Hawaii is one of our favorite places to go. I love the traditional music, the ukuleles, and especially the Plumeria‘s. So when I decided to do a still life of all my favorite things from Hawaii, I had to gather some things. First, I had saved some fabric from Hawaii that I thought would make a nice backdrop. It might’ve been a little busy, but I didn’t care cause I liked it!

Next I had to get my ukulele and tie it to the top of the Box we were using to create this still life. This is the funny part. As I started the painting,  and I was working with my teacher at the time, I pointed out to her that ukulele just can’t sit up there all by itself  at the angle we had it. It would have to be leaning on something. So I googled Hawaiian drums and found a drum that I thought would make a nice addition to the painting . I added my favorite CD from Hawaii by Iz, a song book for ukulele, a seashell  (of course), and Plumeria‘s from our Plumeria trees.

So let me show you the stages of this painting. Here you can see the basic layout with the fake drum I had to add, where I’m going to add more Plumeria’s, and just a little hint of the fabric.

Now you can see the Plumerias and I’ve started basic outlines for the fabric in the back.

Here is the finished painting. Now you can see all the details I had to add to create is lovely Hawaiian painting. I hope you enjoyed seeing the stages of this painting come together. 

Aloha!