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An award-winning artist
painting live for your guests
A live watercolor experience that gives your guests something to take home — and gives your property something few others in the area can offer this season
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Fairmont Hotels · Elizabeth Arden · Rituals · Unilever · Yoplait · Tine · Nora · Sterzing-Vipiteno
Who this is for
Give your guests something to remember
A live watercolor session ties itself to this place in a way most amenities don't. Guests leave with something they painted themselves — a joyful hour, and proof of where they were when they made it — which is exactly the kind of memory that brings someone back.
Whether it's an intimate session for a handful of guests, a full property event, or something you'd like to offer through the season — what you're looking for is an artist who arrives fully prepared, works around your team's schedule, and delivers an experience guests actually remember.
Something authentic, not generic
Guests increasingly notice — and remember — activities that feel local and handmade, not templated.
Flexible for any size
An intimate group in a lounge, or a full property event for up to 30 — the format adapts to you.
Nothing for your team to manage
Materials, setup, and guidance are all handled. Your staff show up to enjoy it too, if they'd like.
Format overview
A guided watercolor session, painted by hand and hosted wherever your guests gather. Materials, setup, and guidance are planned entirely around your property, so nothing is left for your team to arrange.
Two-hour or half-day sessions
Botanicals, landscapes, or seascapes
Professional watercolor supplies
Outlined paper provided
Indoor or outdoor
How it works
From enquiry to finished painting
1
Enquiry
Tell me a little about your property and what you're picturing.
2
Proposal
I send back a date, group size, and price, no back-and-forth needed.
3
On-site setup
I arrive with everything, ready before your guests are.
4
Guided session
A slow, attentive painting experience, at your guests' pace.
5
Guests keep their piece
A finished painting to take home, made by their own hand
What people say
From workshops held in different cities, across different years — the response has been the same
I met Katerina at one of her workshops in Oslo, and by the end of the day I knew I wanted more than just that one session — I became her private student soon after, and we painted together for a year. She has this rare way of teaching that's structured enough that you always know your next stepand I went from a complete beginner to someone who genuinely can't imagine life without watercolor now. Katerina opened a door for me I don't think I'll ever close.
NINA
Workshops in Oslo 20218, private lessons
I finally learned how to paint transparent flowers, and honestly, the workshop was inspiring in a way I didn't expect. I didn't think I could paint that well — it genuinely surprised me. And because it happened during my vacation in Spain, it's become something more than just a technique I learned. It's a memory I get to keep, right alongside the painting itself.
YULIA
Workshop in Malaga 2019
Why Katerina
About the artist
Katerina Kolberg
Watercolor artist and workshop host — painting live since 2017
I've always been drawn to art, but I trained first as an architect, earning my diploma before watercolor became my focus. As my technique deepened over the years, teaching followed naturally — in 2017, I led my first watercolor workshop in Oslo. Since then, hundreds of students have painted alongside me.
My architecture background still shows in how I teach: with structure. Every step is explained clearly, so guests always know exactly what to do next — steady progress, no hesitation, no blank page in front of them. That same clarity later led to an invitation to teach on Domestika, and to launching two courses of my own — but nowhere does it matter more than in the room, guiding someone through their very first brushstroke.
Watercolor is unforgiving and unrepeatable — no two pieces are ever quite the same. That unpredictability is exactly what makes it capture a feeling so precisely: guests don't just leave with a painting, they leave with the memory of that afternoon, held in their own hand
Awards
Diploma, Visuelt 2021, "Fairmont Classics Perfected"
Gold, Visuelt 2020,"Tine KremGo botanical illustrations"
Diploma, Visuelt 2020,"Tine Yoghurt Sesong animation"
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12
Years working as an artist
3
Visuelt awards:
Gold and Diploma
25+
Brand clients across Europe, the US, and beyond
104K
Instagram followers
FAQ
Everything you need to know before we begin
A flat fee for the session, agreed in advance — no per-guest calculation or split needed on your end
Sessions work well from a handful of guests up to 30. Tell me what you're picturing and I'll confirm it's a fit.
A table or flat surface and a bit of space — indoors or outdoors. Everything else, I bring.
A couple of weeks' notice is ideal, especially during peak season.