February 8, 10am–4pm
At ArteMbassy Gallery & School in the Leaside area of Toronto (see map below).

Please join me for this full-day workshop: Through structured exercises and personal exploration, you’ll layer, distress, and work into mixed media and images to integrate and reveal contrasting visual material including painting, drawing, collage, transfers, embedding etc. Be inspired and informed by images and physical samples, with one-on-one consultations and group discussion.
Level: adventurous

​For more information and to register:

ArteMbassy Gallery & School
​Julie McMeekin, Director
(416) 998-5045
28 Industrial Street
Suite #219
Toronto, ON  M4G 1Y9
[email protected]

Many contemporary painters are working with an expansive vocabulary of paint, or a distinctly contemporary language, using (and pushing) the properties of the paint, and its application, in varied and unexpected ways. 

Their paintings can really surprise us, offering us rich tactile experiences, a vivid sense of the artist’s hand as well as fascinating optical effects. 

See lots of examples from artists working today – many of them Canadian! – focusing in on their painterly vocabulary and unique ways of working with paint. 

Kim-Lee Kho teaches regularly at Neilson Park Creative Centre. She’s an actively exhibiting multidisciplinary Canadian artist and recovering graphic designer/art director. As a teacher, speaker and consultant, she leads people on adventures in art. 

This presentation relates closely to her own approach to painting and she has taught numerous popular courses and workshops on related topics. 

Her upcoming weekend workshop at Neilson Park, Contemporary Painting: Transparent Glazes in Acrylics, will focus on creating the gorgeous depth, lustre and complexity of layered transparent glazes. It will look at mediums: suitability and how to choose, mixing and dilution, applying and layering, the very different nature of transparent colour and how to combine it with other approaches. 

Experienced glaze painters can also benefit from working on their own projects in consultation with Kim.

For more information: click here

These days you can find me up until all hours in my studio, madly making new work for the upcoming 'Cross-Breeds' exhibition, where I will be a guest artist along with Kal Honey.

UPDATED AGAIN!
Please note start and 'Meet the Artists' dates have both been updated!

All details are below, including the two-hour workshops each of us will be teaching onsite – $20 and $30 respectively, all materials included! Plus here's a sneak peek at a couple of my works-in-progress.

The Art Hub Gallery is conveniently located across the street from the Art Gallery of Ontario, just downstairs from Art Square Cafe & Gallery at 334 Dundas St. West  (access directly from the street).

Hope to see you there!

ONE DAY GALLERY WALK
It's baaaack!!
My Almost-Famous Gallery Walk & Talk!
Sat March 25, 2017
11:00am – 4:00pm
$50 (just for the tour, all food, drink and TTC/parking costs you pay directly as needed).

Many people have asked about/clamoured for the return of my Gallery Walk & Talk, so here it is! 

In these tours, aside from selecting the galleries and exhibitions we visit on the basis of what artists and venues are interesting and worth a visit, I also act as a resource and guide to the work, offering background, insight and a "way in" to the contemporary art which these Walk & Talks focus on.

As usual, I will pick a gallery area in Toronto for us to explore, we'll meet at a coffee shop where you'll receive a copy of the itinerary, we'll have a cup of tea or coffee and chat about what's planned for the day. Then we'll head off to our first gallery.
We'll likely visit a couple before lunch, have lunch at a moderately-priced restaurant or café in the area then continue on to more galleries, probably with a short coffee break in the middle.

These have proved very popular in the past, with many people returning again and again. Good, thoughtful and congenial company and conversation, makes for a very interesting and stimulating day.

Can't guarantee accessible access to all venues I'm afraid. Group size will be limited (to the benefit of everyone I think). Payment in advance, no refunds.
If you're interested, please contact me directly.

