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White Nights watercolors by Saint Petersburg based company Nevskaya Palitra.

Palestinian Wildflowers, (calendar), Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center مركز خليل السكاكيني الثقافي, Ramallah, (2005-)2006 [The ‏Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center Collection, The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive, The Palestinian Museum, Birzeit]

Botanical Paintings: John Musgrave, Louis Nakhleh Design: Palitra Graphic Design Print: Studio Alpha Sponsor: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung e.V., Berlin

Sat down for some painting again a few days ago and gave the Nevskaya Palitra gouache paints a proper go.

Sure, they're no match for my Schmincke, M.Graham and Daniel Smitch gouaches, but they are super solid paints! Definitely going to get some good use out of them in my sketchbooks.

WATERCOLOR COMPARISON/REVIEW POST

provided by this dumbass

!!!!PLEASE READ FIRST!!!!

these are MY PERSONAL OPINIONS and you can feel diffrently about these paints and i actually encourage that you voice your own opinions in the comments/reblogs. Same with brands that you yourself recommend. I am restricted in the paint brands i can get my hands on due to my location so i cannot speak for other countries really so i hope by this post may encourage other people to speak out about their favourite brands That being said please reblog this if you found it helpful i wanna help as much people to make an informed purchase since watercolor isnt cheap and it pains my heart when i people loose their money due to buying an overpriced shitty set

!!!!INFO!!!!

- this is based after usage on both very good watercolor paper (100% cotton 300g/m^2) AND a "decent" sketchbook (sakura/talens sketchbooks, which arent made for watercolor)

TO THE ACTUAL COMPARISON/REVIEW

1. WINSOR AND NEWTON - COTMAN (+one professional) Personally i feel like its one of the best options available for beginners and more advanced artists. Here where i live its one of the most easily available watercolors and i consider it the "safest" option It can be rather expensive with one half pan costing around 2.8~ euros and 8ml tubes going for around 4.8~ euros but i can assure you that they come a long way like most watercolors (and you can often find them cheaper) POINTS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IF YOU BUY (PTTIAIYB) - you dont need to buy a full set unless it really comes out cheaper and you plan on using the full range of colors - i recomment buying tubes instead of halfpans if you are on a budget and want to take this seriously. it will get you far more paint especially if you manage to find them on sale. YOU CAN BUY HALF PANS SEPARATELY - if you dont have a box dont worry! make one yourself and tape the halfpans inside it with something like nano tape 2. RENESANS - EXTRA FINE WATERCOLOR This one is a mixed bag for me. The value is amazing as they cost ~1.3 euro per pan and are very pigmented but they are mostly only available in poland and are rather thick. I would say they are person specific and you should give them a try if you can PTTIAIYB - INTENSE AND EF ARE NOT THE SAME PAINTS there are no tubes for EF. only pans 3. SAKURA - KOI WATERCOLOR

if you have no other watercolor supplies and you plan on taking your set places this is a great place to start imo. you get everything you really need and its really nice. the watercolor can be a little grainy at times compared to COTMAN for example but its still very good Its a very good student grade watercolor if youre just starting out! (they will fade in sun after some time as they are not as lightfast as the brands above from my research) PTTIAIYB - if you finish a color refills are hard to get and are more expensive than what its worth. try finding a nice tubed paint that is similar instead :) 4. NEVSKAYA PALITRA - SONNET These are great paints in my opinion, very smooth and nice to paint with and you get a lot of paint in the set. They are student grade and some colors will fade after a year in the sun PTTIAIYB - these paints are russian and i know some people would rather not buy any russian products at all due to world events. from what i gathered the best substitudes for them are Ukrainian ROSA watercolors and paul rubens student grade colors [i was not aware of either of these existance before buying the SONNET watercolors] - no refills available from what i gathered 5. KURETAKE - GANSAI TAMBI Personally i dont vibe with these at all. they are hard to work with, they are weirdly glossy and come out patchy on less luxurious paper which i know is a pain to get cheaply. they arent very cheap either! >:[ but they are definetely special compared to other paints! if you like them maybe give me some tips! PTTIAIYB - only available in pans BUT you can buy them separately - pans are VERY BIG. might be hard and inconvenient if you 6. DERWENT - INKTENSE

I have the biggest love-hate relationship with these ever. On one hand they are something way diffrent than what any other watercolor can offer, they have some colors not available in other sets and are generally weird af BUT ON THE OTHER they are very hard to work with and dont really hold up on the promises made mostly the "pernament when dry" claim That is kinda bullshit ngl. even my swatches which have been drying for like 6 months at this point still lift up from the paper IMO unless you REALLY want them and get yourself educated on them DO NOT BUY. Especially if youre just starting out PTTIAIYB - get educated on pros and cons - technically NOT watercolor (rolls eyes)

That was the last set of better watercolor i own heres a picture of all of the sets mentioned and how they look in action! (scanned and in picture)

