He is risen indeed!

On Saturday, March 17th, I posted my original paper cut collage titled "He Has Risen!" as my entry to The Play Date Cafe challenge.  I love the way the piece came out, so I decided to use the image for this week's Card Positioning Systems, challenge CPS #258, which is sponsored by The Stamps of Life.  However, I wanted to use a different color scheme and media.

In order to accomplish my vision, I used the ToonPAINT app in my iPhone to turn a photograph of the collage into a coloring page.  This is the same app I used to create the self-portrait in my profile picture.  You can colorize the images with-in the app.  However, I chose to print the black and white image on white card stock and used a combination of Caran d'Ache water soluble wax pastels and Staedtler watercolor brush markers to illustrate it.  This technique gave a little more depth to my piece.

The CPS sketch this week is very simple, so it is just perfect to feature a miniature piece of art.  I used a hunter-green photo frame notecard by Personal Stamp Exchange for the base.  I layered a series of 3 Martha Stewart white stars with green iridescent sequences and tacked them down with Sulyn Industries lime glass E-beads for the bottom corner embellishment.  Then, I used the upper horizontal bar in the sketch to letter the exclamation "He is Risen!" and a series of dots with a green ZIG Writer chalk pen.  I finished the card by framing my piece of art.

I love the new possibilities that the digital world offers to the art world!  I'd love to hear what you think, so you are welcome to leave a comment.  Blessings!