ONE-DAY WORKSHOP
Back by popular demand (the Fall workshop had a long waiting list)!
​The Art & Science of Image Transfers for Mixed Media
Weds March 29, 2017
9:30am – 3:00pm
​Markham Group of Artists (link)
In the latest version of this always-evolving workshop, we’ll discuss what makes a good image for transferring; zero in on transfer techniques and materials that produce interesting and versatile results; look at some creative strategies for integrating the transfers into mixed media artworks. $30 Materials fee and list. Contact me if you'd like an easier-to-read (much less overwhelming!) materials list than the one on the website. (Btw, ignore the "soft gel" listed, just bring polymer medium.)
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JURYING
Oshawa Art Association's 50th Anniversary Juried Exhibition (for members)
Sat April 1, 2017
​Oshawa Art Association (link)
It will be an honour to act as co-juror (one of three) for the association's 50th anniversary show.

NINE-WEEK COURSES
Drawing the Tough Bits 
(Face & Head & Hands & Feet)
Apr. 5 – May 31, 2017 (9 weeks)
9:30am – 12:30pm
Neilson Park Creative Centre (link)
Registration opens March 6 for members, March 8 for non-members.
Are you relieved when you can avoid the face, head, hands and feet of the people in your drawings and paintings? It's time to put an end to that fear! In this supportive environment, you'll be given the tools and knowledge to understand and work with the structures that give the face, head, hands and feet their defining characteristics. You'll learn to see them more clearly and get lots of practice drawing them, working from a live model. Small materials fee and list.
 
It's back! Figurative Art: Drawn and Beyond
Apr. 5 – May 31, 2017 (9 weeks)
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Neilson Park Creative Centre (link)
Registration opens March 6 for members, March 8 for non-members.
Not a classical life drawing class! Work with a life model as a doorway to exploring artistic thinking and approaches, expression and ways of seeing. Learn how to get more out of your tools and materials and try some you haven’t used before, or in ways you haven’t tried. Each term is different, each week looks to stretch your creative muscles, build your skills and abilities, help you see in new ways. One week leads into the next with an occasional sharp turn. Drawing-based but includes some other and mixed media. $10 materials fee payable to the instructor. Check NPCC website for materials list.

WEEKEND WORKSHOP
Shake It Up! Contemporary Approaches to Abstract Painting
Saturday/Sunday Apr. 29/30, 2017
9:30am – 4:00pm
Neilson Park Creative Centre (link)
Registration opens March 6 for members, March 8 for non-members.
Get a creative workout with Kim-Lee Kho to refresh and shake up the starting points and sources for your artwork and ideas. See what contemporary abstract artists are doing, how they mix things up and how the vocabulary of paint has changed. Stretch your art-making muscles by trying fun and adventurous processes – Kim will be there every step of the way! $35 materials fee payable to the instructor covers a host of specialized and unconventional tools and materials you will need. Check NPCC website for materials list.

LECTURE-PRESENTATION
A Contemporary Language of Paint
Weds May 10, 2017, 7:00pm
​Oshawa Art Association (link)
Much of contemporary painting is very interested in and pushes the vocabulary of paint, using and modifying its properties in diverse and unexpected ways to create paintings that surprise, wonderful optical effects and rich tactile experiences.

Anyone who is painting in a way that is not about replicating the camera or following a specific tradition, needs to grapple with the material of the paint itself. Most artists do so in a pretty limited way if at all, so I will show a range of contemporary work (including my own) that really makes painterly vocabulary and properties a central focus of the work. I will follow up the presentation with a concise demo to show a few ways of working with acrylic paint and modifying its behaviour to achieve some different effects. 

WEEK-LONG INTENSIVE
In downtown Toronto (OCADU campus)!
Mixed Media with Photos & Image Transfers
Monday June 12 – Friday June 16, 2017
9:00am to 4:30pm
Haliburton School of Art + Design (link)
Re-energize your painting and mixed media, and give it a more contemporary flavour by exploring methods of integrating photography and image transfers.

Working directly with photographs, learn various image transfer methods – what they're good for, when to use which, and how to work with them creatively.

In a combination of structured exercises and personal exploration, you'll layer, distress, work into, and interfere with your mixed media and images to better integrate and reveal contrasting visual material. Work with and against the rectangle, enriching your work with meaning and association. Materials fee and list. Suited to most levels, including advanced, but some previous art-making experience is required.

