
# [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.



# [022](/022)

![canvas](https://res.cloudinary.com/abstract-puzzles/image/upload/w_2000/022_lza-tnj-vkb-lug-ors-zgw_ete-yxl-vlv-ius?raw=true)

This is the start in a series of expressionist paintings using flow fields.

For each stroke a set of bristles is created - small circles randomly arranged within a larger circle, with slightly varying brightnesses. The bristles are dragged across the design in the direction of the flow. The low opacity strokes overlapping create a mottled paintbrush effect.

The outcomes look like they could be made by a toddler splashing paint on a canvas, so decided to lean in to that and opt with bright, clashing poster paint-esque colours.

The resulting puzzle had a good spread of colours, and although the textures of the brushstrokes were quite subtle they helped to guide the solve; overall very enjoyable.



# [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.


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