Canadian Watercolour and Chalk Pastel Artist

Have paint, will travel. I'm camping at my sister's place in Grey County, ON. While she works on her artwork, her kitty and I are plodding along on my latest painting. The breeze coming through the screen was welcomed by all of us. #drawing #HildaVanNetten #originalpainting #watercolour #painting #art #NorthumberlandCounty #realism #grass #cat

Charlie, age 4, drew this lady for me. I think this lady would order French toast during the Renaissance, don't you? Her hair would totally fit in. And, below is another collaboration with Frances, age 5. This was a fun project, a gift to myself: taking the time to create. #collaboration #watercolour #drawing #sketch #cards #originalpainting #painting

Saturday, May 12 will be my next Drawing workshop at The Painted Tree in lovely downtown Cobourg. One of the exercises we do is to draw our own footwear. Don't worry.... I will give you the necessary exercises before this one so that you will learn to really see what you are drawing! This exercise always turns out very good. If you want to learn to draw, or improve your drawing skills, simply contact The Painted Tree to register. You can call them at 905-372-1313. #worksh

I am always blown away by how much my drawing students learn in a one day workshop. Today's "See Better, Draw Better" drawing workshop did not disappoint. This workshop is designed to be a non-stressful place to learn new drawing skills and/or improve upon the skills they have. Many of today's students had not drawn much in their lives. I give the artists activities that teach them to see shapes, lines, tone, etc. They draw their footwear up-side-down! They do blind cont