Puzzle Maker's Choice: jigsaw, tile saw or paint brush?

Puzzle Pieces Work in Progress

I understand the addictive quality of working out a jigsaw puzzle, and have myself uttered the plaintive cry "Just one more!" when my parents were trying to call me to dinner or send me to bed.

There are no jigsaw puzzles in my house today: Too much space is devoted to painting, and Max the Kitten, who has already walked into wet gesso and spilled water onto a nearly-finished painting, would be drawn to puzzle pieces like a moth to a flame.

Having a "no puzzle policy" hasn't kept me from making puzzles, though. Typical puzzle maker's tools are either jig saws or (for the really ambitious) tile saws, however, my puzzle-making tool is a paint brush.

This work-in-progress puzzle is made with a 6H pencil and a Raphael Martora Sable #0 brush that I bought at Wet Paint in Saint Paul, MN.

Further reading: 11 Reasons To Do Jigsaw Puzzles

3 days in the life of nanoscapes "neighborhoods"

nanoscapes neighborhoods
Davy's Gray outline

3 days in the life of nanoscapes neighborhoods: the 101st nanoscape for 2011 is close to being finished. One more day, perhaps?

neighborhoods is painted on 140# hot press Arches paper, and it is 7.9 x 4.5 inches. Every tiny tile is painted and outlined one-at-a-time, and my new favorite sable brush, Raphael Martora 2/0 is getting a workout.

nanoscapes neighborhoods
December 3, 2011

nanoscapes neighborhoods
December 4, 2011

nanoscapes neighborhoods
December 5, 2011