Are White Nights Watercolors actually GOOD? 🤔

White Nights are super affordable pro quality watercolors, but are they actually any good? Today I'm unboxing, swatching, and testing these paints in the great outdoors!
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These are the supplies used in this video:
🎨 WHITE NIGHTS Watercolour Night Artists Watercolour Set 12 Whole Pans, Plastic Box ➡️ amzn.to/3A9auVo
📜 Winsor & Newton 7x10 watercolor paper block, cold pressed ➡️ amzn.to/3YaHAhc
🎨 Silver Black Velvet Voyager Travel Watercolor Brushes ➡️ www.dpbolvw.net/click-9110133...
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// Jackson's does not carry White Nights, but you can also purchase from AliExpress or Bonanza //
📜 Winsor & Newton 7x10 watercolor paper block, cold pressed ➡️ bit.ly/3VnU6sT
My favorite brush: Silver Black Velvet Size 10, 8 & 4 Round ➡️ bit.ly/32SS9uE
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[@ericakauffman5786]

I absolutely love when reviews are more than swatching. I need an artists impressions while working with the medium. You've done just that. Thanks!

[@Blick_Art]

It was great to see these in action, in a real, outdoor painting situation! We were really interested in how you varied the grip on the brush to achieve a variety of mark-making. We've noticed that accomplished watercolorists often have a relatively small brush kit on the larger side, and they use skill and control to get the whole range from broad to fine strokes from surprisingly big brushes! Some don't even carry flat brushes, instead using very large, high quality rounds. Thanks for sharing this!

[@elgabenedicta]

Great review video! I love my white nights paints, but I did some research (making sure to buy the colors with good lightfastness and those using the pigments I prefer) before buying them, then decided to buy the pans individually to build my own set. They all work great and I really enjoy painting with them.

[@vilvile]

St Petersburg sells their entire range open stock and they ship to the US from the UK, if you are interested in their boutique colors.

[@kate4986]

The 36 White Nights set was the first proper set I ever purchased. I love them and when I feel overwhelmed with trying to mix my more limited W&N or D.S. paints, I find myself turning back to the White Nights reliable colours 🎉😊

[@mirkkumanninen5374]

Actually, This specific Pg8 is surprisingly lightfast, several people have tested it’s lightfastness and got great results, and I haven’t had problems either. It’s not excellent lightfastness, but I would rank it good lightfastness.

[@sueallen952]

I bought all their super granulating colours that came without a palette, taking the paper off took half the paint off the pans, my hands was covered and the pans!!! I couldnt wipe the pans as the paint went every where!!!! I couldnt use them as you couldnt even get them into a palette due to the mess. I emailed them sent a photo and they replied and said thats how they should be. I then bought a set in a paĺete, all the pans were loose and again trying to get them back in i was covered. I will never buy these again they are like jelly!!! Yours look quite set but mine wasnt.

[@Oneroze]

Nevsky Palette produces several types of watercolor paints. "White Nights" is a professional series, "Ladoga" (possibly unavailable in your country) is a transitional series from student to professional, "Sonnet" is for students. There are several more children's watercolors "Honey" of decent quality for very young children. And recently, the manufacturer changed the formulation to some professional paints, paints with 3 pigments in the composition or non-light-resistant paints were transferred to the Ladoga line, but they supplemented the palette of "White Nights" with better options. Russian artists are very demanding of paints)))) In our country, the colors of the White Nights are often scolded even for minor mistakes. Therefore, the manufacturer always keeps his finger on the pulse)) I recommend trying a series of granulating paints. I really liked the gray-pink mist, purple shadow, aquamarine mist, orange mist. The metallics series is very good, but it's pampering for decorative postcards.

[@grafmatheus]

Finally someone talking about White Nights. Those were my first professional paints, that I still use, by the way. I made a palette with 36 colors that I use the most (considering I’m most a portrait painter), and I absolutely love them. They are a lot more controlled that Daniel Smith, in a traditional way, I mean. I get some predictability and control with them, which allows me to achieve realistic results (in skin tones, for example) easier. They also build up really well. Also, their Paynes Gray is one off my favorites for shadows.

[@jessbutterfly9801]

I bought the 36 set of white nights, and I absolutely love them. They’re very transparent the majority of them and they’re so rich in colour and they don’t lose anything after trying. I think a biggest that would be a much better overview of these paints, but this review was extremely well done, but I would definitely invest in more colours so that you can have a good play around. The Rosa ones are beautiful to they are professional quality. I Or as many as I could now before people realise how good they are and the price goes up. They are extremely affordable for pants, the Rosa gallery and yet they’re just as good as QOR or Daniel Smith in my opinion

[@petragunther4439]

Started my watercolour journey with White Nights and i still love them.

[@nataliemaclise3022]

Excellent video, Emily! Thank you for the product review and the educational content re pigments etc. Fun to see you outside painting in such a beautiful place. Loved the path traffic and the doggie. ❤

[@redbird8257]

Thank you for this great review. I love White Nights. It’s been my go to set for the last 4 years. Like some of the other commenters, I bought the 36 full pan set when it was $39.00 or something. The price has almost quadrupled since the war started. I particularly love the vibrancy of the colors, but have also noticed mixing various colors together can make mud. I’m now integrating W&N, Daniel Smith & Holbein into my pallette.

[@AcuarelawithBlanca]

So happy to see you painting with this brand. I just might pick some up after watching you!😊

[@veryberry39]

Oh. My goodness. That friendly dog just coming over and sitting next to you while you painted was so precious. Dogs are too good for us. 😭

[@mariabali771]

Thank you for your sunny video. I also love White Nights. I have tried every colour from their range. They have excellent colours and weak colours as well. Like every brand. You just need to fing the right one for particular painting. Its a long and beatiful process. I have learned a lot from Russian artists who preferred White Nights and they can do magic with these colours.

[@simonettahelena986]

White Nights were my very first western style “Artist” grade watercolor set. I still love and use them all of the time; interspersing their use round robin style with my other brand sets of paint. Funny, I never noticed the muddy mixtures, although I have their two large sets of 24 and 36 colors, so maybe I just didn’t attempt the same mixes as you did. Thank you for another wonderful, thoroughly informative video!

[@miriamrivera3742]

Thank you so much for sharing your drawings with us! I'm learning with you! Blessings!!!! 💕🎨

[@glenda7921]

99.9! Videos of high quality like this one are going to get you there! Thanks Emily

[@bleuvertetforetdepin7308]

Daniel Smith 12 palette also have only 4 transparent colors . i love how your are gently educating us on pigments . and i really really do enjoy your plein air video . never fails to give me the itch to go out and paint .