Painting a White Nights watercolour chart (12-tube set)

This was painting with the 12-tube White Nights watercolour set that I received recently from Nevskaya Palitra, the Russian company that makes art supplies.
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[@gorway7]

I really like the White Nights though I only have a few but they seem good quality for the money and there are some really nice colours. I do value a few opaque colours. I use them only sparingly, but they are useful, like your white gel pen, for adding final details like suggesting wild flowers in a meadow or blossom in a hedgerow. Straight from the tube, a few dots of Naples Yellow with a dash of colour bellow, is enough to convince you there are people in the distance... I don't do people well so the smaller and more abstract the better! I know for the purist they would plan ahead and mask or negative paint details but I don't think that far ahead.

[@OneTrueWord1988]

Peter Sobocki: I liked your comment, and your method of painting people in the distance. I am not skilled at painting people either, so I just leave them out! 😊 I will try this. Thank you for your helpful suggestion! 👍

[@RachaelFirth1992]

I have the tubes squeezed into a palette. They are pretty easy to re-wet and thanks to the honey content don't crack or dry out too much in my experience. But they don't seem too runny either. Mine have stayed a little tacky even when dry.

[@Maria-hj8po]

You can easily open the tubes using the cap by turning it around. It's designed to poke a hole while not getting in the tube too deep.

[@teohyc]

Not with these tubes because there's nothing to poke with.

[@Maria-hj8po]

I was not looking too carefully. They have actually two cap designs. Maybe the taller cap with holepoker is the old version. So you have to stick to the brush :).

[@cwestby]

I was excited when I saw this review. I noticed that Alicia Aradilla uses this brand and her sketches are very vibrant so I was considering trying them out. Really great review, as always!

[@Redsammeh]

I appreciate the time you took to make a neat color chart, very satisfying

[@ruthwalton3457]

I love white night paints 💞💞💞 In my pen knife I have a little metal spike which is ideal for poking in tube tops 😉 Thank you 😍

[@gorway7]

I just use a pencil.

[@marijamagdalenadilber4501]

If caps don't have a spike I use toothpick

[@OneTrueWord1988]

I use the sharp-pointed, silver, nut meat extractor that comes with a nutcracker. They are in the silverware bins in thrift stores across America. 😊 Also excellent for painting thin, wispy grasses, stirring paint when filling palette wells, and many other uses.

[@lindyk7132]

I bought a couple of pans and they are quite different from the paint I get from my Van Gogh tubes - they never dry! The only one by Van Gogh that behaves like that is Chinese White, which stays sticky after days, weeks on the palette. White Nights colors (at least the ones I've got) are vibrant and beautiful, and I'm looking forward to buying a few more. Thank you so much for sharing this color chart. It's really helpful for future acquisitions. 🙌🎨👏

[@RE-xv9fp]

Just what I was looking for! This is really super helpfull! Thank you for sharing this with us! I found the picture of your chart on your webside aswell, its so great!

[@exitedaardvark5480]

I just love colour charts :)

[@teddydraws3841]

I just ordered my first tube from Jackson's, can't wait to try it!! 😄 (Bought two by mistake too, I hope I end up liking them 😂)

[@heli0ns]

White Nights supposedly has honey in their watercolor pans, which could explain the stickiness!

[@iskusstvo_lit_vodu]

No, the paints consist of pigments, gum-arabic and dextrin. Actually the company indicates bit abstract ingredients, like "pigments, gum-arabicum and other additives".

[@heli0ns]

@@iskusstvo_lit_vodu Jackson's art lists them as having honey in them, but I'm not sure what their source for that information is.

[@gorway7]

@@iskusstvo_lit_vodu You are right, Jacksons do state it contains honey...? Interesting to know. I wonder how Jacksons came up with that? Dextrin is cheaper I suppose but will have similar effect... I think it's a sugary glucose like substance if I remember right, derived from starch, so it will act the same way as a water retaining humectant.

[@iskusstvo_lit_vodu]

​@@heli0ns I worked in a biggest chain store selling art supplies in Saint-Petersburg, and actually one store is on a territory of Nevskaya Palitra factory. Everyone in company very good knows their products, and I can tell that I've never heard about honey.

