Day 4 of Kickstart Your Art

Hello! This is going to be one of my shortest posts ever...sorry about that! But I have run out of time today! I'm lucky I even got my Day 4 page finished for Smeared & Smudged's Kickstart Your Art. The prompt today was "Growth."

I watercolored the page, and added a couple of crows from Smeared Ink's Holy City, and a sentiment from Bombshell's Growing Hearts set.

"Even in death, you can grow a garden." I don't know where that came from....but I just thought of it as I was painting. I hope you like my offering. I promise I will start hopping to you other art journalists!!! Thanks for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!

Comments

ScrappingBeauty said…

Such a pretty page. Love the flowers, birds, tree, etc. like a daydream where we focus on spiritual growth.

January 31, 2014 at 12:50 AM

Dominike said…

So cute.

January 31, 2014 at 10:08 AM

Laura B said…

Beautiful page! I love those birds, I tend to add them to random pages and projects.:) Thanks for playing with us!

January 31, 2014 at 10:56 AM

DonnaMundinger said…

Love the quote, it goes great with your page. xxD

January 31, 2014 at 11:52 AM

lilyandthelotus.blogspot.com said…

wonderful page and I am glad you found time to play
susan s

January 31, 2014 at 7:00 PM

Titbelsoeur, mixed-media addict said…

thanks so much for playing along with us ! funny quote !

February 2, 2014 at 4:02 PM

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