| Ocean Reef Art League |
| 24 Dockside Lane #182 Key Largo, FL 33037 305-367-2359 Fax: 305-367-2346 |
| 2011-2012 Workshops |
November
Polymer with Pam: Easy Breezy Beautiful Bowls
Monday’s, November 7 & 14, 9:30am – 3:30pm Fee: $170
Participants will create decorative bowls using found objects as molds, as well as explore a simple approach to swirling and smooshing polymer clay to reveal intricate
patterns. Bowl size can range from 3-13”
Sculpting the Human Form with Gregory Johnson
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, November 7, 8, & 9, 9:00am – 1:00pm Fee: $375
This class will break down features into basic units. Students will sculpt an ear, eye, nose, mouth, hand and foot. The concept is to create a sculpture “tool belt” for each
student that can be used on larger more complex figures.
Christmas/Thanksgiving Glass Snack Trays with Marijke Browning
Thursday, November 17, 10:00am – 3:00pm Fee: $55
Create your own personalized glass appetizer/snack/cheese tray with a matching spreader in this one day workshop.
December
Polymer with Pam: Time Flies
Monday’s, December 5 & 12 9:30am- 3:30pm Fee: $150
Participants will construct a wall hanging clock shaped like a bird. The class will explore and review basic techniques in color blending and millefiore. All materials included.
Woodworking with Gerhard Schwenke: Shakers and Stoppers
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, December 5, 6, & 7, 10:00am- 3:00pm Fee: $325
Projects include salt shakers, bottle stoppers and toothpick holders.
Kids Paint on Pottery
Wednesday, December 28, 1:00pm- 4:00pm Fee: $45
Children of all ages are invited to enjoy an afternoon of painting on pottery. This has become a tradition for many families during the holidays at Ocean Reef. Fee includes
material and one piece of pottery.
January
Woodworking with Bruce Kieffer: Mission/ Craftsman Style Chair
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday January 8, 9 & 10 10:00am – 3:00pm
Fee: $325
Renowned furniture designer, builder and woodworker Bruce Kieffer will teach students to make this classic reproduction of a 1905 Stickly Brothers chair. While making this
sturdy, solid, well proportioned chair, students will learn how to make curved pieces, angles joinery, assembly, finishing and upholstery.
Shell Mirrors with Trisha Brown
Friday and Saturday January 13 & 14, 9:30-3:30pm
Fee: $375
Students will design and assemble a shell mirror of their choice. Students can select a shape and size prior to class and an assortment of shells will be offered at the time
of class.
Polymer with Pam: Fun and Fresh Flowers
Monday’s, January 23& 30, 9:30am- 3:30pm
Fee: $150
The focus is building a flower in polymer clay using simple component millefiore canes. Both realistic and whimsical interpretations will be discussed. Participants can make
beads or buttons with the designs they make. Project outcome can vary depending on participant’s wishes. The main focus on the class will be the technique involved for
cane building in polymer clay.
Rank Beginner Watercolor with Linda Levy
Wednesday’s, January 4, 11 18, 9:30am – 12:30pm
Fee: $100
No prior experience in drawing, painting, or watercolors in necessary to enroll in this beginner’s workshop. Students will learn how to set up and use watercolor equipment,
try basic painting techniques and acquire some fundamentals about color and design. Students will need to pick up a supply list at the Art League
Papier Mache with Divitto & Andrea Kelly
Thursday, Friday, & Saturday January 12, 13, 14, 9:30am- 3:00pm
Fee: $325
Students of all ages are offered a fresh take on an old art form: papier mache. In this unique “Start to Finish” papier mache classes, you will learn how to create various
types of sculptures such as marine animals, dogs, cats, and more using a durable long lasting mix. No messing with newspaper, glue, flour or water! Students end result will
be a colorful, long lasting sculpture.
