| This is my 1978 Toyota truck. I'm still driving it, but it now has an entirely different paint scheme. This was the primer stage. For years, I had wondered if it was possible to create an urban camouflage. I'm not sure how successful this is, I guess the only way to know is to park it in the city, and see if anybody accidently runs into it. At any rate, I was really pleased with how it looked.
As I understand it, a camouflage scheme is supposed to break up the contour of the vehicle. What I tried to do here is break up the surface of the vehicle. This was all done with primer spray cans, and some spray white. Each store has its own variation of gray, just buy 4 of those, and a black. No masks were used with this, save for the Prayer Patrol logo. I used a metal straight edge to get the lines and edges. I live in a wooded region, and started wondering about the colors deep in the forest, as I was driving around. Is that off black in the shaded area? Dark gray? Dark brown? Brown-gray? Then I started wanting to experiment with camouflage again. Idon't think I was as successful this time, but you be the judge.
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| I didn't initially have a vehicle to experiment with, so I tried other mediums. Once again, the idea is to draw the viewer's attention through the surface. This is attempted with the deep dark region of the forest scene. The ground below the trees gets little sunlight, so it has sparce growth. This dirt gets lighter in color as it gets nearer to the viewer, and nearer the edge of the tree cover. Also quite handy for the look of depth. Grass at the lower edge of the surface is a nice addition. The colors used in the background parts are duller, tertiary plus gray colors. The more foreground parts are more vibrant colors. The angular lines of the nearer small trees cut across the more sedate square angles of the forest behind. The painting at left is a small hallway in our house. Hey, I needded someplace to practice! |
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