Art Makes People Powerful

Art Makes People Powerful is an art activity book made by celebrated British artist Royal Academician Bob and Roberta Smith. Through his original artworks, discover just how art makes people powerful.

This is an amazing art activity book for kids made by celebrated British artist and Royal Academician Bob and Roberta Smith, which explores how art makes people powerful.

Through his original artworks, discover just how art helps people to learn, through beautifully painted artworks that double as prompts for us to create beautiful art of our own.

Completing activities on and off the page, young readers can''t help but to be creative all while using with very few materials, and employing methods based in art historical principles to grow and reflect on themselves as well as their creative journey. 

Prompts are painted in Bob and Roberta Smith''s unique and distinctive style, in bright and bold colours which will stimulate children''s visual imaginations, making this a beautiful object of art as well as a brilliant collection of creative prompts.

From painting the big bang and the universe expanding, to drawing ourselvesas well as our ideas, this beautiful book will show us the power inherent in artistic acts, and that we can unlock in ourselves.

BOB AND ROBERTA SMITH OBE RA (real name Patrick Brill) is the name of the British artist whose best known works include: Make Art Not War, which belongs to the Tate collection; and Letter to Michael Gove. His work is held in collections around the world including MoMA. His book You Are an Artist was published by Thames & Hudson in 2020 to great acclaim. He is an activist, campaigning for art education and the public ownership of art. He was awarded an OBE in 2017 for services to the arts. 

Lots of activities and projects with no need for expensive materials make this book accessible to all.