WEEK-LONG INTENSIVE
One of my most popular courses
Acrylics – Explore, Express, Experiment
​Mon July 24 – Friday July 28, 2017
9:00am to 4:30pm
​Haliburton School of Art + Design (link)
The most versatile of all paint media, acrylics can do almost anything you want.

Through the magic of acrylic mediums you can change the appearance, behaviour and characteristics of acrylics in surprising ways, from pourable glazes to texturized and transparent impasto, layered encaustic-like effects to sculpted surfaces.

In this intensive, materials and process-based course, a variety of acrylic mediums, physical processes and techniques will be explored. These may include drip, scrape, scratch, scumble, tickle, pour, squeeze, sculpt, roll, collage, layer, making skins and embedding objects. You will also investigate tools - how to select, use and customize them, with particular emphasis on unconventional choices. Materials fee and list. 
All levels and abilities are welcome (including advanced or pro), the only prerequisite is an open mind and an adventurous spirit.

​LECTURE-PRESENTATION
New & improved!
THIS ISN'T PHOTOGRAPHY:
The expanding (and sometimes surprising!) use of photos by contemporary artists
​Weds July 26, 5:00pm (I think!)
​Haliburton School of Art + Design (link)

Using photographic material and playing with how to use it, is a deeply contemporary way to work with imagery and perception and the way we experience the world now.

Starting with photography’s development, what we tend to believe about it, what it made possible, we will move into the uses of photography by contemporary artists, including in visual artworks that are not “photography”. 

While not well-understood, photography’s role is rich, lively and and incredibly diverse part of contemporary art in sometimes surprising – even hidden – ways. 

As a multidisciplinary artist, presenter Kim-Lee Kho works in various photo-based mixed media forms herself including prints, video, sculpture and textile. Kim also teaches photo-based mixed media for HSA+D and elsewhere – exploring the various technical challenges as well as the vast creative possibilities.

WEEK-LONG INTENSIVE
Brand-new!
Acrylic Glazing & Encaustic Effects
​Mon July 31 – Friday August 4, 2017
9:00am to 4:30pm
​Haliburton School of Art + Design (link)
From the Old Masters to cutting-edge contemporary artists, the use of transparent paint glazes is a tradition that has come a long way. In this process and materials-based course you will learn the language of transparent colour in acrylics, how to mix and work with glazes, which mediums to use when, and the importance of dilution, sheen and thickness.

Glazing will be complemented with the rich surfaces and translucent depth of encaustic effects in acrylics. In structured exercises and your own creative explorations you will work with layering, blending, painterly marks, impasto surfaces and combine acrylics with other media to create depth and invite light into your paintings. Materials fee and list.
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Very suitable for students who have taken acrylics courses and workshops with me in the past, particularly involving the use of mediums. In this course we can focus more and get more in-depth with glazing and encaustic effects in particular, and explore the creative potentials of them.

SOLO EXHIBITION
Heart of a Wanderer
Mon Sept 11 – 24, 2017
Reception: Thurs Sept 14, 7:00–9:00pm
Otto Art (in The Junction area of Toronto)
Very excited to be presenting a whole new kind of work at this charming gallery in one of Toronto's most creative neighbourhoods! Heart of a Wanderer will combine drawing and text, narrative and heart-based work, originals and (affordable!) multiples. Stay tuned for sneak peeks in my blog and on social media in the coming months!

ONE-DAY WORKSHOP
Acrylic Painting: Thick & Thin
Sat or Sun, October 14 or 15, 2017
Quest Art School + Gallery (link), Midland ON
With the remarkable range and versatility of acrylic paints, you can enrich the visual and tactile qualities of your paintings by pushing out from the flatness of your canvas or panel and making delicious relief surfaces or working thinly and transparently. Best of all, you can combine the effects to create the richest results! 

