I’m Diana Kristin an Edinburgh based watercolour artist and Teacher at Edinburgh Art Workshop

Hello and welcome I’m Diana Kristin, an Edinburgh-based watercolour artist and teacher.
My work balances two worlds: creating paintings that capture delicate, fleeting moments, and sharing the joy of watercolour through my art classes at Edinburgh Art Workshop.

This site is a place to explore my paintings, follow along with my creative journey, and connect with the classes and exhibitions that shape my practice.

My Paintings
A simple black lined drawing of a paint brush
Art Classes

What I’ve been working on…

A painting of a woman with short red hair wearing a sleeveless blouse sitting at a table, and a man with short reddish hair wearing a white shirt, holding a cigar, looking at the woman, with a dark and shadowy room in the background.
Three paintings hung on a wooden wall, depicting scenes of tropical and rural life with trees, houses, and people.
My Paintings
A painting of a yard with trees, a grassy area, part of a house with windows, and a young child holding a yellow fruit or object near a tree.

My most recent exhibition was at the French Institute in Edinburgh April 2025, Called “Between Two Shores”.
I spent most of the start of this year and last year exploring my heritage, being a mixed raced artist. I was born in Norway with a Trinidadian mother and norwegian father, I grew up partially in Norway and the UK - so I had a pretty mixed up cultural life as a kid.

For these series of paintings, I used sea water collected from Stavanger and Trinidad together with watercolour to create a few of my larger pieces and spent some time observing and painting old photographs of my family - including people I’ve never met and memories I’ve forgotten.

If you’re interested in learning to paint with watercolours in Edinburgh, I run in-person classes at the French Institute.

You can visit Edinburgh Art Workshop for more details and to register.

A white circular logo with a pencil and paintbrush crossed in the center, and the letters E, A, and W around them.

Check out Edinburgh Art Workshop
for more details and to register to my classes

Art Classes
Black and white animated sketch of an elevator with robots inside with animal heads
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