Description 38ml, Series 1 Oil sticks (also known as oil bars) allow oil painting to be approached differently, extending the artist’s freedom of expression and allowing a greater degree of spontaneity. The Oil Stick is a composition of oil paint – some of the oil is substituted with a neutral mineral wax, resulting in a solid oil paint. These colours are of excellent quality: pure pigments are ground into vegetable oils, 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 can be applied to conventional oil painting supports. Oil sticks should be applied in a relatively thin film (no more than 1mm). Layers can be overlapped, in the same manner as oil paint, and can, if necessary, be thinned with petroleum or turpentine. Before use, the surface film should be removed. It will re-form after a few days. Paint applied dries within 2 to 5 days depending on layer thickness and atmospheric conditions. 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
