Weathering: Light to Dark or Dark to Light?

[jaysonol]

Not sure why I am having such a hard remembering the rule of thumb, can someone help me?

When using weathering chalks, powders on structures - Do you start with the darkest powders first, then build up the layers with the lighter ones, or is it the otehr way around?

[runner]

You can blend them either way. Practice on some scrap. I like pastel chalks that don't have adhesives in them because they are much more forgiving if you put too much on.

[gnatshop]

Good advice from Runner! It's all a matter of personal preference and application methods.
I too, use pastel chalks with no adhesive (I mainly use the landscape box of 24 colors from Dick Blick).
http://www.dickblick.com/products/blick ... rue#photos
Their earth-tones (set of 12) is another good choice.

Easy to use and correct, plus they are fairly inexpensive!
Practice is the key word here.

[rebel]

I tend to work both ways at once, I ussualy start out light and gradually darken but I usually make things a bit too dark and have to add more light colors.

[Zephyrus52246]

If it's a dark roof, for instance, I start with lighter colors. I often have to go back and forth to get to the end point, however.

Jeff