Dark to Light, or Light to Dark?

[ChristinaV]

I work with DecoArt/FolkArt paints. My niece has asked me to help her paint a winged wolf with realistic wolf colors. In order to get the gray-fawn-cream transitions, should I work from a gray base coat or a cream base coat?

While no one is expected to leap tall buildings in a single bound, our aspiring heroes will be tested on their courage, integrity, self-sacrifice, compassion and resourcefulness - the stuff of all true superheroes.
- Stan Lee

[Melody]

It would depend on what you would like the final paint job to look like!
I don’t hand paint very much, but I think it is usually a good idea to work light to dark if you are painting a grey wolf.
Light colors take on a cold look if you paint them over a dark base.
But if you do want a frosty look, dry brushing a light color over a dark base color can look like a silvery/blackwolf.

[ChristinaV]

Thank you! Light to dark it shall be.

While no one is expected to leap tall buildings in a single bound, our aspiring heroes will be tested on their courage, integrity, self-sacrifice, compassion and resourcefulness - the stuff of all true superheroes.
- Stan Lee

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