White Nights Professional Watercolor Set 36 Full Pans of Extra Fine Artist Grade Pigments, Vibrant Lightfast Colors in Durable Plastic Box by Nevskaya Palitra

I read few reviews about this brand and decided to give it a try. Indeed its very satisfying and brings a big smile to my face every time I paint and use it.The one I ordered is 36 pan which comes in sturdy white palette and large mixing areas. Each pan is 2.5ml/full pan and the palette can fit a big brush (brush is not included). I use many different watercolor brands, so this definitely can keep me for quite some time although I still find an excuse to use it every time :)The palette is perfect fit when I'm travelling. Watercolor has very strong pigmentation, easy to rewet, good transparancy and glide smoothly on the paper.In my painting, I don't do lots of mixing/max 2 colors and I found no issues, such as muddy paint.Now I'm thinking of my student grade Winsor & Newton 45 half pan which I bought as my first watercolor paint. Although I'm a beginner, after I got the St Petersburg watercolor, I realised that artist quality does make difference to my paintings.It's not really nice to say, but I should have purchased St Petersburg in the first hand if I knew earlier rather than buying student grade which has lower quality in vibrancy and difficulty to rewet the paints.Having said that, this is just my own opinion and experience. It may not necessarily fit to your circumstance/consideration, such as budget to spend, the amount of time you paint, and how passionate you are about watercolor.After all, buying artist watercolor doesnt come in cheap price tags and it's an investment decision.St Petersburg paint, however is pretty affordable, and really a good value for your money to get artist quality paint.Hope my reviews can share some info to everyone on purchasing watercolor.Happy painting all..^^Lola JF

Words can't truly describe how much I love this set. The colors are vibrant and with the honey content, they rewet easily. Considering these are 36 full pans of real pigments (cadmiums, cobalt) rather than hues, the set is a great deal.The yellows (including several cadmiums and yellow ocher) are semi-opaque and the blues are more transparent. Some of the earthy browns are a bit granulating. The cobalt and browns do take a couple minutes longer than other pigments to soften up but they're fine as long as you give them a few drops of water and some time to sit. The selection includes everything you would need for a split primary palette and then some; I originally bought it so I'd have a wide selection colors for practicing triad exercises but it has become my go-to paint set for everything else too.The palette is plastic but sturdy. This is NOT a travel palette. It is large and the pans are not anchored into the tray. This is perfect for studio use because it is easy to lift the pans out even when they are wet and gummy from the honey. According to YouTube reviews, the travel 12-pan version does come with a track than the pans slide into to keep them anchored so they won't stick to the lid but this 36-pan set is not a travel set. A pleasant surprise is the palette mixes well right out of the box, with very little beading and no scuffing required.Shipping was quick. Set arrived a week before the beginning of the delivery estimate window.

I got these as a warm-up set and put them away, thinking at this price they couldn't really be all that good. Yes. They. Are. After working with Daniel Smith and other high end paints, I got them out just to use them up and have a travel case. I had to make several swatch pages to see if I was really seeing the quality I thought I was seeing. I was! And there are colors here that aren't usually found in sets in this price range. Some reviewers have remarked about the lightfastness, but I'm seeing the same rankings on the wrappers as I find in other, much more expensive, sets. The best part is that there are only a few that are made with more than one pigment, making them very easy to mix without getting mud. I do like Daniel Smith because of the granulation, but most of the earth tones here also granulate. Confession time. I have TWO of these sets, and yet my fingers are itching to buy a third, even though I don't need one. I did topple one set on the floor and had the pans scatter everywhere. That turned out to be a good thing. It showed me just how densely pigmented these are because I couldn't tell the colors apart without swatching (the darker the paint in the pan, the denser the pigmentation). Unlike Holbein, which uses many different pigments in most of their colors, as well as white, these give a very crisp, fresh color and are fabulous for layering while maintaining transparency. he scattered pans also gave me a chance to write the color name on each pan before putting them back in the palette and securing each one with a small piece of rolled painters tape. I can remove one without them all pulling up. Don't be fooled by the price. These are excellent.

Great! Highly pigmented and smooth