The Rose In Me – Watercolor

Theme:

To discover the beauty of the world through the inner beauty of ourselves! Enjoy stunning natural views, paint endless rose fields and visit historical, ethnographic and architectural sites, thousands of years old. The best and most beautiful rose fields in the world are in Bulgaria. This painting holiday is a sip of freshness for the soul, a slow cadre of the fast moving and scheduled everyday life, a new perspective of the details of nature. Unforgettable days of perceiving, feeling, relaxing, reflecting and painting…

Skills:

At this painting plein-air you will master: Composition. Construction and breathing life into form. Work with colors. Visual ordering and perspective.

Painting holiday program:

3 days of painting with 4 – 5 hours of tuition daily.

Day 1:

arrival in Sofia.

Day 2:

Sofia City Tour and arrival to Kalofer.

Days 3, 4 & 5:

three days of rose painting and rose gathering; visit of authentic rose factory; visit of the valley of kings of Trakiya; old Thracian and Roman town Hisar; Rose festival in town of Kazanlak (if requested). You will learn also how to made Bulgarian yoghurt.

Day 6:

departure from Kalofer; visiting the Shipka monument and church; the town of Gabrovo and the outdoor ethnographic museum Etara; visiting one of the oldest and picturesque Bulgarian villages Bojenci; arrival in Arbanasi.

Day 7:

visiting the old Bulgarian capital of Veliko Tarnovo and Tzarevets fortress; Patriarchal Monastery of the Holy Trinity and the Transfiguration Monastery.

Day 8:

departure to Sofia, visit of Lovech – Varosha old town, the famous covered bridge. Arrival to Sofia.

Day 9:

departure.