In this workshop we will discuss ways to thin and thicken the paint, (trying out some of the most useful and reliable), technical considerations, and look at some of the creative possibilities as well, through a combination of recent and contemporary art history, show & tell, demonstration, hands-on exercises and “playtime” (aka open exploration).

Instructor Kim-Lee Kho will provide some materials so you can fully enjoy the content of this workshop and benefit from it. A basic materials fee of $10 will cover that. The necessary acrylic mediums will also be available at a cost of $3 per 4oz for acrylic polymer gloss; $5 per 4oz for gloss gel (prices subject to change depending on supplier costs of course). We will work with both. Please read through the materials list to make sure you are fully equipped!

Neilson Park Creative Centre, Etobicoke

Image Transfers and Beyond: 
Creative Ways to Incorporate Photos into Mixed Media
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​WEEKLY: 3 FULL DAYS
Click here to register
W17AIMA
Wednesdays 9:30am -4:00pm
February 1 – February 15, 2017 (3 weeks)

NOTES:

• My intention in this course is to give students an opportunity to explore the creative side of working with photographs and image transfers in mixed media.
• That makes it great for those who've taken my image transfers workshops or have some experience with them.
• BUT if you haven't and are still interested, that's fine too, we can get you up to speed!

Photography is the new universal language, and artists today are working with it in so many new and exciting ways! 

Maybe you’re a painter who’s curious and wondering what to do with the many photos you’ve taken. Maybe you’ve done image transfers before but want practice and understand better how to transform them into interesting mixed media artwork. 

With a combination of contemporary examples, physical samples, technical information, demonstrations and lots of hands-on creative time, instructor Kim-Lee Kho will guide you through various technical and creative approaches and answer many questions along the way.

Basic materials fee of $25 (payable to the instructor) covers initial set of prints and some other materials. Additional prints and materials will be available for sale.

Drawing Facial Expressions & More with Kim-Lee Kho
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ONE-DAY WORKSHOP
Click here to register
W17AFAC
9:30am -4:00pm
Sunday January 29, 2017

Facial expressions are a vital form of non-verbal communication that most of us are adapted to notice and respond to with great sensitivity. That adaptation, or “hard-wiring”, both helps and hinders us when it comes to drawing facial expressions. Based on a structural approach to the face and head, which we will review, through presentation, demos, handouts and working with a live model, this one-day workshop should have you looking at – and drawing – facial expressions with fresh eyes!

Materials fee of $5-10 payable to the instructor.

Markham Group of Artists
LECTURE PRESENTATION ​
Wednesday, September 7, 10:30– 12:00 
​Markham Village Public Library

THIS ISN'T PHOTOGRAPHY
This presentation will cover the expanding and diverse use of photos by “non-photographer” contemporary artists,  plus some of Kim's recent work.

The use and integration of photography into contemporary visual artworks that are not “photography” is not well-understood, but it is a rich, lively and incredibly diverse part of contemporary art in sometimes surprising – even hidden – ways. Using photographic material and playing with how to use it, is a deeply contemporary way to work with imagery and perception and the way we experience the world now.
​
As a multidisciplinary artist, presenter Kim-Lee Kho works in various photo-based mixed media forms herself including prints, video, sculpture and textile; she also teaches the subject. 

WORKSHOPS

​NEW DATE ADDED!
Wednesday, March 29, 2017, 10am to 3pm

Weds Sept 28, 10am to 3pm (CLASS IS FULL)

The Art & Science of Image Transfers
for Mixed Media
Click here to register
Combining photography with traditional media is an exciting and contemporary way to work. Image transfers in particular are a hot topic right now and there are many techniques, each with their pros and cons.

In this workshop Kim Lee Kho will guide you step by step through some of her favourite processes and non-toxic transfer methods including: alcohol transfers with specialized transparencies; acrylic skins; methods of integrating transfers with other media; and what makes a good image for transferring. 

To inspire and encourage your personal creative exploration, you will see physical samples of Kim’s own work plus examples from other contemporary artists who are working in photo-based mixed media. 

