Beginner Portrait Painting with Collage Shapes | Easy Modern Faces

In this Beginner Portrait Painting with Collage Shapes tutorial, we explore how to build modern, deconstructed faces using simple shapes, paper cutouts, bold color blocks, and intuitive mark-making. This method removes the pressure of perfect anatomy and replaces it with creativity, play, and freedom.

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Whether you’re brand new to portrait art or wanting a modern, minimalist approach, this step-by-step lesson will help you loosen up, understand structure through simplicity, and paint portraits that feel intentional, confident, and beautifully imperfect.

Together, we’ll walk through the collage sketching method, layering techniques, and the simple 3-step process that makes this style accessible to absolutely anyone ! even if you’ve never painted a face before.

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This deconstructed portrait method brings back play, curiosity, and creative flow. Collage teaches us so much about composition! and in this lesson, we use it to free you from the fear of painting faces and help you build confidence through simplicity.

If portrait painting has ever felt intimidating… you won’t feel that way after this tutorial.


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