustration #advertising #handlettering #tropical #fish #citrus #artsky #illustrationsky #design

Head over to our blog to read all about Lilla’s Thermos crisis – but be warned, it’s a high octane read 😱

👉 makeartthatsells.com/blog/

Gorgeous art for Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering by Make Art That Sells student Heather Brewster.

Fab art for Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering by Make Art That Sells student Dave McMahon.

Illustrating Children’s Books starts April 27th! If you want a career in the dreamy world of children’s book illustration, then you don't want to miss this incredible course.

Find out more and sign up now 👉 makeartthatsells.com/online-cours...

Art for class by MATS student Robyn Wallace.

And if you’re not on our mailing list – sign up now to join in with the next FREE Art Challenge! 👉 makeartthatsells.com/newsletter/

Image shows one of Lilla’s favorite pieces of art for the last challenge, by Make Art That Sells student Christy Obalek.

If you’re on our mailing list, check your inbox for this month’s FREE Art Challenge, with a fabulous new illustration assignment from art agent Lilla and the chance to win a FREE place in Illustrating Children’s Books, which starts April 27th!

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

If you’re not already on the list, sign up now 👉 makeartthatsells.com/newsletter/

Image shows one of Lilla’s favorites from our last challenge by Frankie Levy.

Hurry HURRY – our next FREE Art Challenge drops TOMORROW but you have to be on our mailing list to take part!

You’ll get a FREE illustration assignment from top art agent Lilla Rogers (and we think you’re going to LOVE this one!), plus a week to complete it.

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

If you’re not already on the list, sign up now 👉 makeartthatsells.com/newsletter/

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 📸
@makeartthatsells.bsky.social
#hotsauce #branding #illustrationsky #handlettering #licensingartist #makeartthatsells #italian #italy #artsky