Randolph Pitchford
@randolf50.bsky.social
Respected Political Analyst, Retired Minister Universal Life Church, Award-winning Photojournalist
Another generic East Tennessee based landscape from memory.
February 2, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Another generic East Tennessee based landscape from memory.
January 29, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Snowed in, so a couple of East Tennessee landscapes from memory #watercolor #art #landscapes #East Tennessee
January 28, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Snowed in, so a couple of East Tennessee landscapes from memory #watercolor #art #landscapes #East Tennessee
More experiments mixing honey with watercolor pigments.
Doesn't show up in these photographs but it's amazing how much richer the colors become when mixed with honey #watercolor #landscapes #art #honey
Doesn't show up in these photographs but it's amazing how much richer the colors become when mixed with honey #watercolor #landscapes #art #honey
January 25, 2026 at 6:24 AM
More experiments mixing honey with watercolor pigments.
Doesn't show up in these photographs but it's amazing how much richer the colors become when mixed with honey #watercolor #landscapes #art #honey
Doesn't show up in these photographs but it's amazing how much richer the colors become when mixed with honey #watercolor #landscapes #art #honey
Hamblen County Tennessee common generic landscape
Watercolor diluted with honey #art #landscape #honey #watercolor
Watercolor diluted with honey #art #landscape #honey #watercolor
January 24, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Hamblen County Tennessee common generic landscape
Watercolor diluted with honey #art #landscape #honey #watercolor
Watercolor diluted with honey #art #landscape #honey #watercolor
Second attempt adding honey to my pigments.
Interesting effects.
But it's a real struggle to get an accurate photograph of this cartoon
As usual, based upon memories of East Tennessee landscapes #watercolor #honey #art #landscapes #tennessee
Interesting effects.
But it's a real struggle to get an accurate photograph of this cartoon
As usual, based upon memories of East Tennessee landscapes #watercolor #honey #art #landscapes #tennessee
January 23, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Second attempt adding honey to my pigments.
Interesting effects.
But it's a real struggle to get an accurate photograph of this cartoon
As usual, based upon memories of East Tennessee landscapes #watercolor #honey #art #landscapes #tennessee
Interesting effects.
But it's a real struggle to get an accurate photograph of this cartoon
As usual, based upon memories of East Tennessee landscapes #watercolor #honey #art #landscapes #tennessee
1...It doesn't show up in this photograph because all I have is a cheap cell phone for image acquisition.
But honey really makes the colors pop, a similar effect you get when you place a watercolor painting under glass.
2... Repurposing my palette for landscaping.#landscape #watercolor
But honey really makes the colors pop, a similar effect you get when you place a watercolor painting under glass.
2... Repurposing my palette for landscaping.#landscape #watercolor
January 22, 2026 at 5:37 AM
1...It doesn't show up in this photograph because all I have is a cheap cell phone for image acquisition.
But honey really makes the colors pop, a similar effect you get when you place a watercolor painting under glass.
2... Repurposing my palette for landscaping.#landscape #watercolor
But honey really makes the colors pop, a similar effect you get when you place a watercolor painting under glass.
2... Repurposing my palette for landscaping.#landscape #watercolor
Memories of Thanksgiving in Pound Virginia and a road trip to Fries (pronounced "freeze"), home of the first recorded country music song, The Wreck of the Old 97, in Grayson County Virginia, the gateway to the Appalachian Trail
#watercolor #art #landscape
#watercolor #art #landscape
January 21, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Memories of Thanksgiving in Pound Virginia and a road trip to Fries (pronounced "freeze"), home of the first recorded country music song, The Wreck of the Old 97, in Grayson County Virginia, the gateway to the Appalachian Trail
#watercolor #art #landscape
#watercolor #art #landscape
Chickamauga Lake. Created by the TVA in 1940 by the Chickamauga dam on the Tennessee River the Tennessee River
#art #watercolor #landscape #tva #chickamauga
#art #watercolor #landscape #tva #chickamauga
January 19, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Chickamauga Lake. Created by the TVA in 1940 by the Chickamauga dam on the Tennessee River the Tennessee River
#art #watercolor #landscape #tva #chickamauga
#art #watercolor #landscape #tva #chickamauga
Buzzard Creek, East Tennessee two versions
January 18, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Buzzard Creek, East Tennessee two versions
January 17, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Day Three trying to purge the green tint from a lot of my cartoons by not using any green pigment at all.
