Pippin Paints a Portrait

Pippin is painting a self-portrait, but his friends aren’t convinced by his efforts. They take him to see Angelique’s portrait, which takes inspiration from Cubism, Max’s
portrait, which is inspired by the work of Chris Ofili, Momo’s portrait, which draws from the work of Yayoi Kusama, and Dudley and Aarti’s painting, which is a colour field painting in the style of Mark Rothko.

Pippin feels very deflated, but his little friend Minky helps him dig deep and find the artist inside himself.

This is a laugh-out-loud story of artistic expression, told with indirect speech and adorable manga-inflected illustrations by Charlotte Mei. Packed with information about famous artists, their approaches and mediums, this book engages,

informs, and asks young readers to question how they ‘read’ and create art.