[@gorway7]

@@iskusstvo_lit_vodu Its strange, I just looked on the Ken Bromley website and it makes the same reference to honey. I know in the UK, retailers generally use the same standard descriptions provided by the manufacturer or importer. I have just checked online and it would appear all UK sellers are using this same script, so if it is wrong, it may be a miss interpretation by the main importer.

[@raquelsanchez9668]

(I am using a translator, my English is quite poor, sorry) Hi Teoh! White Nights is a brand of watercolors that is worth the money. I bought the 36-color pan. It is true that there are some shades that are opaque and some other color that is not resistant to light. Now I want to buy new colors and reviewing the color chart, the brand is reformulating its paints and eliminating pygmies that are not resistant to light. Take a look because I think it's worth it. For example: .Yellow Ocher, formerly composed of P.Y.43, P.Y.1. Pigment P.Y.1 appears to be fugitive and has now been replaced by P.Y.43, P.Y.54 .Carmine with P.R.170: 1 and now they have changed it to P.R.19 . Indigo with P.Bk7, P.B.15, P.V.3 and now it's P.Bk7, P.B.15, P.V.23 . Raw Sienna with P.Br.7 and is now P.Br.43 . Payne’s Gray with P.Bk.7, P.B.15, P.V.3 and now it's P.Bk.7, P.B.15, P.V.55 I have detected those that were the ones that came in my palette, as there are many more colors, I suppose they have replaced some more. If the company bothers to improve its paintings, I think that is a good sign. Also, people are doing a lot of publicity for it and they are getting the hang of it. I'm glad!

[@JordanHunter333]

Thank you! So very helpful.

[@teohyc]

A set of paint pre-selected by any company may have non-lightfast (fugitive) or opaque colours. If you need your paint to behave a certain way, you have to select the colours yourself. White Nights quality is quite good. You just have to know the characteristics of the paint you work with.

[@z.z.1205]

I own the 24 tube set. A very nice selection if colors. But both selections 12 and 24 miss the 2018 and 2019 new colors. I got the 24 set for 45 Euro (50$). A price no other brand offers. I have them dried in an bigger palette and they rewet easy. Regarding the cadmiums. I think you used to much paint. I frequently use cad yellow medium as a new gamboge substitution and i works fine. But the color is intense. To much paint will be opaque. Even more with all red colors of White nights. You only needs a tiny touch to get a bright wash.

[@gorway7]

I agree, I love Cadmiums, I think they are really versatile as they are so rich. You can get super transparent washes, to out of the tube - go over anything spot colour. I frequently glaze over greens with cad yellow to warm bits up.

[@bossbabypaints]

Ok chromium oxide, cerulean, ochre, Cobalt, umber...are a the few disappointing colors that seem chalky and muddy mixes (they r not really chalky, but just not a good ratio in the mixture maybe but I highly dought that there is any chalk) other than those the rest of the colors perform stunninglyall the colors I was satisfied with ! Besides my favourites: Cad lemon Golden Yellow ! Ruby ! Quin rose Carmine Mad lake light ! Quin lilac !! Violet ! Ult blue Bright blue ! Indanthrene blue Turquoise blue ! Indigo !! Y green Em green Green (looks like Hookers gréen and is really pretty) !! Olive Raw sienna. ! Burnt sienne Mars Brown Sépia !! Payne's gray. !!

[@callmekite]

Thanks for the review, I’m surprised you find WN and Holbein similar!

[@colorcrazy2944]

I think you forgot the link for your chart tutorial? I like the new way you have done charts recently, maybe you need a new tutorial? I am really glad to see this review even though I am not finished watching it. :D

[@teohyc]

Thanks for the reminder. it's here kzbin.info/www/bejne/epa1kmx_i75pabc

[@fandaurs]

Thank you

[@lindyashford7744]

No cool yellow, and the cool red is not so lightfast. Substitute white with Aureolin (it is a light fast version) or lemon, and ditch the cool red for your favourite shade from their quin colours. An easy fix for this set. I would hesitate to buy their tubes as their pans are such good value. The colour chart is great Teo, I never have the patience to do more than swatch! I just did a new set of swatches so I wonder if the tube colours are a different formulation from their pans.... no blotchiness on the Aquafine paper ;-( , my first choice for WN is Khadi, they seem to go together really well.

