I chose the topic night in because compared to night out I found it more specific and easier to come up with ideas. When I think of night in I automatically think of family night. I relate the topic to my family to represent a cozy, comfortable night in.

The idea is to create a jigsaw puzzle. I found the idea perfect for the theme because people usually do activities to keep the brain active on night’s in. Jigsaws are artistic and clever and that’s what I wanted my project to be like.

I took this photo of some of my family members trying to act natural in a dark lit area with a warm fire. I was pretty pleased with this photo because it really looked like an image you would see on a jigsaw puzzle, with the different characters and how random objects are scattered around the room and just the lighting is perfect for what I wanted to paint.

The plan is to paint on card and then cut out jigsaw pieces.

This was drawn on the other side of the painting. Each square is about 10cm long.

I copied the jigsaw patterns from the internet. I put numbers in case I can’t put the pieces together quick enough.

This painting took a long time and was delayed for a while because of all the practice rounds. What I most proud of this picture is the shadowing and tone. This would be my first picture based on the indoors, fully colored.

Choosing and sauteing out the colors was difficult because nothing was ever one color so I constantly had to put layer upon layer to get the correct color and completely cover the background.

To cut out the pieces I used scissors and a craft knife. Using the craft knife was time consuming and difficult but I fell that to become an expert on it I needed more experience but I feel it’s about as neat as I can cut it.

This is the outcome of my project. I can say that I defiantly appreciate my painting a lot more when it’s cut out into jigsaw puzzles. I do believe it makes a convincing jigsaw puzzle.