Sailors Valentines with Trish Brown
Thursday, Friday & Saturday, January 26, 27, & 28, Fee: $650
Sailors Valentines are octagonal glass fronted wooden boxes, displaying intricate symmetrical designs composed entirely of small sea shells of various colors. Traditionally
brought home from a sailor’s voyage at sea for his loved one between 1830 and 1890, this sentimental gift is valued for its beauty and unusual qualities.
Weaving Pine Needle Baskets
Saturday, January 28 9am-3pm
A Week of fun Building Birdhouses with Jacque Allen
Mon., January 30 thru Fri. February 3 8:30 am–4:30 pm
5 day workshop Fee: $450
Single family dwelling, duplex, triplex, urban living or a four-plex, try your hand at designing and building a bird’s dream. Bird houses can be as simple or
as ornate as you want to make them. We will be designing and building avian housing for feathered friends.
Using a variety of embellishments that include paint, tin roofing, aluminum brackets, hooks, screws, copper wire, whatever we can find or purchase to
add architectural character to your creation. Just bring your imagination and a few supplies and join Jacque for a week of creative fun. Open to all levels
of skill!
February
New! Zentangles
Doodling Workshop with Nancy Rohan
1 day workshop Fee: $65
Saturday, Feb. 4 10:00 am-1:00 pm
Follow the new trend of creating beautiful images from repetitive patterns. Sometimes referred to as meditative doodling, it is fun, relaxing , lighthearted
and calming. You cannot fail to create a zentangle! Come and learn the steps and patterns to start you off on your creation,and soon you will be making up our
own themes and patterns. All materials provided.
Sculpting the Figure with Gregory Johnson
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, February 8, 9 & 10, 9:00am – 1:00pm
Fee: $450
Students from beginner to advanced will sculpt a favorite animal, bird or figure. Students will focus on observational skills, composition, proportion, anatomy and other
issues necessary for the successful execution of a realistic sculpture.
Polymer with Pam "Fabulous Foiled Fish"
Monday’s, February 13 & 27, 9:30am – 3:30pm
Fee: $150
Using mica powders, medal leaf and antiquing, participants will build a fish sculpture.
Building Custom Mailboxes with Kurt Hertzog
Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, February 14, 15, & 16, 8:30am- 3:30pm
Fee:$325
Students will have the chance to design, build, decorate and finish custom mailboxes. Students will create a truly one of kind mailbox that will set of your property with flair
while learning how to use virtually every tool in the shop!
Legacy Letters of Love; What I Want My Children to Know About Me with Gertrude Mann
Tuesday, February 14, Wednesday February 15, and Tuesday February 21, 3:00-5:00pm
Fee: $75
Only you own your stories, by sharing them with family members present and yet to come, you give the lasting fist of yourself. Whether you end up with one paragraph or a
folder of stories, this workshop will inspire you to write a legacy letter of love. The first session with open with a perspective on ethical wills, a century’s old tradition of
passing on moral and ethical values.
Faux Bone with Robert Dancik
Wednesday & Thursday & Friday, February 15, 16 & 17, 9:00am – 4:00pm
Fee: $375
In this hands on workshop students will explore the versatile material that is faux bone. It can be cut, drilled, carved, sawn and sanded to look like ivory, aged ceramic or
polished pure white. Faux bone is also used to simulate scrimshaw on the tops of Nantucket Baskets. This class will focus on making a bracelet and a pendant while
exploring a full range of cold connections including riveting, micro fasteners, tabs and staples enabling students to combine faux bone with polymer clay, metal and found
objects.
Creative Embroidery & Beading with Ana Sumner
Wednesday & Thursday February 22 & 23, 9:30am -3:30pm
Fee: $225
With tools of fabric, silk ribbon, specialty threads, beads and a needle, students will be creating a 5X7 matted underwater Ocean Reef Scene using basic embroidery
stitches and silk ribbon stitches. This workshop will allow you to explore your creativity as you create a unique work of art. Prerequisite: knowledge of threading a needle.
