
# [025](/025)

![canvas](https://res.cloudinary.com/abstract-puzzles/image/upload/w_2000/025_prb-zxv-efv-qqj-hoj-zio_zla-xqt-tvh-xcg?raw=true)

For the last design in this painting series I wanted to focus on the texture of the strokes so reduced the palette to a single colour, and I zoomed in on the flow field to focus on one main sweep across the design.

I think the artwork is exceptionally beautiful, I feel the power in each of the strokes and they look quite realistic, but with a tiny hint of the synthetic. I struggled with how much to vary the lightness of the strokes to make it a solvable puzzle, and think I dissatisfied both sides. The artwork is compromised by artificial highs and lows, while the majority of the puzzle pieces were so samey they were very difficult to place.



# [023](/023)

![canvas](https://res.cloudinary.com/abstract-puzzles/image/upload/w_2000/023_jzz-nxc-jix-olt-qdo-hey_ins-syq-xeq-kca?raw=true)

An evolution of [022](/022), this tapers the start and end of each stroke and varies their lightness more significantly, creating more natural paint-like shapes on the canvas.



# [024](/024)

![canvas](https://res.cloudinary.com/abstract-puzzles/image/upload/w_2000/024_qgd-zsn-vhu-dpe-ycp-iig_akk-zbx-sms-frz?raw=true)

This design daubs short, thick brushstrokes on the digital canvas. I thought its basic colour groupings would make for quite an easy and boring puzzle, but I was surprised how the subtle changes in colours and the soft edges between the blotches made it fun to solve. I was stumped towards the end with the larger planes of light blue but they came together eventually.