GUIDE ON HOW TO READ

spread test

blend test

test to see how easily it reactivates with the layers below

on top of pen and pencil

eraser test

and then little faces painted with the watercolors

IF YOURE READING THIS

know that watercolor is not for everyone and you might not like it, but in some cases if you dont have the correct supplies you might get discouraged early :( please dont give up but also dont force yourself to do something you dont want to (i for example will not pick up a pastel ever lol) no matter on what art level you are your art is special so feel free to share your watercolor paintings and thoughts on paints that you use in the reblogs i will try my best to see all of them :) Have a great day and have fun creating Mistake of nature

Don't support russian aggression, don't buy Nevskaya Palitra products, you pay them money, they pay taxes, taxes go to army which kills people for putin's greed and dictatorship. There are many other and better brands!!!

короче хотела закончить работу с портретом по живописи, но мои краски частично 10-летней давности начали сдавать позиции, в частности те цвета, которые я часто использую. Попыталась вспомнить название цветов, которые мне нужны и заодно саму фирму красок, потому что на данный момент такую, как у себя, на полках в художественном магазине я не видела. С ГОРЕМ ПОПОЛАМ Я ВСПОМНИЛА ФИРМУ (называлась оан "санкт-петербург" от производителей "невская палитра") а потом и цвет Это была Охра жёлтая ЭТО БЫЛА, БЛЯТЬ, ОХРА ЖЁЛТАЯ, А НЕ УМБРА ЖЖЁНАЯ, ЁБАНЫЙ В РОТ

[upd: "in short wanted to finish my portrait painting job, but my paints are partially 10 years old and are starting to give up, particularly the colors I use a lot. I tried to remember the name of the colors I need and at the same time the paint company itself, because at the moment I have not seen one like mine on the shelves in an art store. With woe I remembered the firm (it was called "St. Petersburg" from manufacturers "Nevskaya Palitra") and then the color It was Ochre yellow. IT WAS FUCKING OCHRE YELLOW, NOT FUCKING UMBER BURNED" ]

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МУЗЫКАЛЬНАЯ ПАЛИТРА

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КРАСОЧНАЯ ПАЛИТРА

1 июня в Центральной городской библиотеке им. М. Горького в рамках работы арт-пространства «Вернисаж» состоялось открытие выставки работ учащихся Художественной школы Пятигорска. Материал, объединивший экспозицию в единое целое, – текстиль. Батик, древняя народная техника, пришедшая к нам из Индонезии, и лоскутная техника – кинусайга, родившаяся в Японии. Яркие, оригинальные и самобытные полотна, в холле третьего этажа их около 30 штук, заряжают энергией и желанием созидать. Более зрелые работы, среди которых подавляющее большинство дипломных, представили выпускники двух классов преподавателей Ольги Владимировны Поповой и Ирины Владимировны Берловой. Работы учащихся второго и четвёртого классов представила преподаватель Наталья Игнатьевна Корсун. Преподаватели и завуч школы Марина Александровна Павлова произнесли напутственные слова в адрес своих выпускников и тех ребят, которым ещё предстоит учиться в стенах художественной школы. Будущие художники тепло и сердечно благодарили своих учителей за мастерство, доброту и педагогический такт. «Красочная палитра» осталась в стенах городской библиотеки удивлять необычной техникой и дарить посетителям хорошее настроение, радость бытия и несокрушимый оптимизм юности!

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Rando drawing for fun using colors generated by a Twitter palette bot, Palitra. Anyone else actually like seagulls?? :}

I recently bought a set of Nevskaya Palitra Master Class gouache to see how their quality holds up to my Schmincke, M.Graham and Daniel Smith gouaches. They're WORLDS cheaper, but advertised as 'professional grade' (which doesn't necessarily have to mean fuck all) and since I love their White Nights watercolours, I thought I'd give it a shot over the ubiquitous Himi Miya gouache (which is definitely NOT professional grade, it's not lightfast, there is no pigment information and, for me super importantly, getting single refills is a nightmare here in Germany while I can buy the full range of the NP Master Class paints as single tubs).

They, of course, aren't the same quality as my more expensive paints and I didn't expect them to be. I wanted them as practice paints and paints for doing little sketches in my sketchbook and for that, they are MORE than sufficient. They clearly have some fillers in them, but it's not disruptive and it doesn't make them chalky while still maintaining to beautiful, matte surface goauche is so well known for.

They blend well on my usual watercolour paper, go down smooth and even, mix nice and vibrantly even with a few of them having white added to them .... not much to complain about. They even play nice with the wax varnish I like to use (as seen in the first image) without going weird on me...

Palitra is a Twitter bot that generates color palettes. I love all them all, so I decided to throw a bunch together for reference. Feel free to use these color schemes for your own work. :) Palitra can be found here: Palitra_Colors Palitra was created by: bbssppllvv

Higher resolution version HERE.