Mixed Media Self Portrait

I bought a copy of "artists' cafe", mixed media magazine.  The very first article immediately struck me as something I would like to try.  It was a self portrait by Anna Dabrowska-Pekocka.  To do this page their were only 2 sentences on the technique so, I was somewhat left on my own but here is what I came up with using my image.  I was quite happy with the results and it speaks to some of the things I like (in particular, the color pink!)  Here is what I did

I had a picture taken of myself on my camera and I switched it to black and white on the computer.  I printed a 5 x 7 version of it.   After printing, I painted it with gesso to give it that milky look.  For the backround, I took a pretty paper napkin and tore it into pieces.  I glued it down and, let it dry then did a little bit of spray ink on it.  I finished the edges using a brown marker pen, pulling the color from the edges to the center.  I glued down the head and then went to town adhering whatever embellishment I could dig out of my stash and a few I bought.  The embellishment part is the most fun.

The artist said in her article that she did the embellishment and then in the next sentence she said she painted it with a flat brush and acrylic paint but, I could not quite figure that out so, I went with my method.  This magazine strives to inspire people and this article certainly inspired me.