Puzzle: Venice Burano Island Canal
Via SeriousPuzzles, Venice Canal – actually a canal in Burano Island.
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Puzzle: Glenfinnan Viaduct
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.
Puzzle: Birds of the Back Yard
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
Puzzle: The Bar at the Folies-Bergère
VIa Pomegranate, Édouard Manet’s A Bar at the Folies-Bergere puzzle
Puzzle: Portland Lighthouse
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?
Puzzle: Botanicals By Verneuil
From Cobble Hill, a 1000 piece puzzle featuring illustrations by Maurice Pillard Verneuil: Botanicals by Verneuil. Includes a reference poster and is well made.
Puzzle: Scandinavia
Puzzle from Re-Marks: Scandinavia 750 Piece. Re-Marks puzzles are available from lots of different resellers, including Amazon – check out their pop culture series including lots of “collage” puzzles made up of smaller images. (I think I got mine from Serious Puzzles). This is a random cut puzzle not ribbon cut with lots of interesting … Read more
Puzzle: Diego Rivera, Detroit Industry Mural
Another Pomegranate Artpiece Puzzle, Diego Rivera: Detroit Industry 1000 pieces. Check out the full image from the Detroit Institute for the Arts: Detroit Industry North Wall. Looks like the color is a bit richer in the original – though the photo here is maybe a bit washed out – the puzzle itself looks great.
Puzzle: The Soda Fountain
Illustration by Susan Brabeau, puzzle by SunsOut: Soda Fountain 1000 piece sunsout puzzle. Lots of great detail here – just enough to make putting it together challenging but enjoyable.
Puzzle: Dahlias
We picked up a copy in a store on a trip to Maine, but you can find it here: Dahlias Puzzle by Workman Publishing. The solid color background is challenging but the puzzle as a whole was lots of fun to do. Frances Palmer is also a potter and I assume these are her vases … Read more