Includes a 1000 piece quality cardboard jigsaw puzzle of a colorful and detailed piece of art featuring a beach house by the sea illustration "Beach House" from charming artist Mardell Schuster. This colorful puzzle will delight with its whimsical illustrative artwork. This snugly interlocking jigsaw puzzle is made from quality, thick recycled paper board, printed using vegetable-based inks, and is 27x20” when complete. It is packed in a sealed plastic bag with very low puzzle dust. A full color poster reference guide is included for easy reference as you relax, kick back and enjoy visiting this seaside retreat while you assemble the beautiful and colorful puzzle! About the artist: Art has always been a part of Mardell Schuster's life. She majored in Illustration and Graphic Design at The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. Before starting a family, she worked as a layout artist for an advertising agency and a technical illustrator for a commercial avionics manufacturer. In 2014 she stumbled upon a time lapse video of a young artist named Heather Rooney drawing a portrait of a celebrity in colored pencil which she found to be amazing. She couldn't believe that Rooney was using colored pencils. Schuster was very familiar with colored pencils, and used them for many projects, but she never got the results that Rooney did. Schuster quickly started doing more research and found Alonya Nickelson's Colored Pencil Painting Bible and bought it. She spent months experimenting with solvents, burnishing tools, and different types of paper surfaces, pushing herself past her comfort zone. She found that using markers as a base added to the vibrancy of the colored pencils. It also eliminated the white graininess that she always hated. She worked hard trying to give her drawings the “pop” that is achieved when using oils and acrylics. Schuster enjoys drawing realistic still lifes the best, although her cats have made some cameo appearances in her still life drawings. Schuster's goal is to continually learn and improve each new drawing. She challenges herself by trying out different objects, surfaces, and textures. Her favorite Painters are the Dutch still life artists of the 1600s. To be able to emulate their paintings with colored pencil is her ultimate goal. At this point in her life she is just enjoying the fact that she now has the time to do what she loves best, and that is to draw.