We wrote this for the Guardian Children’s Books Family Reviews
You Are An Artist by Marta Altes is a jam packed activity book which has kept me and Freya amused for days.
It is based on the picture book I Am An Artist and we are fortunate enough to have the “artist” be our guide in the book helping us to think creatively.
Activities in the book include drawing a self portrait, creating patterns, using shapes to make pictures, turning scribbles into pictures etc.
Initially I was worried that these might be too challenging but actually Freya really enjoyed the variety. It was great to see her confidence grow as she tried out new things. The hundreds of stickers in the book were a great way to help finish some of the activities when we started to run out of steam.
One of our favourite spreads was filling in a picture of a cat with patterns, lots of fun to do together & feel proud of our efforts.
A fun and inspirational activity book.