Name: White Nights watercolour sets in pans or tubes
Brand: Nevskaya Palitra
Price: 62.95 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

White Nights watercolours with gum arabic are made for painting and sketching on watercolour paper. Choose a box of dry pans for a clearly arranged palette, or 10 ml tubes for squeezing fresh colour onto a palette. You receive one selected set; the versions below are alternatives.

Which set suits your work?

Version	Contents
Metal box, 21 pans	21 colours in pans, metal box with mixing surfaces
Leningrad, 16 pans	16 colours in 2.5 ml pans, cardboard box
Cardboard box, 24 pans	24 colours in 2.5 ml pans, cardboard box
Tubes, 12 × 10 ml	12 colours in 10 ml tubes, 120 ml total
Tubes, 24 × 10 ml	24 colours in 10 ml tubes, 240 ml total
IWS selection, 12 × 10 ml	12 colours in 10 ml tubes, 120 ml total, IWS colour selection
Plastic box, 12 pans	12 colours in 2.5 ml pans, plastic box
Plastic box, 24 pans	24 colours in 2.5 ml pans, plastic box
Wooden box, 24 pans	24 colours in 2.5 ml pans, wooden box and one squirrel-hair brush
Beech box, 12 pans	12 colours in 2.5 ml pans, beech box and one no. 3 squirrel-hair brush

Pans, tubes and colour selection

Pans are practical for small mixtures and sketching: moisten the colour with a wet brush and pick up paint. Tubes are useful when preparing a larger pool of one mixture for a sky or background. Start with a small squeeze and add water gradually. More colours give you more ready-to-use choices, rather than more paint in each colour.

The standard 12-tube set and the IWS set have different palettes. The pictured IWS selection includes zinc white and Payne’s grey; the standard set includes lemon, raw sienna and lamp black. Assortments can change between packs. Read the packaging for the exact colour names, pigments and properties. Transparency, lightfastness and single-pigment composition vary between colours.

Start with a colour and mixing trial

On the same paper, paint a strip of each colour from a concentrated start to a more diluted end. Draw a pencil line underneath beforehand to compare coverage. Then mix a yellow and a blue using equal brush portions, and make a second mixture with more blue beside it. Record colour numbers and proportions and compare the dry results. This helps you choose mixtures for greens, shadows or pale washes.

Use and care

Use more water for a lighter wash and build dark areas gradually. Let a layer dry before adding crisp details. Rewetting can lift an underlying layer, so use few brush movements over it. Let wet pans dry before closing the box. Clean brushes with water and close tube caps firmly.

Choose watercolour paper, water and other tools separately; only the two wooden versions list an included brush above. Keep paint and painting water separate from food and drink, do not put brushes in your mouth and avoid spray mist or sanding dust. Follow the directions on your own pack. Collect paint residues and dispose of them according to local rules; do not pour concentrated paint down the drain.

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