Home Repairs with Larry Hyman
Thursday, Friday & Saturday February 23, 24 & 25, 8:30am – 3:30pm
Fee: $275
In this three day workshop students will focus each day on three projects: Electrical, Plumbing, and House Repairs. Each workshop will include a Q&A period with Larry, a
woodworker and remodeling carpenter for the past 35 years. Larry’s specialty is problem solving and devising efficient solutions for remolding and repairs.
Woodworking with Gerhard Schwenke: Wood Bowls
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday February 27, 28 & 29, 9:00am – 3:30pm
Fee: $150
Students will learn how to make hollow forms and bowls.
New! Pischke Pocket Needlepoint Party with Julie Pischke
2 day workshop Fee: $325.00
Wednesday, Feb. 29 9:00 am–Noon
Thursday, Mar. 1 9:00 am–Noon
or
Wednesday, Feb. 29 1:00-4:00 pm
Thursday, Mar. 1 1:00-4:00 pm
Please register for morning workshops or afternoon workshops. Key West needlepoint artist, Julie Pischke, will be here to teach a Pischke
Pocket Party. Teaching with Julie will be Nancy Young, owner of Needlepoint. com in Raleigh, NC. Participants will be the first to receive the brand-new, and
yet-to-be-released, nautical “Nantucket”Pischke Pocket Needlepoint Kit! Also included are all class materials, including a mini needlepoint kit and sample pocket
attachment kit. Julie and Nancy will teach fiber use on large mesh canvas, stitches to enhance your design and how to self finish your Pischke Pocket.
About the instructor: Julie is known for her bright and tropical designs and has created a following in the needlepoint world that has lasted over three decades.
In addition to designing, Julie has owned and operated Island Needlework in Key West since 1977. Pischke Pockets self-finishing needlepoint totes are
Julie’s most recent venture in needlepoint. The designs on 10-mesh are fun and fast to stitch while the bags are multi-functional, bright and fashionable.
Putting it all in kit form makes the perfect project and accessory for an on-the-go lifestyle.
March
Polymer with Pam " Bits and Pieces"
Monday’s, March 5 & 12 9:00am- 3:30pm
Fee: $150
A modified Mokume Gane technique will be used to make a centerpiece base. Participants cover a glass vase using shavings from a design they make in a stack of
polymer clay. Easy and fun, this technique yields stunning results.
Horsehair, Feather and More Raku Techniques with Candace Young
Thursday, Friday & Saturday March 15, 16 & 17, 9:00am – 3:30pm
Fee: $200
Students will “smoke paint” using feathers, hair and animal fur. Smoke painting is done on partially glazed or unglazed pottery that has been burnished. The results of this
firing give the appearance and feel of polished rocks and marble. The main focus of this workshop will be to learn more about enhancing crackle patterns and copper
effects.
Painting Figures in the Landscape with Don Andrews
Thursday, Friday & Saturday, March 15, 16 & 17 9:30-3:30
Fee:$275
Many landscape paintings benefit from the vitality that figures provide; yet so often we shy away from painting them. We tell ourselves that we’re not good enough or don’t
know enough.
It seems that we all make the same mistakes when attempting to paint figures in our landscape paintings, and once you know what you’re doing wrong, and how to go
about it, you’ll be surprised how quickly you will become adept at introducing lively, believable figures in your landscapes.
Don’s class is geared to artists at all levels. We’ll explore a variety of ways to use the human form as an accent, point of interest or dominant character in any landscape
painting.
Woodworking with Gerhard Schwenke "Finishing Up"
Monday & Tuesday, March 19 & 20, 10:00am – 3:00pm
Fee: $325
Students will work on unfinished projects from previous classes, having the opportunity to put any finishing touches and additional details.
