self portrait made easy

I recently worked with a group doing self portraits and we
tried a very simple but effective method for beginning the
portrait which bypassed the challenge of drawing one's face.
We simply taped a transparency on a large mirror and
got close enough that our face was contained within the
transparency sheet.  Hold head steady and trace facial
contours onto the transparency with a sharpie marker.
(Hold one eye closed to aid tracing). The resulting
outline can readily be used for painting or silk screening. 

This is my traced portrait using
a transparency on the
mirror.

I put some old sheer drapery fabric over
the transparency and used masking fluid
with a small paintbrush to mask the
negative space areas and the face
(leaving the drawn facial lines
unmasked)

The drapery scrim was stretched in a round embroidery hoop
to enable silk screening.  This result was a first pull. It is printed
on muslin fabric.