Hi, I’m Kristina.
I’m a watercolour artist based in the UK.
I teach painting through process, attention, and mastering the fundamentals before anything else.
For a long time, I thought I wasn’t good at art.
I was told I didn’t have talent, and it shaped how I approached anything creative, careful, hesitant, angry at times.
But I kept coming back to it.
And over time, I realised it wasn’t about talent at all.
It was about staying.
In the messiness of painting and all the emotions that came with it.
In the uncertainty and constant questioning of my life decisions.
In the boredom of doing the same thing over and over again.
And from that, looseness and freedom, and something that might resemble talent emerged.
Now I run in-person workshops, small studio sessions, and one-to-one painting sessions, all built on the same foundations.
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Join me for a relaxed morning workshop exploring how to paint minimalist mountains and misty forests in watercolour. Sat Nov 07th, Farnham Maltings 10 am...
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Saturday January 16th, 2027 | 10am - 3.30pm Come and play with watercolours! Learn to paint in watercolour in a fun and playful way! Join...
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Saturday February 20th, 2027 | 10am-3.30pm Join watercolour artist Kristina Kivu for a relaxed day exploring abstract painting through playful experimentation, expressive mark making and...
View full product detailsMy work has been licensed internationally and featured through retailers including Target and Wayfair, with over 10,000 products featuring my artwork sold worldwide over the years.
These days my focus has shifted more toward teaching and helping other artists develop their own voice and technique, while continuing to have a devoted personal art practice and creating original collections, prints, stationery and licensed artwork from my studio in Farnham, Surrey.