Efforts based on memories of the Cumberland plateau in East Tennessee as usual #watercolor #art #landscape #tennessee #cumberland
Efforts based on memories of the Cumberland plateau in East Tennessee as usual #watercolor #art #landscape #tennessee #cumberland
January 16, 2026 at 6:38 AM
Day Three trying to purge the green tint from a lot of my cartoons by not using any green pigment at all.
Efforts based on memories of the Cumberland plateau in East Tennessee as usual #watercolor #art #landscape #tennessee #cumberland
Efforts based on memories of the Cumberland plateau in East Tennessee as usual #watercolor #art #landscape #tennessee #cumberland
My latest efforts trying to purge the green tint from a lot of my cartoons by not using any green pigment at all.
Efforts based on memories of the Cumberland plateau in East Tennessee as usual #watercolor #art #landscape #tennessee #cumberland
Efforts based on memories of the Cumberland plateau in East Tennessee as usual #watercolor #art #landscape #tennessee #cumberland
January 15, 2026 at 3:57 AM
My latest efforts trying to purge the green tint from a lot of my cartoons by not using any green pigment at all.
Efforts based on memories of the Cumberland plateau in East Tennessee as usual #watercolor #art #landscape #tennessee #cumberland
Efforts based on memories of the Cumberland plateau in East Tennessee as usual #watercolor #art #landscape #tennessee #cumberland
I feel like my cartoons keep ending up dominated by Green so I'm experimenting with eliminating green pigment entirely and just relying on the natural mixing that takes place on the paper
#watercolor #art #landscape
#watercolor #art #landscape
January 14, 2026 at 6:49 AM
I feel like my cartoons keep ending up dominated by Green so I'm experimenting with eliminating green pigment entirely and just relying on the natural mixing that takes place on the paper
#watercolor #art #landscape
#watercolor #art #landscape
A farm fruit stand next to a pond that I used to stop by when I travel down route 29 South outside of Monroe Virginia #watercolor #art #landscape #urbansketching
January 10, 2026 at 5:15 PM
A farm fruit stand next to a pond that I used to stop by when I travel down route 29 South outside of Monroe Virginia #watercolor #art #landscape #urbansketching
Tonight's effort is based on memories of my favorite overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway, Big Spy Mountain in Vesuvius Virginia. #watercolor #art #landscape # Blue ridge parkway #vasovirus Virginia
January 9, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Tonight's effort is based on memories of my favorite overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway, Big Spy Mountain in Vesuvius Virginia. #watercolor #art #landscape # Blue ridge parkway #vasovirus Virginia
My memories of the Tye River as it passes through Nelson County Virginia
The home of some of my ancestors, the white pine trees indigenous to the region were often harvested for Christmas trees
A use for which they proved to be excellent in olden times.#watercolor #art #landscape
The home of some of my ancestors, the white pine trees indigenous to the region were often harvested for Christmas trees
A use for which they proved to be excellent in olden times.#watercolor #art #landscape
January 8, 2026 at 4:47 AM
My memories of the Tye River as it passes through Nelson County Virginia
The home of some of my ancestors, the white pine trees indigenous to the region were often harvested for Christmas trees
A use for which they proved to be excellent in olden times.#watercolor #art #landscape
The home of some of my ancestors, the white pine trees indigenous to the region were often harvested for Christmas trees
A use for which they proved to be excellent in olden times.#watercolor #art #landscape
Abandoned lumberman's cottage, rumored to have been built around 1880 amidst Loblolly Pines Dinwiddie County Virginia.
