Can you believe that I have just tried Candy corn for the first time in my life? Growing up in Germany meant growing up without Halloween, and even though it’s more of a thing now there’s still no candy corn […]
The pueo is the only endemic owl in Hawai’i, and is also known as the Hawaiian short-eared owl. Rather than focusing on the short ears I’d like to point out the beautiful eyes this owl has, and the shading around […]
This month’s theme for our @alohakiwichallenge over on Instagram is birds. We feature two birds from Hawai’i (Palila, I’iwi), and two from New Zealand (Kea, Kereru). For those of you who love birds and enjoy painting, these coloring pages might […]
For this beautiful and vibrant wallpaper I’ve teamed up again with Mrdula @quillsncolors again! She painted the gorgeous background in Prussian blue and neon pink colors, and I added the gecko and virgo and libra zodiac symbols with Procreate. As […]
Hawai’is state fish, the Humuhumunukunukuapua’a, also known as Humu or Picasso triggerfish is one of the most fun language pronouncing exercises that I know. The easiest way to learn this very long Hawaiian word is to dissect it into the […]
I’ve teamed up again with Akshaya @tempest.in.a.teacup for this ocean themed wallpaper. She painted the gorgeous background in teal and blue colors, and I added the mano (shark) and Cancer & Leo zodiac symbols with Procreate. As always, you can […]
Just look at this galaxy … wow! Julia @thepaintboxletters really nailed it with ALL the rainbow colors and creating this stunning piece. Julia used both @alohawatercolors and @stakiwicolours, so you have all the Alohakiwi vibes in here as well 🙂 And of […]
For all of you who participate in the @alohakiwichallenge and have never tried lettering before, I’ve made a few practice sheets with the quotes of this month (download here as a ZIP file via my dropbox). You can print them […]
Making your own mini zine is simple and fun! For this Aloha watercolor zine I used a 9″x12″ (22.75×30.5 cm) 108lb (160gsm) mixed media paper by Fabriano. I folded it in half, then in half again, and one more time […]
For this month’s freebie wallpaper, I pulled out my beloved matte paints by @lescouleursvf and the beautiful metallic shimmer paints by @31purplefish and added the Zodiac signs Taurus & Gemini, as well as the goose digitally in Procreate. The nēnē goose, also known […]