Woodworking with David Ellsworth
Wednesday & Thursday March 21 & 22 8:30-4:30
Fee:$375
This workshop consists of demonstrating a natural-edge or cut-rim open bowl with detailed explanations, plus tool design and sharpening and, if time permits,
turning a 15-minute natural edge bowl, all using the Ellsworth signature gouge. Afternoon sessions consist of turning a hollow form plus open discussions
on any subject the members might wish to propose in the time remaining. This workshop will also be covering “problem-solving” events that focus on
turning open bowls and hollow forms. People should bring plenty of questions, turned objects they’ve found difficult, and 2-3 small pieces of wood to turn
that will help them address personal challenges and needs. Says David, “I often turn a natural edge bowl in the morning to illustrate the most common
problems of mounting, grain orientation, various methods of cutting, tool design, sharpening and anything elsewe can pack in.”
The remainder of the day will involve participants working on their own lathes with David moving from latheto-lathe doing mini-demonstrations
that address common problems.
Beading with Wendy Ellsworth "Freshwater Pearl Pendant Necklace"
Wednesday, March 21, 10:00am – 4:00pm
Fee: $140
Students will string freshwater pearls onto a stainless steel coated wire base with colorful seed beads in between. Each student will be able to choose their own sea horse
or reef fish glass pendant that comes in a variety of fun colors. Beginners are welcome.
All materials are included.
Beading with Wendy Ellsworth: St. Petersburg Beaded Bracelets
Thursday, March 22, 10:00am – 4:00pm
Fee: $135
Students will learn this bead weaving technique to make a beaded bracelet. The stitch originated in Russia and has become very popular. It is easy to learn and works up
quickly using size 11 seed beads and glass tear drops for embellishment. Kits will be provided that will include all material needed.
Nantucket Baskets with Linda and Dave Brown
Friday, March 23- Sunday April 1.
Your favorite Ocean Reef Art League Tradition is back! Please call the Art League for information on how to sign up.
The Contemporary Teapot with Gerrard Ferrari
Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, March 27, 28 & 29, 9:00am – 3:00pm
Fee: $ 275
Currently teapots are an avant-garde vessel and many artists are breaking boundaries with these vessels. The workshop will concentrate on the creation of your own fun &
funky teapot inspired by the student’s personal interests. Ideas will be developed through drawing and shared images. Terra-cotta, hand-building and simple low fire
techniques will be the material and methods used.
Florida Keys Flora’s and Still Life in Oil with Douglas David
Thursday & Friday, March 29 & 30 9:00am-4:00pm
Fee:$250
Students will focus on painting still lives in oil with a Florida Keys theme. Local flowers, fruit and other objects will be used. Learn new techniques from this accomplished oil
painter.
April
Painting Easter Eggs and Baskets
Tuesday, April 3, 10:00am – 12:30pm
Fee: $35
Fun for the whole family! Participate in this fun filled family activity painting eggs, bunnies, baskets and more!
Color Theory with Maggie McClellan
Thursday & Friday April 12 & 13, 10:00am – 4:00pm
Fee: $250
Explore the benefits of pushing color to create new and exciting experiences for yourself and your work. Learn how to mix colors you want as well as gain the know how to
successfully understand why we’d want “that color”! Learn traditional and contemporary palettes, along with other choices and what those choices will accomplish.
Spring Watercolor Camp with Rocky Ferris
Monday-Thursday, April 16-19, 9:00am- 4:00pm
Fee: $325
Learn how to get more depth and realism into your painting, and become a better watercolorist with photo realist, Rocky Ferris.
Paint the Florida Keys with Brenda Mattson
Monday & Tuesday, April 23 & 24, 8:30a.m.-4:30p.m.
Fee: $275
With the option of working in either oils or pastels, this workshop will teach you to explore the light and color that is ever present in the fabulous Florida Keys! Learn new
techniques to improve composition, light, shadows, color, contrast and depth. Working from your favorite photos, Brenda will show you how to convert them into beautiful
works of art!
Workshops in the Works
Veggie Art with Olivia Kent
The art of garnishing, carving fruit and vegetable sculptures is back! Learn how to impress your guests with creative and fun centerpieces, fruit basket garnishes and
other arrangements perfect for holidays, special occasions, or just because! This one day workshop will leave you ready to host your next Ocean Reef party!
Polymer Clay with Christie Friesen
Wonders of Watercolor with Rose Eden