Dinwoody County is famous for the tallest Loblolly Pines in the United States. #watercolor #art #landscape # dinwiddie County
Dinwoody County is famous for the tallest Loblolly Pines in the United States. #watercolor #art #landscape # dinwiddie County
January 7, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Abandoned lumberman's cottage, rumored to have been built around 1880 amidst Loblolly Pines Dinwiddie County Virginia.
Dinwoody County is famous for the tallest Loblolly Pines in the United States. #watercolor #art #landscape # dinwiddie County
Dinwoody County is famous for the tallest Loblolly Pines in the United States. #watercolor #art #landscape # dinwiddie County
My 6th January effort, sunbursts from memories of hiking the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee back in the last century when I was young and limber. #landscape #watercolor #art #tennessee #cumberland #plateau
January 6, 2026 at 5:53 AM
My 6th January effort, sunbursts from memories of hiking the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee back in the last century when I was young and limber. #landscape #watercolor #art #tennessee #cumberland #plateau
Day 4 of the New Year.
A cartoon based on memories of driving through Crow Virginia q
, a small Hamlet in Allegheny County Virginia back in the 1970s #watercolor #art #landscape #allegheny
A cartoon based on memories of driving through Crow Virginia q
, a small Hamlet in Allegheny County Virginia back in the 1970s #watercolor #art #landscape #allegheny
January 5, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Day 4 of the New Year.
A cartoon based on memories of driving through Crow Virginia q
, a small Hamlet in Allegheny County Virginia back in the 1970s #watercolor #art #landscape #allegheny
A cartoon based on memories of driving through Crow Virginia q
, a small Hamlet in Allegheny County Virginia back in the 1970s #watercolor #art #landscape #allegheny
Another look at the Cumberland plateau of East Tennessee.
#watercolor #art #landscape #cumberland #tennessee
#watercolor #art #landscape #cumberland #tennessee
January 4, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Another look at the Cumberland plateau of East Tennessee.
#watercolor #art #landscape #cumberland #tennessee
#watercolor #art #landscape #cumberland #tennessee
Tonight's quick sketch playing with 3m medical tape to see how it reacts with watercolor paper.
Tape didn't work
Quick sketch based on memories of visiting Panther Creek State Park Talbot Tennessee back in the 1960s are there about
#watercolor #art #landscape #tennessee
Tape didn't work
Quick sketch based on memories of visiting Panther Creek State Park Talbot Tennessee back in the 1960s are there about
#watercolor #art #landscape #tennessee
January 3, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Tonight's quick sketch playing with 3m medical tape to see how it reacts with watercolor paper.
Tape didn't work
Quick sketch based on memories of visiting Panther Creek State Park Talbot Tennessee back in the 1960s are there about
#watercolor #art #landscape #tennessee
Tape didn't work
Quick sketch based on memories of visiting Panther Creek State Park Talbot Tennessee back in the 1960s are there about
#watercolor #art #landscape #tennessee
Another view of Panther Creek State Park in East Tennessee from memory back in the last century
#watercolor #art #landscape
#watercolor #art #landscape
January 2, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Another view of Panther Creek State Park in East Tennessee from memory back in the last century
#watercolor #art #landscape
#watercolor #art #landscape
My first cartoon of the new year
A color study based on memories of the rock croppings encountered when hiking on the Cumberland Plateau when I was young and limber
#watercolor #cumberland #art #landscape #blueridgemountains
A color study based on memories of the rock croppings encountered when hiking on the Cumberland Plateau when I was young and limber
#watercolor #cumberland #art #landscape #blueridgemountains
January 2, 2026 at 4:48 AM
My first cartoon of the new year
A color study based on memories of the rock croppings encountered when hiking on the Cumberland Plateau when I was young and limber
#watercolor #cumberland #art #landscape #blueridgemountains
A color study based on memories of the rock croppings encountered when hiking on the Cumberland Plateau when I was young and limber
#watercolor #cumberland #art #landscape #blueridgemountains