I made up a batch of pulp mache' and put on a thin coat over the entire piece.
The best way to do this is to roll the mache' pulp between plastic wrap then lay it on the piece.
I also use a brayer and plastic wrap to smooth the mache' out.
Next I started on some details.
Using the pulp mache' I added some basic facial features and some clothing.
When all that was dry I started on her hair.
I used Styrofoam packing 'peanuts' and glued them on with a low temp glue gun.
I then covered the hair with a layer of pulp mache'.
After the hair had dried I started to add features to Dorothy's face.
For this I used a modeling material called 'Paperclay'.
It is ready to use out of the package, air dries hard and is non-toxic. You can sculpt, shape or mold with it while it is moist.
Here is a close up of Dorothy's new face.
When the paperclay had dried I gave the whole piece a coat of Gesso then drilled two holes in Dorothy's head for her glasses.
For her glasses I used an old pair of sunglasses as a base and papier machied over them.
The brush base is a dowel rod with pipe cleaners for the bristles.
Here they are all taped and ready for mache'.