Students will work with images supplied by the instructor as well as some of their own and are asked to email 2-3 digital photos to Kim ahead of time in preparation for the class (see materials list for what to do if this is not possible).

No photography or digital work will be done during class; students can do as much or as little of that as they like in advance to prepare materials to work with in-class.

Instructor will cover the cost of a basic set of prints onto specialized transfer material, and some additional supplies. Enrollment fee includes $25  for additional supplies.

Neilson Park Creative Centre
Etobicoke

​WEEKLY CLASSES
Click here to register

Drawing Hands & Feet with Kim-Lee Kho
F16AFEET
Wednesdays 9:30am -12:30pm
October 5 – October 26, 2016
4 weeks
Are you relieved when you can avoid the hands and feet of the people in your drawings and paintings? Is that where your work gets smudgy and vague, or do you position them so they are cut off by the edges of your paper or canvas? 
It's time to put an end to the fear of sausage fingers and lumpy feet! 
In the supportive environment of this workshop, you'll be given the tools and knowledge to understand and work with the structures that give hands and feet their defining characteristics. You'll learn to see them more clearly and get lots of practice drawing them, working from a live model. 
$10 Materials fee payable to the instructor.
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Drawing the Face & Head with Kim-Lee Kho
F16AFACE
Wednesdays 9:30am -12:30pm
November 16 – December 7, 2016
4 weeks
Learn how to analyze and understand the structures and proportions of the head and face before focusing on the features in order to achieve well-constructed and balanced drawings and increase apparent likeness. Through visual presentation and demonstration Kim Lee Kho will lead you through exercises using photographs and a live, professional model. Gain the confidence that comes from having a better understanding of the structural nature of the head and a process for building on it. A variety of pose lengths for different kinds of drawing; an open pose will be incorporated at the end of each day whenever possible.
$10 Materials fee payable to the instructor

Figurative Art: Drawn and Beyond 
​with Kim-Lee Kho
F16AFIG   THIS CLASS IS FULL   
Wednesdays 1:00pm – 4:00pm
October 5 - December 7, 2016 (no class Nov 2 & 9)
8 weeks
$15 Materials fee payable to the instructor
Not a classical life drawing class! Work with a life model as a doorway to exploring artistic thinking and approaches, expression and ways of seeing. Learn how to get more out of your tools and materials and try some you haven’t used before, or in ways you haven’t tried. Each term is different, each week looks to stretch your creative muscles, build your skills and abilities, help you see in new ways. One week leads into the next with an occasional sharp turn. Drawing-based but includes some other and mixed media.

WORKSHOPS
Click here to register
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The Art & Science of Image Transfers for Mixed Media with Kim-Lee Kho
F16AIMA - THIS CLASS IS FULL
Sunday, September 25
9:30am – 4:00pm
1 day workshop 

F16AIMA2  - NEW SESSION ADDED!
NEW DATE: 
Sunday, November 13, 2016
9:30am – 4:00pm
1 day workshop

Combining photography with traditional media is an exciting and contemporary way to work. Image transfers in particular are a hot topic right now and there are many techniques, each with their pros and cons.

In this workshop Kim Lee Kho will guide you step by step through some of her favourite processes and non-toxic transfer methods including: alcohol transfers with specialized transparencies; acrylic skins; methods of integrating transfers with other media; and what makes a good image for transferring. 

To inspire and encourage your personal creative exploration, you will see physical samples of Kim’s own work plus examples from other contemporary artists who are working in photo-based mixed media. 

Students will work with images supplied by the instructor as well as some of their own and are asked to email 2-3 digital photos to Kim ahead of time in preparation for the class (see materials list for what to do if this is not possible).

No photography or digital work will be done during class; students can do as much or as little of that as they like in advance to prepare materials to work with in-class.

