Shenandoah valley of Virginia

Spring comes to the Shenandoah valley of Virginia, rendered with mainly Daniel Smith Primatek pigments
#Shenandoahvalley #landscape

Reports are that ABC 8 is reporting that Democrats and Chesterfield are paying voters 20 bucks to vote Yes today.
Why isn't ABC 8 sharing that information on this platform?

Generic landscapes based on Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee, experimenting with Daniel Smith Primatex to increase granulation
#watercolor #granulation #landscape

The Blue Mud boat landing on Norris Lake with Big Ridge Mountain in the background, Tennessee.

The Blue Mud boat landing on Norris Lake with Big Ridge Mountain in the background, Tennessee. #watercolor #landscape #norrislake #tennessee

And we need to remember that it was the Commonwealth of Virginia that provided the inspiration for Hitler's Final Solution.
And it took Virginia more than a decade after World War II to apologize for that

Latest efforts with granulating pigments.
Tonight based on travel through Grayson County Virginia

Noah Johnson Farm, established in the 1870s but now abandoned and in decay
and
Little Brush Creek, a favorite destination for local trout fisherman #watercolor #art #landscape #grasoncounty

Mount Rogers in Grayson County Virginia

Big Spy Mountain, Blue Ridge Parkway Virginia

Playing with granulating pigments on hot press and cold press watercolor paper.
Hot press is my interpretation of Mount Rogers in the Commonwealth of Virginia
Cold press my interpretation of Big Spy Mountain off the Blue Ridge Parkway in the Commonwealth of Virginia
#watercolor #landscape

Mount Rogers Grayson County Virginia

The highest peak in the Commonwealth Virginia is Mount Rogers in Grayson County.
#watercolor #art #landscape #mountgrayson

Another effort exploring granulating pigments, based on memories of the eastern shore of Virginia.
#granulating #watercolor #art #landscape #easternshore #virginia

The eastern shore of Virginia

Tonight's effort, playing around with granulating pigments.
Landscape based on the Eastern Shore of Virginia
#granulating #watercolor #easternshore #virginia #art #landscape

Mead Quarry Knoxville Tennessee.

Mead Marble Quarry outside of Knoxville tennessee, around 1960
#watercolor #art #landscape #quarry #noxville

Indian cave, Blaine in East Tennessee

memories of Indian Cave in Blaine Tennessee.
I visited this as a child in the late 1950s
It was a one-man operation but every bit of spectacular as the Luray Caverns in Virginia.
Sadly the property was sold and now it's off limits to the public #watercolor#landscape #lindiancave #tennessee

Old Rag Mountain in Madison County Virginia revisited
#watercolor #art #landscape #oldragmountain #madison #virginia

Peaks of otter off Blue Ridge parkway Virginia

Memories of the Peaks of Otter, the Blue Ridge Parkway overlooking Bedford Virginia
#watercolor #Art #landscape #mountains #blueRidgeparkway

Couple of variations based on memories of East Tennessee landscape, trying for a vintage look

Variations continue, East Tennessee landscape
#watercolor#art #landscape #easttennessee

Variations Bruce Lee based on East Tennessee / Southwest Virginia landscapes
#art #landscapes #watercolor #tennessee

Southwest Virginia

Generic Southwest Virginia landscape
#watercolor #art #landscape

Pound River, Southwest Virginia

Tonight's cartoon, another Southwest Virginia generic landscape.
Loosely based on the Pound River
#art #landscape #watercolor #river

Generic Southwest Virginia landscape, the Pound River and reservoir

Tonight's cartoon, another Southwest Virginia generic landscape.
Loosely based on the Pound River
#art #landscape #watercolor #river

Old stone structure in Elkmont Tennessee nestled in the Great Smoky Mountains

Cartoon for the night, Old stone structure in Elkmont Tennessee nestled in the Great Smoky Mountains #watercolor #landscape #art #tennessee #smokymountains

Grandpa Bishop's farm East Tennessee mid 1950s

Memories of visiting Grandpa Bishop's tobacco farm in East Tennessee when I was a ute stacking the 1950s.
#watercolor #art #landscape #tobacco #tennessee #bishop

That was a close shave

Keokee Lake Lee County Virginia

Tonight's memory, Lake Keokee in Lee County Virginia
#watercolor #virginia #art #landscape

Cow pasture River bath County Virginia

The Cow Pasture River as it winds Bath County Virginia #watercolor #trout #virginia #art #landscape

Dead Man's Mountain troutville Virginia

Tonight's cartoon
Attempting to go retro with memories of Dead Man's Mountain in Troutville Virginia
Climbed to the top when I was young and limber and there was an abandoned peach orchard up there. Best peaches I have ever had #art #landscape #watercolor #troutville #deadmansmountain

Old Rag Mountain, Madison County Virginia

Memories of Old Rag Mountain in Madison County.
Used to be Home of the best wild native brook trout fishing in the Commonwealth of Virginia before it became a destination for weekend revelers and four-wheel drive enthusiasts.
#watercolor #art #landscape #Trout
#fishing

Walking Hills Southwest Virginia

The Walking Hills of Southwest Virginia
#watercolor#art #landscape #virginia

High Butte in Wise County Virginia

Spring rains move across High Butte, Wise County Virginia
#watercolor#landscapes #art

Resurrection Lake in Tennessee

Version 5, Resurrection Lake in Tennessee ( memories from the last century, 1950 or so))
Trying to get a retro look but it's elusive #watercolor #art #landscape #resurrection #tennessee