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Hilda Van Netten
Canadian Watercolour and Chalk Pastel Artist
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Hilda Van Netten
Apr 11, 20242 min read
End of this Road
Yesterday's art class is probably the last one I'll be giving. I am getting old and tired. It sort of felt like I was at my own wake...
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Hilda Van Netten
Mar 28, 20244 min read
Full Circle
Early 2024 art classes are coming to an end around here. It is almost gardening time. I've warned my artists that this may be the last...
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Hilda Van Netten
Mar 18, 20241 min read
Coming Along Nicely
Our Monday afternoon artists are a diverse bunch of women - artistically speaking. You will see 5 different styles in two different...
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Hilda Van Netten
Mar 11, 20242 min read
Monday Class - Not Just Making Art
Art class isn't just making art. It's drinking green tea or lemon ginger tea or decaf coffee and eating a sweet snack like today's Mocha...
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Hilda Van Netten
Mar 11, 20242 min read
Wednesday Evening Class - Oh the Places You'll Go
I just noticed these images on my camera. They need to be seen by more people than just my little class and me. I love it when artists...
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Hilda Van Netten
Feb 6, 20243 min read
Creating Something
“If you want to really hurt you parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I'm not...
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Hilda Van Netten
Jan 22, 20242 min read
Being Yourself
There are some really nice paintings pouring out of our Monday artists' hands. The artist below is painting all of her grandkids. You'll...
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Hilda Van Netten
Jan 14, 20242 min read
Winter: Rest, Listen, Read, Think, Paint.... and Wonder
I LOVE winter. I love walking outside on snowy days with my camera. I love that winter forces me indoors to rest and listen and read...
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Hilda Van Netten
Dec 27, 20231 min read
A Gift in the Moment
I feel like I have been given a gift. A gift on a rainy late December day, following a night where sleep did not come for Ted, following...
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Hilda Van Netten
Dec 19, 20233 min read
Drifting
We have finally transitioned into winter mode around here. Even though, just this past week I still harvested the last red cabbage and...
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Hilda Van Netten
Nov 24, 20231 min read
Winter Art Project
Last summer, we were given the opportunity to pick Saskatoon berries on a friend's country property. There were maybe 10? large...
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Hilda Van Netten
Nov 23, 20233 min read
Working as if I Did Not Exist
“The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist.” Maria Montessori...
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Hilda Van Netten
Oct 24, 20231 min read
Monday Class - Good to Be Back
There was a lot of excitement around the art tables yesterday when our Monday afternoon artists arrived. It felt like a homecoming. Many...
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Hilda Van Netten
Oct 21, 20231 min read
Learning to See
Of the four people in today's Beginners' Drawing Class, only one had any art training and it was very little and many years ago. Bottom...
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Hilda Van Netten
Oct 15, 20233 min read
5 Women - 5 Hours' Learning
Do you ever wonder how much you can learn in a 5 hour workshop? 5 hours is not much time. Here is an overview of yesterday's Beginners'...
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Hilda Van Netten
May 13, 20232 min read
Wonderful Watercolour Workshop
Alliteration in the title and in repetition in the pictures. You've been warned. One of our exercises in today's workshop was to...
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Hilda Van Netten
May 1, 20231 min read
The Great Reveal
Carefully pulling off the masking tape is always fun to see. The painting takes on a whole new look. The artist below experimented...
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Hilda Van Netten
Apr 27, 20231 min read
Darker!
I am guessing that I have been teaching folks to draw and paint with watercolours for at least a dozen years. If I were to replace...
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Hilda Van Netten
Apr 24, 20232 min read
Life Long Learners
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi Today was the second last class of this...
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Hilda Van Netten
Apr 17, 20232 min read
Variety = Interesting
It would kill me to have to teach a class where everyone paints the same picture. I love walking around our art tables, and witnessing...
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