周五继续收看, May 24th from 4-6pm to paint a floral still life still at the 谷仓 using Oil Sticks! 网上注册

In addition to your creation on a 1" thick birch wood panel, you will get to bring home your own set of Oil Sticks! This materials cost of $47 is included in your registration. A little goes a long way so this take-home set will last you through many more creations! They will surely become your new favorite medium. 如果你是一个经验丰富的油画家, these are an exciting addition to your routine, and if you have never touched oil paints, this is a wonderful introduction to them, since you have the option to leave out all the hassle of excessive oil painting supplies by simply using the sticks on their own.

Oil sticks are essentially oil paint crayons with a luxurious, buttery consistency. These sticks are make by taking oil paint, that is made of pigment and an oil based binder, adding wax and shaping into sticks to fit comfortably in your hand. 直接在画布上作画, 各种标记制作是可能的, light pressure looks like a crayon and a lot of pressure looks like a juicy brushstroke. After paint has been applied to the canvas, it can be manipulated just like regular oil paint, 用刷子, 调色板刀, 亚麻籽油, 和松节油. 不使用时, 一个瘦, hard outer shell forms on the oil sticks, keeping the material underneath soft and allows for easy storage.

Oil Sticks are an experience unlike any other medium! Combining the best aspects of oil painting with the hands-on nature of drawing, the act of creating with Oil Sticks is just as exciting as the finished product. 就像用口红画画一样, the center of the oil stick is velvety and can be built up incredibly thick. Different from an oil pastel which contains a non-drying agent, oil sticks dry down just like regular oil paint, 慢慢地, 但最终还是干了. Oil Sticks can be used alone or in combination with other oil based art materials.

油棒在20世纪80年代开始普及, 像巴斯奎特这样的混合媒体艺术家, but came into existence earlier in the twentieth century. A version of oil pastels was created around 1930, but about 15 years later Pablo Picasso complained to a friend about the lack of a colored pastel with which he could paint on any surface, 不需要准备或启动.