Puzzles
Via RoseArt / Kodak Premium, Colorful Waterfront Buildings, Amsterdam – 1000 piece puzzle. I tend to alternate between the Pomegranate style art puzzles, with more muted colors and often more challenging patters, with these Kodak Premium style very colorful and detailed puzzles. There’s more fine detail you can use to place pieces, but still some … Read more
Via Pomegranate, a 1000 piece puzzle of Van Gogh’s Undergrowth with Two Figures. The cropped image above includes my puzzle board to show the “bonus” pieces included – took me a while to figure out in the beginning why I had more pieces than I could fit, until I was able to recognize one was … Read more
Via Eurographics – Eilean Donan Castle Scotland 1000 piece puzzle. Photo here doesn’t really do the puzzle justice – looks more vibrant / colorful in real life. Eilean Donan Castle is a 13th century castle in the Highlands, in Dornie on the way to Isle of Skye. I’ve not had a chance to visit but … Read more
Via Pomegranate, who make a number of great art puzzles: Edward Hopper: Nighthawks 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle Doing this as a jigsaw really makes you aware of what’s going on in the window you’re seeing through – the reflections of the other buildings on the street not seen, as well as the angles and framing … Read more
Via SeriousPuzzles, Venice Canal – actually a canal in Burano Island.
Google tells me this is actually Glenfinnan Viaduct in Inverness-shire in Scotland. Difficult because there are many shades of blue-grey stone and green moss – start with the curve of the rail line, then the sky, then just filling in from there.
Timely, this one, now that it is spring. Love puzzles that have this kind of layout with the birds named off to the outside of the frame. Lots of color matching here with fine detail – challenging in a good way
VIa Pomegranate, Édouard Manet’s A Bar at the Folies-Bergere puzzle
From Serious Puzzles, this is a 1000 piece puzzle: Portland Lighthouse It’s Portland Breakwater Light aka Bug Light – didn’t see a photographer credit. Fun to do with multiple stright lights (horizon, fencing) and textured areas (stones, water, sunrise). Google image search shows lots of items with this image – maybe released into public domain?
From Cobble Hill, a 1000 piece puzzle featuring illustrations by Maurice Pillard Verneuil: Botanicals by Verneuil. Includes a reference poster and is well made.