Whether you like it or not, says artist Bob and RobertaSmith, you have been enrolled in the world, and the worldis an art school. You are an artist, because every humanbeing who has ever lived was once an artist. Drawing isan important part of learning to communicate, and life is,above all else, a conversation. You Are An Artist combinesa thought-provoking meditation on art practice with aseries of practical exercises and creative provocations thatencourage everyone to fulfil their potential as an artist.You Are An Artist is itself a kind of art school, helpingthe reader to work out what kind of artist they are, and whatthey can achieve. Drawing on the author's experience asan art school teacher, it playfully adapts the methods ofart education, mixing these with the sideways approach tocreativity popularized by the author's activist campaigns.Smith provides an array of ideas, tips and practicalexamples, illustrated with documentary photographsof his own specially made work. His riotous paintingsand installations are set alongside discussions of time,place, looking, thinking, stealing and becoming, withenlightening forays into the history of art and creativity.A collection of hilarious, at times startling and oftenmoving narratives bring to life a series of lessons aboutthe nature of art and inspiration. Each lesson comes with aseries of prompts to harness your own artistic capabilities,asking you, the reader, How about this? You Are An Artistis for everyone who wants to be an artist, but has been tooafraid to take the plunge.