“A liquid quality in watercolor is important. Understanding of this is your first long step in the direction of facility with watercolor, which is mostly control of washes.” Edgar A. Whitney “Bridge in Alaska” #watercolorpainting #watercolor #weswaugh #boonenc
April 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“A liquid quality in watercolor is important. Understanding of this is your first long step in the direction of facility with watercolor, which is mostly control of washes.” Edgar A. Whitney “Bridge in Alaska” #watercolorpainting #watercolor #weswaugh #boonenc
“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere” Vincent Van Gogh
“Stump and Barbwire, Jennings, NC” (detail) #watercolor #hotpress #crescentboard #landscapepainting #ncartists #weswaugh #watercolorwes #boonenc #americanjourneywatercolor
“Stump and Barbwire, Jennings, NC” (detail) #watercolor #hotpress #crescentboard #landscapepainting #ncartists #weswaugh #watercolorwes #boonenc #americanjourneywatercolor
January 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere” Vincent Van Gogh
“Stump and Barbwire, Jennings, NC” (detail) #watercolor #hotpress #crescentboard #landscapepainting #ncartists #weswaugh #watercolorwes #boonenc #americanjourneywatercolor
“Stump and Barbwire, Jennings, NC” (detail) #watercolor #hotpress #crescentboard #landscapepainting #ncartists #weswaugh #watercolorwes #boonenc #americanjourneywatercolor
“Linville Gorge from Sitting Bear” #watercolor #landscapepainting #ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc #americanjourneypaint #fabriano #linvillegorge
May 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
“Linville Gorge from Sitting Bear” #watercolor #landscapepainting #ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc #americanjourneypaint #fabriano #linvillegorge
Wish these blooms would hang around longer, but the delicate things in nature seem to be ephemeral.
“Rhododendron and Hemlock” #watercolor #rhododendron #ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc
“Rhododendron and Hemlock” #watercolor #rhododendron #ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc
May 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Wish these blooms would hang around longer, but the delicate things in nature seem to be ephemeral.
“Rhododendron and Hemlock” #watercolor #rhododendron #ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc
“Rhododendron and Hemlock” #watercolor #rhododendron #ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc
“Morning Light Deep Gap”#northcarolina #watercolor #weswaugh #boonenc #landscapepainting #watercolorpainting #pintura
June 1, 2025 at 12:36 AM
“Morning Light Deep Gap”#northcarolina #watercolor #weswaugh #boonenc #landscapepainting #watercolorpainting #pintura
“In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.”
…Vincent Van Gogh
“The Hunters Sunset” #watercolor #ncartists #weswaugh #landscapepainting #americanjourneywatercolors #boonenc
…Vincent Van Gogh
“The Hunters Sunset” #watercolor #ncartists #weswaugh #landscapepainting #americanjourneywatercolors #boonenc
February 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
“In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.”
…Vincent Van Gogh
“The Hunters Sunset” #watercolor #ncartists #weswaugh #landscapepainting #americanjourneywatercolors #boonenc
…Vincent Van Gogh
“The Hunters Sunset” #watercolor #ncartists #weswaugh #landscapepainting #americanjourneywatercolors #boonenc
“Parkway Evening” #watercolor 24.5”x16” #archespaper 140cp /#landscapepainting #watercolorpainting #watercolour #weswaugh #boonenc
April 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
“Parkway Evening” #watercolor 24.5”x16” #archespaper 140cp /#landscapepainting #watercolorpainting #watercolour #weswaugh #boonenc
“Linville Gorge Vista” #watercolor 28”x20” #fabriano #watercolorpainting #landscapepainting #aquarelle #linvillegorge #pisgahnationalforest #ncartist #weswaugh #boonenc
April 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“Linville Gorge Vista” #watercolor 28”x20” #fabriano #watercolorpainting #landscapepainting #aquarelle #linvillegorge #pisgahnationalforest #ncartist #weswaugh #boonenc
Plugging some color into a rainy cold Sunday ✌️💙…
“Grandfather Mountain Profile” #hotpresspaper #watercolor with #sumiink #grandfathermountain #americanjourneywatercolor #landscapepainting #ncartists #weswaugh #watercolorwes #boonenc
“Grandfather Mountain Profile” #hotpresspaper #watercolor with #sumiink #grandfathermountain #americanjourneywatercolor #landscapepainting #ncartists #weswaugh #watercolorwes #boonenc
December 15, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Plugging some color into a rainy cold Sunday ✌️💙…
“Grandfather Mountain Profile” #hotpresspaper #watercolor with #sumiink #grandfathermountain #americanjourneywatercolor #landscapepainting #ncartists #weswaugh #watercolorwes #boonenc
“Grandfather Mountain Profile” #hotpresspaper #watercolor with #sumiink #grandfathermountain #americanjourneywatercolor #landscapepainting #ncartists #weswaugh #watercolorwes #boonenc
