WC White Nights [Nevskaya Palitra] Water-colors for professional Artists and Students White nights are an amazing phenomenon of nature when the night is as light as the day. It can be observed in St. Petersburg in the beginning of summer. The supreme quality “White Nights” watercolours (WC) combine old masters’ traditions and modern technologies. St.Petersburg “White Nights” watercolours are made by hand from finely ground pigments and binders containing gum Arabic acknowledged as the best natural adhesive for professional watercolours. Synthetic brushes as well as the ones made from Siberian kolinsky and squirrel fur can be applied for work.
Degree of Lightfastness under museum conditions: *** - 100 years completely lightfast ** - 25-100 years lightfast * - 10-25 years lightfast PCxxx - International Pigments Code and Number (see in the description of paint). PWxx - White (number хх) PYxx - Yellow PRxx - Red PVxx - Violet PBxx - Blue PGxx - Green PBrxx - Brown PBkxx - Black PCtr - Pigment C Transparent Opacity (Signs in our catalogs): TR = Transparent ST = Semi-Transparent OP = Opaque Additional Properties: snp - Standing Paint ssp - Semi-Standing Paint nsp - Non-Standing Paint G - Granulating Paint NE - Natural Earth PST - Pastel Color Plastic Pans 2.5 ml (0.0845 oz.) - 134 colors or Aluminium Tubes 10 ml (0.338 oz) - 118 colors Nevskaya Palitra, St.Petersburg Russia |