Thursday Evening Oil Painting #736

June 26 - August 14, 2025
Thursdays
6:30 - 9:00 pm
(8 week session)

Level:  Adults Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced
            17 and older

Instructor:  Tsveti Sowers

Location: ArtHaus Visual Arts Studio
                 1811 Huguenot Road
                  Suite #303
​                  Midlothian, VA 23113

$275

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yCourse Description
If you have always admired oil paintings and the luminous qualities they have and wonder if you could explore this medium but didn’t know where to start, this painting studio is for you. 
This course covers the essentials of oil painting. You will learn about materials, color mixing, and brushwork, and complete a small still life in each session. You will also have the opportunity to observe painting demonstrations by the instructor.
Beginner and intermediate level painters are welcome!
You will have to bring your own materials.
The supply list is included below….

Materials List
sketch/notebook 

Oil colors 
-Titanium white                                                                 
-cadmium red light 
-alizarin crimson
​-cadmium orange
-yellow ochre 
-cadmium yellow light and/or deep
-Indian yellow 
-ultramarine blue
-viridian green or sap green
-transparent red or brown oxide
-Permanent Rose or quinocridone red
-Ivory black 
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Brushes
-flat long bristle bristles, sizes 2, 4, 6, 8
-2 panels, size 9”x 12”
-palette knife
-palette
-Paper towels 

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Meet Your Instructor

Tsveti Sowers

Tsveti's paintings are inspired by the natural world and the transforming power of light. Her subject matter varies from sun covered still-lifes to landscapes and intimate interiors to portraits. Tsveti prefers to work from life and in natural light. 

She was born in 1978 in Silistra, Bulgaria, a small town on the Danube River just west of the Black Sea. A town rich in history, Silistra is surrounded by ancient ruins and beautiful countryside. These visual memories have nurtured the Plein Air artist that Tsveti has become.

As a child she remembers being keenly observant as to how sunlight would wrap around everything. Spending her childhood in the countryside allowed Tsveti’s mind to wander, observe, and dream. A determined young artist, she filled paper with drawings and paint. Tsveti’s passion was creating art.

She received her degree in art education from the University of Angel Kanchev in Silistra, Bulgaria. Once Tsveti began studying art history she realized that the style that resonated most with her was Impressionism. Specifically, her desire was to be able to capture those fleeting moments in which light falls on an object, before it is gone forever. In addition to studying at the University, Tsveti had the privilege of studying art with classically trained artist and sculptor Jordan Kolev.

She moved to the United States in 2006. The US presented a new adventure and a challenge for her. Early on, she spent her time volunteering at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art, and that experience just furthered her desire to become a great painter.  She went on to study art with Representational Painter David Tanner and other American Artists like Dawn Whitelaw, Maggie Siner, and Anne Blair Brown. She can be seen painting en plein air at various locations in the Richmond area.

Tsveti Sowers is currently a member of the Portrait Society of America and the American Impressionist Society. 
She is represented by Quirk Gallery and Crossroads Art Center, both located in Richmond, Virginia.



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