Neilson Park Creative Centre
Etobicoke (continued)
MORE WORKSHOPS
Click here to register

Drawing the Face & Head one-day workshop with Kim-Lee Kho
F16AHEAD
Sunday, October 16, 2016
9:30am – 4:00pm
1 day workshop 

For new and returning students. Learn how (or practice your ability) to analyze and understand the structures and proportions of the head and face before focusing on the features in order to achieve well-constructed and balanced drawings and increase apparent likeness. Through visual presentation and demonstration Kim Lee Kho will lead you through exercises using photographs and a live, professional model. Gain the confidence that comes from having a better understanding of the structural nature of the head and a process for building on it. A variety of pose lengths for different kinds of drawing; an open pose will be incorporated at the end of each day whenever possible.

SPEAKER SERIES
Friday, October 14, 2016
Presenter: Kim-Lee Kho
7:00pm

THIS ISN'T PHOTOGRAPHY:
The expanding and diverse use of photos by “non-photographer” contemporary artists
The use and integration of photography in contemporary visual artworks that are not “photography” is not well-understood, but it is a rich, lively and incredibly diverse part of contemporary art in sometimes surprising – even hidden – ways. Using photographic material and playing with how to use it, is a deeply contemporary way to work with imagery and perception and the way we experience the world now.

As a multidisciplinary artist, presenter Kim-Lee Kho works in various photo-based mixed media forms herself including prints, video, sculpture and textile; she also teaches the subject. 

Photo-based art is as full of creative and technical challenges as more traditional media like painting and drawing; there are also as many approaches to it as there are artists!

Quest Art School
Midland, ON
Click here to register

The Magic of Image Transfers in Mixed Media with Kim-Lee Kho & Mixed Media Mapping into photographs with Kal Honey  
Saturday & Sunday November 5/6, 10 am – 4 pm
All levels welcome

This two-day workshop will be a whirlwind of learning about the creative possibilities for integrating different medias with photography!  Students will work a different instructor each day.

Kim-Lee Kho will guide you step by step through some of her favourite image transfer processes including: approaches to layering and altering photos and mixed media; alcohol transfers with specialized transparencies; acrylic skins; and medium transfers. To inspire and encourage your personal creative exploration, you will see examples from a variety of contemporary artists who are working in photo-based mixed media.

Students will work with images supplied by the instructor as well as some of their own and are asked to email 2-3 digital photos to Kim ahead of time in preparation for the class.

Materials fee of $15 payable to Kim will cover the cost of a basic set of prints, (some onto specialized transfer material) and some additional supplies.

Markham (not MGA)
WEEKEND WORKSHOP
Contact me if you're interested, and
I'll put you in touch with the organizers
Saturday & Sunday, November 26/27
9:30am – 4:00pm

Shake It Up! Contemporary Approaches to Abstract Painting
Spend two days with Kim-Lee Kho as she leads you to examine, refresh and shake up the starting points and sources for your artwork and ideas. You’ll see what contemporary artists are doing, how they mix things up and how the vocabulary of paint has changed. You’ll get a creative workout, trying some fun and surprising processes to stretch your art-making muscles, while considering the importance of range, contrasts and of bold editing… after bold painting.

Along the way we’ll have discussions, address various design and other issues and end the weekend both tired and inspired!

$35 Materials fee payable to the instructor

Oshawa Art Association
LECTURE PRESENTATION ​
Wednesday, May 10, 2017; 7:00–9:00pm
​Art Resource Centre, 45 Queen St, Oshawa

THE LANGUAGE OF PAINT
It is a big trend in contemporary painting to have a wide vocabulary of paint, utilizing its properties in diverse and unexpected ways to create paintings that surprise, create wonderful optical effects and rich tactile experiences through our eyes.

Anyone who is painting in a way that is not about replicating the camera or following a specific tradition, needs to grapple with the material of the paint itself. Most artists do so in a pretty limited way if at all, so my presentation will show contemporary work (including my own) that really makes painterly vocabulary and properties a central focus of the work.

In the demonstration portion I will show a few ways of working with acrylic paint and modifying it so that it can do amazing things. This is a way I personally approach painting and have taught numerous popular courses and workshops on the topic.

