Water, weather and the way home
The Sea
Boats at anchor, a harbour going quiet at dusk, fishing fleets working a grey morning, open water under a sky that is about to change its mind. Painters have followed the sea for four centuries and it has never once held still for them.
As a puzzle
Two builds in one. Rigging, hulls and harbour clutter are dense with clues and go quickly, while the wide water and sky ask you to slow down and sort by tone. A good one to share, with one of you on the ships and one on the weather.
A good size here: 60–250 pieces.
14 pictures, pick one to build
Calm Sea Simon de Vlieger, after 1640 
Ship by Moonlight Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Hovhannes Aivazian) 
A Storm off the Normandy Coast Eugène Isabey, probably 1850s 
Entrance to a Dutch Port Willem van de Velde II, ca. 1665 
Harbor Scene with a Grotto and Fishermen Hauling in Nets Joseph Vernet 
On the Beach, Sunset Eugène Boudin, 1865 
Princess Pauline Metternich (1836–1921) on the Beach Eugène Boudin, ca. 1865–67 
Beaulieu: The Bay of Fourmis Eugène Boudin, 1892 
On the Beach at Trouville Eugène Boudin, 1863 
Seascape Unidentified artist 
A Beach with Fishing Boats Jan van Goyen, probably 1653 
Fantastic Rocks with Cascading Waterfall; Fishing Boats by a Lake Hamlet Aiseki, first half of the 19th century 
The Outer Harbor of Brest Henri Joseph van Blarenberghe, 1773 
Copenhagen Harbor by Moonlight Johan Christian Dahl, 1846