OIL STICK

This material allows oil painting to be approached differently. It extends the artist's freedom of expression, allowing a greater degree of spontaneity, of "expressionism".

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The Oil Stick is a composition of oil paint. A proportion of the oil is substituted with a neutral mineral wax, resulting in the stick appearance.

These colours are of perfect quality: pure pigments are ground into vegetable oils (siccatives), selected for their low degree of yellowing with time.
The choice and high concentration of pigments enables excellent light resistance to be achieved.
These colours are applied discreetly to conventional oil painting supports
(oil-proof or universal) and demand quality background preparation.

Supports: canvas, canvas boards, laminated panels, paper.
Solid oil paint should be applied in a relatively thin film (no more than 1mm). Layers can be overlapped, in the same manner as paste oil paint, and can, if necessary, be thinned with petroleum or turpentine. Before use, the surface film should be removed. This latter will re-form after a few days of non-use. Paint applied dries within 2 to 5 days depending on layer thickness and atmospheric conditions. A clear medium is available allowing transparency and glazing effects
to be achieved.

Solid artists' quality colours are available in opaque or transparent shades, depending on the shades of the pigments used. The product may be stored for extended periods of time and requires no special attention, apart from avoiding heat sources that may damage it.

Once dry, the paint may be varnished like conventional oil paint, after a minimum drying period of 6 months, using an oil paint finishing varnish.

All about technical information (colorindex, lightfastness,...) is available at the Sennelier Resources Center Back to the OIL STICK page About wooden sets of 12 and 36 sticks About cardboard sets of 6 sticks To the Resellers Map  ...
SENNELIER Extra-Fine Solid Oil Sticks can be used alone or in combination with to oil colours in tubes. The oil stick colours can be used for an entire painting. They are applied directly to any traditional oil-painting support, such as canvas, wood panel or fine art paper. They need the same archival...
The Oil Stick range includes 63 colors + 1 medium.The solid oil sticks exist in 3 sizes: 38ml (standard size, 64 references) and 96ml (large stick, 8 references) but also a 12ml stick (mini) present in the initiation sets. 3 price levels (series 1 to 3) depending on the pigments used in the manufacture...
Wooden boxes Two wooden boxes are available: A box of 36 standard size sticks, and a box of 12 standard size sticks accompanied by a painting knife, charcoals for sketching and a Sennelier cloth. item number :Box of 36 sticks of 38ml: N130124.00Box of 12 sticks and accessories: N130118.00 All about...
Cardboard sets of 6x38ml sticks (standard size) Two assortments of 6 standard sticks are available: The set combining 3 metallic colors and 3 fluorescent colors, for artists wishing to broaden their creative field, and the set of 6 colors for initiation. Setof 6 discovery sticksCode: N130123.. Set...