WEDNESDAYS 
9:30am -12:30pm and/or
1:00pm – 4:00pm
​April 6 – June 8, 2016
​Neilson Park Creative Centre

Not a classical life drawing class! Work with a life model as a doorway to exploring artistic thinking and approaches, expression and ways of seeing. Learn how to get more out of your tools and materials and try some you haven’t used before, or in ways you haven’t tried. Each term is different, each week looks to stretch your creative muscles, build your skills and abilities, help you see in new ways. One week leads into the next with an occasional sharp turn. Drawing-based but includes some other and mixed media. Materials fee $15, payable to the instructor. 
Click here to register.

WORKSHOP:
​TWO SUNDAYS
June 5 & June 12, 2016
9:30am – 4:00pm
​Neilson Park Creative Centre
​
​Learn how to analyze and understand the structures and proportions of the head and face before focusing on the features in order to achieve well-constructed and balanced drawings and increase apparent likeness. Through visual pre-sentation and demonstration Kim Lee Kho will lead you through exercises using photographs, students modelling short poses for each other and on day two a live, professional model. Gain the confidence that comes from having a better understanding of the structural nature of the head and a process for building on it. Materials fee of $10 payable to the instructor.
Click here to register.

This winter will be an unusual one for me: 
It begins and ends as it did last year, with me teaching Tradigital I and later II to the Digital Image Design certificate students at Fleming College in Haliburton. In these courses we look at traditional, digital and hybrid approaches to making art and design.

I'll pay the students of the Visual and Creative Arts diploma a couple of visits during their Conceptual Development course. Each year there are always some surprises – mostly good ones!

In between I will be doing a little travelling to visit family, and see some art.

My students are rarely far from my thoughts, so I have made sure that my regular teaching days are in good hands – hands I love, trust and respect: my wonderful artist/teacher husband Kal Honey and my effervescent and talented friend Sharlena Wood. More info on both below. 

I will miss everyone but this is just for the winter term, I will back as usual in the spring (I'll need the money, haha!). Meanwhile, I hope you have a great winter!

Figurative Art: Drawn and Beyond will continue on, taught by my husband and partner-in-art Kal Honey for this winter term only. Those of you who know Kal know he teaches with a similar outlook and approach to mine, balancing adventure, challenge, skill growth, fun and a positive, encouraging environment. If you haven't taken a course with Kal, before but have enjoyed mine, you are going to enjoy his too!
For more information/to register: click here 

Description (same as this Fall's):
Not a classical life drawing class! 
Work with a life model as a doorway to exploring artistic thinking and approaches, expression and ways of seeing. Learn how to get more out of your tools and materials and try some you haven’t used before, or in ways you haven’t tried. Each term is different, each week looks to stretch your creative muscles, build your skills and abilities, help you see in new ways. One week leads into the next with an occasional sharp turn. Drawing-based but includes some other and mixed media.

Back to Wednesdays!
Figurative Art: 
Drawn and Beyond
Neilson Park Creative Centre, Studio D
Weds Sept 30 through Dec 2 (10 weeks)
9:30am–12:30pm or 1–4pm
Click here to register

FRIDAYS
October 2 through December 11 
(10 weeks; no class November 27)
at Neilson Park Creative Centre
(Etobicoke Art Group, Studio B)
Creative Studio Painting
(9:30am – 12:30pm)
Critique 
(1:00pm – 4:00pm)
Click here for registration information

SUNDAYS
Mixed Media It Up!
(aka Photo-Based Mixed Media)
Visual Arts Mississauga
October 18 through November 8  (4 weeks)
10am–4pm
Click here to register

Saturday, November 21 (one day)
Adding Dimension to Your Painting: 
Creating Texture and Impasto in Acrylics
Enrich the sensory experience of your paintings by pushing the paint out from the flatness of canvas or wood into delicious relief surfaces we can feel with our eyes. Kim Lee Kho will guide you through creative and technical – and fun! – aspects of working with and modifying acrylics to enhance the third dimension in your work. 
FOR THE FOREST HILL ART CLUB