Cat Wash Bubbly Kitten Picture

This cute kitten in the wash tub picture was so much fun to do. Despite being only a 500 piece jigsaw puzzle, the shadings and brush strokes in this painting made it reasonably challenging.

Stewart Sherwood is the artist and this jigsaw puzzle was published by Ceaco. After building up the edge it was necessary to pick out in small blocks of colour to work on. Otherwise it was too easy to drown in  the sameness of tonality of many of the pieces, especially as the painting has soft blurring lines and not the distinctness of a 'Cats by Margaret' one that I completed a little while back. Not that I was complaining. I was certainly having much more fun than the subject of this charming picture!.

Stunning Scenic View of Mont Blanc in France

A lot of patience was required to assemble the 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle of this amazing photograph by Yann Arthus-Bertrand.

It can not be seen clearly, as this accompanying photo is quite small, but at the pinnacle of the tallest peak is a building! This 3,842 metre high mountain is named "Aiguille du Midi", which translates literally as "needle of midday". It is so called as the sun sits directly over the peak at noon, when viewed from Chamonix. The summit is reached by cable car and contains a panoramic viewing platform, a cafe and a gift shop.

The Bold and the Beautiful Horse Jigsaw Puzzle

I was planning to give the animals a rest and do a nice scenic picture for a change but this jigsaw puzzle depicting an unusual horse oil painting caught my eye at an internet auction.

This 1000 piece oil painting of a horse has quite large brush strokes, making it more of a challenge than others I have done recently. Although there was no close up detail such as in that gorgeous Cats by Margaret jigsaw puzzle, the vibrant colours and flowing form of this picture certainly gives it a real feeling of life. The only downside is that it is from the cheap Surelox range. Yes, they are very cheap to indeed buy, but the thin pieces do not sit well together and often curl up a fair bit so although the picture might be a pleasure to assemble, the physical pieces are not so enjoyable to handle.