I am not overly fond...

... of camouflage.  Well, let's tell the whole truth; it really nauseates me.  Camouflage speaks to me of killing - people, animals, hope.  That being the case, I thought I'd work on changing my mind about it when I heard of an upcoming need for paintings to support a good cause.  Here's the result of my mental meanderings about it.

'Midnight Garden Camouflage' 8" x 8" (ish) © Win Dinn  2020

A new addition to the Midnight Garden series, it portrays five soldiers shooting it out in a garden.  I'm currently in search of some miniature flowers to finish it off - they'll be coming out of the weapons when I find them.

It started with a panel, gessoed black and stencilled with flowers, above.  I used white gesso on a series of toy soldiers, and created some supports for the flowers.

I was testing placement of the soldiers above, and eventually moved the little guy from the bottom right to the right hand side of the panel...he liked it better there since he could more easily see what was coming from behind.

Here are some closeup shots.

I'm pretty sure that by the time I add the last of the flowers, my distaste for camouflage will have near disappeared (as long as it appears in a garden, at least).  

How about you - what have you been up to this week?  Tell me in the comments below, and feel free to add a link!