Galina Shapovalova (Russia)
Mi alma esta en Girona hasta ahora,paseando por las callas estrechas,mirando a las casas viejas y bonitas,deseando pintar. Pero todo tiene su final…..que lastima…
How I am missing all of you! It was unforgettable time.Thanks to everybody for wonderful company.Tenia una suerte conoser la gente como ustedes.Ojala que nos encontremos otra vez…….It is cold en Russia now, I woud like to go back…

Társila Jiménez (Spain)
No aprendí algo, aprendí muchísimo. Verte pintar, escuchar tus pensamientos sobre lo que es el arte fue algo muy especial y muy enriquecedor para mí. Ahora, como dice Mone, espero poder trasladarlo a mis acuarelas. Muchas gracias por ser como eres Alvaro.

Lydia Cuevas (Spain)
Hola Angela, vuelvo a felicitarte por tu trabajo y por dar en todo momento lo mejor de ti. Ha sido un placer conocerte y espero que volvamos a encontrarnos en algun lugar común de esta pasión que nos une. Un beso.

Marissa Gabetta (Italy)
Thank you Alvaro for all that you have been sharing with us during last week. Your words won’t be forgotten and neither the wonderful experience I had. Maestro, SEI GRANDE!

Kerim Kahyagil (Turkey)
Thanks again for the whole activity. It was perfect.

Benny Stigsson (Sweden)
It was an amazing workshop, nice place, nice weather, very nice people and Joseph; he is a great teacher and friend. Thank you for making such a wonderful and unforgettable time for me.

Irina Litinsky (Canada)
…I’m still getting over that amazing, unbelievable week in Girona, but in the office already and working! Have a good rest after all the hard work you did, and we’ll keep on touch.
My impressions from that great week are still with me

Montse Albareda (Spain)
Angela, felicidades por tu organizacion del curso con Alvaro Castagnet, ha sido genial y he disfrutado mucho con todos vosotros. Ojala pudiéramos estar siempre pintando por ahí!!! Un abrazxo muy grande y felicidades de nuevo!

Dieter Jauernig (Germany)
For me this week was like a dream and with my thoughts I´m still “en la Costa Brava”. The landscape, the weather, Joseph as a painter and teacher, great. I`m still finding his remarks and comments about watercolor I never heard of before somewhere in my head and I feel much more confident in planning and executing a watercolor.

Arnold Lowrey (UK) http://www.lowrey.co.uk
Many thanks for a superb course. The tuition goes without saying but I feel I must say how superbly you organised everything without any fuss. We never had to worry because we knew everything was always arranged perfectly.

Marta Camiña (Bilbao-España)
Pues la verdad es que volví con muchas ganas de pintar y de tratar de poner en práctica lo que había aprendido.

Maureen Goette (South Africa)
Thanks for a great course with Mr. Bead Joseph. I enjoyed seeing a part of Spain I hadn´t seen before and meeting the other artists. I enjoyed very much all the outdoor painting even though it was a bit of a challenge being with such experienced painters.

Peter Robson (UK)
Just to thank you and to let you know that I had a great time and it was without doubt, my best course ever!.

Peter Robson (UK)
JZ is an amazing revelation with his clarity of thought and vision and of course a fantastic painter. What he states is often “blindingly obvious”, but why didn´t I think of it I ask myself!.

Jack Haran (USA)
The class was exceptional, lovely people and a great group of Spanish folks. The locale was beautiful, great accommodations and food. I´m home two weeks and have not come down from the cloud yet, enjoyed the entire class. Joseph is such a tremendous teacher, I will be forever grateful to him for introducing me to MR. BEAD!.

Cheryl Williams (UK)
What a fantastic painting course-the AMAZING SIGHTS of Catalonia “sing” from my sketchbooks. Finally I have learnt how to paint THE WAY I ALWAYS DREAMT OF. Thank you for making this possible and Charles for sharing the secrets.

Blanche Pepper (Ireland)
Thank you very much again for being so SUPPORTIVE AND HELPFUL making our trip so memorable.

Charles Kelly (UK)
Thanks again for a wonderful week and for all your help and assistance which was much appreciated.

Jenny Hawke (UK)
We both have had the most amazing time, made some wonderful new friends and enjoyed every minute of it despite the weather. I feel so priveledged to have been able to watch Charles every day and have him look at my own offerings.

Hilary Goodwin (UK)
Thank you for a wonderfully successful and happy course. You worked extremely hard to achieve so much in difficult conditions what with the adverse weather and the volcano ash. I achieved what I set out to achieve in watercolour painting, and Tim enjoyed it far more than he had anticipated. You had gathered an interesting group of people from all round the world for us to chat to in free times.

Genevieve Buchanan (UK)
A BIG THANK YOU is in order for yet another terrific workshop with our favourite watercolorist ALVARO… To my dreamy mind I thought I was in a PICASSO workshop witnessing passion, mood and brilliance of a painter.

Michele Hermes-Kass (Australia)
I also would like to thank you and ‘Vincent’ for making my painting holiday with Charles Reid in Girona one of the most enjoyable art experiences I’ve had and hopefully I can join you again sometime.

Lea Burt (Australia)
Just a quick note to thank you for all your organisation skills for what I thought was an enjoyable workshop, and I loved meeting you and all the other painters I had lots of laughs and I painted sort of ok. I always come away so motivated and a little more knowledgeble about watercolour. I adored the Costa Brava coast.

Benny Stigsson (Sweden)
It was an amazing workshop, nice place, nice weather, very nice people and Joseph; he is a great teacher and friend. Thank you for making such a wonderful and unforgettable time for me.

Setsuko Ohara (Kuwait)
I’d like to thank you for your excellent flexible organisation and above all, your kind personal care. You helped me in every way from the beginning to the end. My last evening in Girona was unforgettable. I’ll fondly remember this joyful evening and delicious feast again and again.

Dave Betty (UK)
Anyway I would like to thank you and Elizabeth for providing such a wonderful experience in Girona, I really enjoyed it and I found it challenging, stimulating and very enjoyable. The locations were fantastic and I particularly enjoyed the coastal villages but Girona was equally enchanting. Mixing with people from different countries and cultures was also excellent. Alvaro is a very gifted artist and he creates such wonderful paintings but I think his methods caught a few of us out; many of us had never been faced with the approach he takes so I was found it hard and lost confidence in myself.