Art Makes People Powerful

by Bob And Roberta Smith (Author)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

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 colors 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 ourselves as well as our ideas, this beautiful book will show us the power inherent in artistic acts, and that we can unlock in ourselves.

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$21.00

Review quotes

'a rallying cry for humanity [...] encouraging young children to draw, and lots more.'—Times Radio
Bob And Roberta Smith

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.

Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780711265394
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Wide Eyed Editions
Publication date
June 20, 2023
Series
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BISAC categories
JNF006050 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Art | Painting
JNF001000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Activity Books
Library of Congress categories
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