[@WhstlblwrBlastingEpsteinsILK]

😂😂😂 No sewing needles to break the seal without a issues? You're killin me! 😂😂

[@geckonia]

They have nice flow 😎 PV15 ultramarine violet right? Makes a lovely Payne’s grey. Those mixes look beautiful

[@dabradguy]

I have used up almost all of my tubes, and feel like they are a great value. I have been moving away from them because of the limited range of tubes available.

[@gorway7]

Did you mean colours or tube sizes? It is a pity they only seem to have 10ml tubes available, but at UK prices (from £2.97), I don't mind getting a few tubes at a time. I think there are about 65 colours available too at the moment but I rarely use more than a dozen.

[@dabradguy]

@@gorway7 I meant colors. thanks for letting me know more tubes were available. I have looked in the past for individual tubes but couldn't find any. Saw the mention of jacksons down below and sure enough they have them

[@gorway7]

@@dabradguy Ken Bromley too a few pence cheaper - they have a PDF colour chart you can download - www.artsupplies.co.uk/files/files/White%20Nights%20Tube%20Colour%20Chart.pdf Had my first set as a present from aunt in Finland early 70s but box was all in Cyrilic so had no idea what they were called or what the colours were.

[@seijurogou256]

thanks so much for this video Teoh! it was very informative :) i'd love to see a review on how the white nights tube paints behave when squeezed into palettes and left to dry like your other palettes. would they dry out? how badly cracked would they be? the 12-tube and 12-pan sets are the same price in my country so it would be great to know because if they don't crack, i think the tube set might be more worth it :) also, if i may ask for some advice... i've seen your "Watercolor Mixing with Color Temperature in Mind" video but still have difficulties with mixing secondary colors. i understand the theory but in practice, i just get confused, struggle, and get frustrated. most palettes/tubes come arranged from white to yellow to red, blue, green, earth tones, black. is there a way to re-arrange the warm and cool primary colors in a way that i can easily know which ones to mix with each other to get vibrant colors?

[@elgabenedicta]

I think White Nights watercolours as very good paints. Unfortunately the lightfastness and the transparency are quite inconsistent throughout the whole range. I bought them individually (tubes/pans) and meticulously chose the most transparent and light fast colors both according to their color information and online research from other people who tested them. I am very pleased and satisfied now with my chosen pallet 😊

[@gkar909]

In my colour chart preparation is 72000 hues from white to black and hundred shades of white grey black.

[@elois367]

Hi Teoh! I have a hard time choosing which paints I should upgrade to. Should I choose White Nights or Van Gogh?

[@teohyc]

White Nights is better quality. Good for beginners with limited budget

[@arturm7]

Teoh, If only I had the possibility of buying a single set of watercolors, what would you recommend between White Nights and Holbein? tnks :)

[@teohyc]

They are quite comparable in quality. Probably the brand that is easier or cheaper for you to replace in the future when you run out of paint.

[@arvindshukla8040]

To be honest I'd probably prefer White Nights

[@elpasomark3069]

Greetings Teoh. I have a few questions for you. First, what brand of paper are you using for your color charts? What size are your squares? And what size paper do you use for the larger color charts (12 or more colors)? Do you cut the larger charts from a single sheet of paper? I really enjoy your reviews and videos. Thank you.

[@teohyc]

That's a 10 x 14 Arches watercolour paper. The grid is 12 x 12 which means it's for 11 colours. Each square is 2cm. You can check out this video on how I make such watercolour charts kzbin.info/www/bejne/epa1kmx_i75pabc

[@brunarodrigues5489]

Teoh, i don't have a Ceruleam Blue and i was planning to buy White nights version. But it didn't seem nice in the color chart. What other brand (that has a pb35/pb36) do you sugest? Ps: I live in Brazil and i can't get DS or Holbein

[@teohyc]

There's Schmincke, Winsor & Newton.

[@arturm7]

Hi Theo, Do you recommend these watercolors for professional works? Saludos de México :)

[@teohyc]

They look good enough for professional work

[@arturm7]

@@teohyc Gracias :V

[@SathishKumar-pw9fu]

Please review the new white nights color range (2020) includes(Quin violet-PV55,Quin REd-PV19,Ochre Light-PY42+PR102,Perylene violet-PV29,Caput Mortum-PR101,Cobalt Cerulean-PB36,Irgrazin Yellow-PY129,Vandyke Brown(pbr7+pbk9)Ultramarine Deep-pb29 ,Violet Rose,Quin violet rose,Neon Rose and 9 pastel colors.it would be more helpful.

