Arts Experience #1

Create Your Portrait Collage

For this Arts Experience, you will combine your self-portrait with collage. You can use any of the collage techniques you learned on the previous page. Look at the portrait collages below for examples.

You will need:

Your completed self-portrait sketch
List of symbols/objects that represent you
glue stick
scissors
collage materials

Portrait Collages
Example 1	Example 2	Example 3	Example 4
Self-portrait collage by Minnie (Lomond School)	Exploding Head Collages	Collage Portrait of Georgia Stafford by Steve Harlow	Mixed Media Collage Journal Cover by Constanza

Collage Process

Collecting - Gather a variety of materials that inspire you.
Collage technique - Begin cutting the elements from the materials. Arrange the elements before gluing, and have fun trying out different arrangements! You can rearrange materials as long as you have not glued them!
Gluing - Once you are satisfied with the arrangement, glue the elements in the order of their layers. Background elements are glued first.

Note: You can collage straight on the paper you drew your self-portrait, OR you can cut out your portrait and collage it on another paper along with your symbols.

Watch the video below to see a time-lapse process of an artist creating a self-portrait collage.

Video: Art Tech: Self-Portrait Collage

Note: This video has no audio.

OSDE Fine Arts. (2025, July 10). Art Tech: Self-Portrait Collage. [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/XIFMyc7RQg8?si=SC7DDecdjN-4jfBi

Rubric

Use the following rubric to check that your artwork has the required components before submitting it on the next page.

Self-portrait collage rubric

Click the Next button in the lower right to move forward in the module.