SENNELIER Oil Stick Set, Basic Introductory Colors, 6 Artist Quality Sticks, 38ml

Beautiful Artist Oil Sticks! Great value to try these out. I find them nice to use. Not too dry, nor overly oily at all. If others find them dry, I suggest using a little linseed oil on whatever surface you are using them on, before you use the stick. Or you can even dip your brush in the oil a tiny bit then add the color to the brush. I prefer my sticks a tad more on the dry side if I have the choice. You can always add oil, as it's much harder to remove excess oils already in the sticks... These colors are vibrant and rich, and they blend together beautifully. These are very similar to the sticks invented for the great Artist Picasso, by Sennelier, except his at the early times were pastels only, in those days.. Which are also fantastic!!

I use these paint stick exclusively. It has the most pigment blended into that creamy oil for an experience like no other Viva La France!

I finally got this oil sticks almost a week ago. I was so happy as this was a prime deal that I got and it took over a month to finally get my sticks. I am so happy with my order because I got the new version of the oil sticks kinda impressed.

I tried two different brands. Oil sticks are good to add to one's painting repetoire. The quality is different with both brands and prices differ. Just use them and create.

Beautiful chunky things! Easy to apply as a rich, creamy mark. Can’t wait to use them a lot.

Love these! Color is beautiful and this is a bargain price!

These are awful. They don’t have much opacity. Low pigment load. They are hard to work with and get a film on them that is a mess to remove. Hard cutting into the paper and using more of the stick. R&F is much better but takes a long time to dry

Speed with incorrect colors but the seller was very easy to work with and replaced the missing color, no problem.

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Rapide, bon état,

I have been wanting to try oil bars for some time and settled on these ones because of the good reviews. They are made in France and that is usually also a good sign. They are quite different than using traditional oil paint & the bonus is that they can be layered with traditional oils. You can use them like a giant oil pastel for drawing effects, or blend them using a brush and some mineral spirits or turps. The most stand out feature is how highly pigmented they are. My only complaint would be the white stick in the set. It is titanium white, but is weak and doesn’t have the pigmentation or coverage typical of titanium or that the other bars have. The veridian green also doesn’t have great coverage, but that is forgivable, since that pigment in general tends to naturally run more on the transparent side-being a dark colour and all. Thankfully, the Cadmium red and cobalt/pthalo blue are powerhouses in pigmentation & coverage, and will do the job well. These oil sticks don’t flatten out and deaden. They have a nice matte quality with a slight lustre- not glossy. They run smooth and glide on the surface well. *con: this is not so much of a complaint as it’s just a heads up to anyone who hasn’t used oil stick before. After a few days, they form skins which need to be peeled off. This can be a messy endeavour and don’t even bother using gloves. It will make more of a mess. My little tip of advice would be to use a small diamond head palette knife and carefully remove the skin off that way. You will get a much cleaner result & a more concise lift of the paint film that forms on all of them when they’re not in use. A great product-will buy again.

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Excellent value and good quality. The first time I’ve used oil sticks and a little goes a long way as the colour is very intense. Used in mixed media, mainly encaustic painting.