• Markal Artists Paintstiks are real oil paint in stick form - they are not crayons, oil pastels or soft pastels. They are made from highly refined drying oils blended with the finest pigments and moulded into sticks, that liquify and flow onto the painting surface as it is applied.
  
  
• The Paintstiks perform beautifully with all conventional oil paints. All the same techniques you are accustomed to can be used, including the use of mediums and finishing varnishes.
  
  
• The Paintstiks are ideal for quick, spontaneous sketches - they require no mixing, no palette, no brushes. Many art teachers find they are very useful in teaching the fundamentals of oil painting without using valuable classroom time for mixing paint and cleaning up.
  
  
• Excellent for stencilling (they are often known as stencil sticks') - the consistency is ideal, they are economical as less paint is wasted, less time is needed for cleaning up, they will not run, they are handy to transport and store - the list goes on!
  
  
• Can be used on many surfaces including paper, canvas, cloth, painted surfaces such as walls, glass or ceramics.

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