Oil stick

Oil sticks or oil bars are a (typically oil based) art medium. It is produced in a stick form similar to that of a crayon or oil pastel. It is distinguished from oil pastel in that drying oil such as linseed oil is used as the main binder and does not have to be framed under glass as with oil pastels which use a non-drying oil as the primary binder[1].

A stack of Turquoise Blue "Pigment Sticks" in the factory of R&F Handmade Paints in Kingston NY ready to be wrapped.

Oil sticks are oil paint in solid form. Oil sticks are made by blending the oil and pigment with wax and pouring it into molds to form an oil stick[2]. Oil sticks can be used interchangeably with traditional tube oils to produce drawings, paintings, and sketches. Popularized in the 1980's by such artists as Jean-Michel Basquiat, oil sticks have become much more common in contemporary oil painting in recent years.

See also
  • List of artistic media

References
  1. Gottsegen, Mark David. (2006). The painter's handbook : a complete reference (Revised and expanded ed.). New York: Watson-Guptill Publications. ISBN 0823034968. OCLC 65518868.
  2. "Pigment Sticks". R&F Handmade Paints. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
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