“Paint what you know” is an adage that has merit. Painting our iconic mountain and try to do so in a free-form impressionistic manner (no drawing)
“Grandfather Mountain Fall Impression” #acrylicpaintingoncanvas 12”x16” at Blowing Rock Frameworks #ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc #grandfathermountain
“Grandfather Mountain Fall Impression” #acrylicpaintingoncanvas 12”x16” at Blowing Rock Frameworks #ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc #grandfathermountain
April 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“Paint what you know” is an adage that has merit. Painting our iconic mountain and try to do so in a free-form impressionistic manner (no drawing)
“Grandfather Mountain Fall Impression” #acrylicpaintingoncanvas 12”x16” at Blowing Rock Frameworks #ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc #grandfathermountain
“Grandfather Mountain Fall Impression” #acrylicpaintingoncanvas 12”x16” at Blowing Rock Frameworks #ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc #grandfathermountain
The shape of Hawksbill from this valley fascinates me. Think about a collision of the earth’s plates 300-500 million years ago forming these once massively high mountains, then a slow crumbling of them since …
“Hawksbill North Cove” #watercolor #landscapepainting #ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc
“Hawksbill North Cove” #watercolor #landscapepainting #ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc
January 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The shape of Hawksbill from this valley fascinates me. Think about a collision of the earth’s plates 300-500 million years ago forming these once massively high mountains, then a slow crumbling of them since …
“Hawksbill North Cove” #watercolor #landscapepainting #ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc
“Hawksbill North Cove” #watercolor #landscapepainting #ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc
“Paintings are but research and experiment. I never do a painting as a work of art. All of them are researches. I search constantly and there is a logical sequence in all this research.” … Pablo Picasso
“Falling Forward” Acrylic on wood panel “12” x 16”
#ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc #blowingrocknc
“Falling Forward” Acrylic on wood panel “12” x 16”
#ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc #blowingrocknc
January 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
“Paintings are but research and experiment. I never do a painting as a work of art. All of them are researches. I search constantly and there is a logical sequence in all this research.” … Pablo Picasso
“Falling Forward” Acrylic on wood panel “12” x 16”
#ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc #blowingrocknc
“Falling Forward” Acrylic on wood panel “12” x 16”
#ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc #blowingrocknc
“Grandfather Trail to Attic Window” 22” x 21” #Watercolor #landscapepainting #grandfathermountain #weswaugh #boonenc #watercolour #blowingrocknc
May 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
“Grandfather Trail to Attic Window” 22” x 21” #Watercolor #landscapepainting #grandfathermountain #weswaugh #boonenc #watercolour #blowingrocknc
“Lost Cove Creek Expression” #watercolor #blowingrock #ncartist #weswaugh #boonenc #impressionism #landscapepainting #americanjourneywatercolor
February 6, 2025 at 4:23 AM
“Lost Cove Creek Expression” #watercolor #blowingrock #ncartist #weswaugh #boonenc #impressionism #landscapepainting #americanjourneywatercolor
“Coho Salmon Upstream” wet-into-wet #watercolor #watercolorpainting #cohosalmon #flyfishing #ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc
May 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
“Coho Salmon Upstream” wet-into-wet #watercolor #watercolorpainting #cohosalmon #flyfishing #ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc
“Walleye” (detail) from original size commission, 12lb fish from the Saginaw River, #michigan #watercolor #fabriano 140lb #coldpress #walleyefishing #weswaugh #boonenc
May 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“Walleye” (detail) from original size commission, 12lb fish from the Saginaw River, #michigan #watercolor #fabriano 140lb #coldpress #walleyefishing #weswaugh #boonenc
“Log Jam Green Knob Trail, Blowing Rock” #watercolor #blowingrocknc #landscapepainting #watercolour #pintura #weswaugh #ncartists #boonenc
April 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
“Log Jam Green Knob Trail, Blowing Rock” #watercolor #blowingrocknc #landscapepainting #watercolour #pintura #weswaugh #ncartists #boonenc
“Goldfish Crossing” (revisited) 21”x28” / new life and oxygen in the pond after making the gallery rounds framed for fifteen years or so. If unresolved and something is bothering you about a work, AND.. you still have the opportunity to address it, do so!
#ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc #watercolor ✌️❤️
#ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc #watercolor ✌️❤️
April 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
“Goldfish Crossing” (revisited) 21”x28” / new life and oxygen in the pond after making the gallery rounds framed for fifteen years or so. If unresolved and something is bothering you about a work, AND.. you still have the opportunity to address it, do so!
#ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc #watercolor ✌️❤️
#ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc #watercolor ✌️❤️
“Grandfather, the First Cold Snap” #watercolorpainting #fabrianopaper #watercolor #landscapepainting #watercolorwes #boonenc #grandfathermountain #blowingrock
December 5, 2024 at 12:55 PM
“Grandfather, the First Cold Snap” #watercolorpainting #fabrianopaper #watercolor #landscapepainting #watercolorwes #boonenc #grandfathermountain #blowingrock
“In the morning, when I rise... Ashe County Farm” #watercolor #watercolorpainting #landscapepainting #fabriano #weswaugh #boonenc #ncartists
June 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
“In the morning, when I rise... Ashe County Farm” #watercolor #watercolorpainting #landscapepainting #fabriano #weswaugh #boonenc #ncartists
Good morning (15° in #boonenc) with 26mph winds … no hikes scheduled 😉🥶💙
Pen-ink-watercolor wash of “Grandfather Mountain View from Blue Ridge Parkway south on Cheap Joe’s Kilamanjaro paper #americanjourneywatercolor #ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc #grandfathermountain #watercolor #mixedmedia
Pen-ink-watercolor wash of “Grandfather Mountain View from Blue Ridge Parkway south on Cheap Joe’s Kilamanjaro paper #americanjourneywatercolor #ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc #grandfathermountain #watercolor #mixedmedia
January 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Good morning (15° in #boonenc) with 26mph winds … no hikes scheduled 😉🥶💙
Pen-ink-watercolor wash of “Grandfather Mountain View from Blue Ridge Parkway south on Cheap Joe’s Kilamanjaro paper #americanjourneywatercolor #ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc #grandfathermountain #watercolor #mixedmedia
Pen-ink-watercolor wash of “Grandfather Mountain View from Blue Ridge Parkway south on Cheap Joe’s Kilamanjaro paper #americanjourneywatercolor #ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc #grandfathermountain #watercolor #mixedmedia
Have a great weekend as we finally round the corner and put January to rest! ✌️💙
“Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)” #watercolor #americanjourneywatercolors #ncartists #weswaugh #watercolorwes #boonenc
“Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)” #watercolor #americanjourneywatercolors #ncartists #weswaugh #watercolorwes #boonenc
January 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Have a great weekend as we finally round the corner and put January to rest! ✌️💙
“Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)” #watercolor #americanjourneywatercolors #ncartists #weswaugh #watercolorwes #boonenc
“Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)” #watercolor #americanjourneywatercolors #ncartists #weswaugh #watercolorwes #boonenc
“Grandfather Trail to Attic Window” 22” x 21” #Watercolor #landscapepainting #grandfathermountain #americanjourneypaint #weswaugh #boonenc #watercolorwes #blowingrocknc
January 30, 2025 at 2:04 AM
“Grandfather Trail to Attic Window” 22” x 21” #Watercolor #landscapepainting #grandfathermountain #americanjourneypaint #weswaugh #boonenc #watercolorwes #blowingrocknc
“Grandfather Mountain Summer Symphony” 21”x29” #fabrianopaper 300lb #ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc #landscapepainting #watercolor
November 27, 2024 at 2:42 AM
“Grandfather Mountain Summer Symphony” 21”x29” #fabrianopaper 300lb #ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc #landscapepainting #watercolor
An older Laurel Park, Blowing Rock, view of #grandfathermountain that somehow reminds me of a mid-seventies album cover I can’t quite place!😆🌈…using #acrylicpaint and #watercolor #mixedmedia #ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc #blowingrocknc
May 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
An older Laurel Park, Blowing Rock, view of #grandfathermountain that somehow reminds me of a mid-seventies album cover I can’t quite place!😆🌈…using #acrylicpaint and #watercolor #mixedmedia #ncartists #weswaugh #boonenc #blowingrocknc