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How to Paint Hardwood in a Camo Design

Knowing the basics behind painting camouflage helps you create a pattern that blends unmistakably into the environment. The principle behind painting a convincing camouflage design is to use colors that match the region you want to disguise. Use this camouflage painting method to paint a variety of objects, from vehicles to plywood to goose and duck blinds.

Things You'll Need

Paint
Primer paint
Transparency paper
Spotlight lamp
Marker
Pencil
Paper

Instructions

- 1
  Observe the area you are mimicking with your camouflage. Look for the darkest colors, and the colors that fall in the spectrum between dark and light. Make a note of the main colors you see, or take a photograph using a digital camera.
- 2
  Unfocus your eyes and and draw an abstract representation of the light, medium and dark areas of the camo environment. You might also work from a standard camouflage template.
- 3
  Lay a sheet of transparency paper over your drawing or over the camo design template. Trace the design onto the transparency sheet using a permanent marker.
- 4
  Paint the hardwood surface with two coats of primer.
- 5
  Place the transparency sheet with the camo design in front of a bright lamp. The lamp projects the image on your hardwood work surface.
- 6
  Trace the projected camo design on the hardwood using the permanent marker.
- 7
  Paint the camo design on the wood.

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