In pse8 create outline of vague pattern in grayscale form?

i have some hand painted images in color, which i import and then change to grayscale. I want to then get an outline (thin black line) based on the perimeter of the objects (so I could then smooth the lines and then recolor the objects). I think I did before but cannot seem recreate. A senior moment perhaps but can this be done? thank you. dan

Dan,
http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1DhQfsTtdDKRhtMpzC3zbZBQjqt1
Here is my work-flow:
Open picture
Duplicate background layer, work on background copy layer, shut off visibility of background layerr
Access magic wand tool, I used tolerance=10, contiguous unchecked in the options bar. That left me with "marching ants" around the serpentine configurations. Hit delete on keyboard
Create new, blank layer above background copy layer
Go to Edit>stroke. I used width=5px, position outside
Select>deselect
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