[@Fr4Fry88]

Hi Teoh, I have a question for you. If I have the same color in tube and in pan, what do you think is better to use first? What is the most durable form? Maybe it’s a strange question...but I think that with a pan and a 10ml tube I have lot of paint 🙈

[@teohyc]

Maybe use the pan, then refill with the tube. But White Nights paint don’t dry that well so don’t bring it outdoors. Or use the tube when painting large areas

[@Fr4Fry88]

@@teohyc thank you so much for the advice. If they don’t dry really well I think I will use pans regularly and tubes for big washes. Thank you again 😊🙏

[@kamalitarajagopalan2671]

Is there much of a difference between the pan formula and tubes?

[@teohyc]

No visual difference from what I can see.

[@hangphan9774]

How long does it take you to do that color chart?

[@teohyc]

About 2 hours?

[@jimicrumb6661]

The more transparent colours look great for rock and mountain textures, while a more subdued look in the green makes it great for small detailed insects. My problem with this set are the cadmium colours and the lightfast quality. Otherwise it would be fine to get this if you have some experience with more opaque colours, or if you are switching from gouache to watercolour like i did. I hope you do a colour review on cobalt green pg50, as it is a really interesting pigment and colour. Always thankfull when i see a new video from you. Limited palette challenge: Cobalt green, cadmium red and dioxazine purple.

[@poojameshram8345]

Hi can you help rate these three brands in an order of 1, 2 & 3 Sennelier, holbien and white nights. Plz.

[@teohyc]

They are all good quality. If you want to pour paint into pan, get Holbein. The other two brands with honey will never dry completely in pan

[@poojameshram8345]

@@teohyc thank you so much! Appreciate your response. And yes considering the temperature in Singapore..

[@DoubleF125]

Hello, i REALLY need your help, ive been surfing the web for some time now, im searching for the best affordable tablet that comes with a stylus for studying and note taking, i am a book type of person with hand notes, so it would be great if you help me with your experience. PLEASE REPLY

[@teohyc]

iPad 6 and Apple Pencil if you are on a budget. Or iPad Air 3 if you have more budget. Or check out Samsung Tab S3 or S4

[@DoubleF125]

@@teohyc THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPLY!!!!

[@nanezferrer3565]

The white knights that i have is written in all RUSSIAN letters i think it is the old model yours is kinda different tho

[@LindaTCornwall]

Teoh, just want to point out any tubes, glue, medication gels, paints all have a built in puncture point. Just reverse the lid.. that's what the upward pointing point is for on the top of the lid! Pierce by pushing down then twist once or twice then remove, foil will be smoothed inwards against the neck to stop clogs behind foil tabs that would be otherwise created by pushing foil just in.. PS you also don't get any squeeze out. :D

[@BlueStar7496]

I’m sure he already knows this lol i also have these tubes and they don’t have a pointy end on the cap. You can see it @00:52

[@sky_izm]

I noticed that most of the colors in White Nights are semi-opaque and opaque

[@teohyc]

Yeah, some are in this set.

[@ThatLazyStray]

i legitimately didn't realise that white nights came in tubes, i've only ever seen them in full pans. Huh.

[@oobroono4407]

can you try Huawei Matebook E 2019 with pen?please .It's looks cool:)

[@FranciscaPires]

I love their ceruleum and cobalt blue! But i don't like the tubes, the paint in the pans seams waaay less chalky. I made a video comparing the tubes with the pans if you're interested kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIXGiZ6KrdqFm9k

[@heisenberg6921]

Chalky??.......are you kidding??.....they were never chalky to me....what you ment by chalky???....

[@hmax1591]

don't you have a toothpick to poke a small hole? couldn't stand you pokin that tube opening with that blunt object and you are going to teach me to paint?

[@RanGotPunkd09]

Wow. Rude.

[@OneTrueWord1988]

H Max: Please practice kindness and gratitude; you will become a much happier person. Wishing you the best, and better days ahead.