How did Piet Mondrian’s father and uncle encourage his early interest in drawing?

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Piet Mondrian Mondrian, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1942.

Piet Mondrian’s early interest in art was nurtured by his family's creative background. His father, Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan, Sr., was an amateur draftsman, and his uncle, Frits Mondriaan, was a member of the Hague school of landscape painters. When Mondrian began to study drawing at age 14, both his father and uncle provided him with essential guidance and instruction.1