Thank you for supporting my small business, for cheering me on, for sending lovely messages and happy mail. I know that making a wallpaper every month is just a small thing to give back to you but I do hope it brings you a little joy every month 🙂 Last year’s wallpapers were a combo …
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 course it’s pride month!! Julia, Stacey and I would like to dedicate this wallpaper to …
Diving into the new year with a collaboration! For your free January wallpaper, I’ve teamed up with aloha ambassador Kathryn from @kat_mccardle_art She painted the beautiful background galaxy, mainly using the Aloha watercolor Moana (Prussian blue). I added the zodiacs (capricorn and Aquarius) and the whale digitally in Procreate. The wallpaper is available in 2 …
Surfing in December? Absolutely when you look at Hawai’i! The biggest waves happen during the winter season and you can see lots of people out there on the ocean. I don’t surf but love watching it and in general, spending time in and around the ocean. For this piece I used aloha watercolors Kohola (Hawaiian …
For this colorful background I used only 3 aloha watercolors: Mango, Orchid and Kalani. Cadmium yellow, chinacridone pink and deep ultramarine blue blend to beautiful purples, oranges, reds and greens. It was so fun to play around with these paints and see how they mix on the paper. As always, your wallpaper is available for …
Your free August wallpaper reinvokes those late summer sunsets with bright orange sunlight illuminating the volcano ranges of the Big island, while cows graze on the bright green pastures of Waimea. Yeah we do have cows here on the island! Did you know 🙂 ? I used Peerless transparent watercolors for the watercolor background. They …
This month’s wallpaper shows Lilinoe (“fine mist), the younger sister of snow goddess Poli’ahu. It is said that she combs out Poli’ahu’s long hair every day and floats around her head like a cloud. Lilinoe resides on Puʻu ʻUlaʻula, the highest peak of Maui’s shield volcano Haleakalā. As always, you can download your wallpaper in …
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Your free wallpaper of October shows Lea, the goddess of canoe builders (yes, there’s such a thing hehe). I used all different kinds of handmade watercolors for this piece: Stakiwicolours, 31purplefish, Pink Chicken watercolors, Cloverset watercolors, Les couleurs des VF, Le Pigmentarium. Yes I love me some good handmade paints 🙂 Click here to download …
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Your free wallpaper of September shows Nu’akea, Hawaiian goddess of milk and lactation. I used my brandnew alohawatercolors Vanilla moon set (Vanilla, King Protea, Kaona, Moonbeam) for this portrait. The lettering was done in Procreate. This wallpaper is available in 2 sizes, with and without dates, and also for your phone. Follow this dropbox link …
Your free wallpaper of July shows Laka, the goddess of wild forests and of the Hula dance.
