REAL PRICE DROPS. NO TRASH DEALS.
Art supplies for less, measured against prices we’ve actually recorded.
Supplies
Taking a look on the shelf…
FIELD NOTES / MEET YOUR SUPPLY SCOUT
A collector.
Not a gatekeeper.
Snag has a nose for art supplies and no use for pretend bargains. He scouts out the materials you want, with a notebook that tells you what we actually know.
Rummage the shelf
THE SCOUT’S CODE
Small paws.
Clear ground rules.
- 01
Keep the source.
Real retailer listings. Exact products and variants. A missing price stays missing.
- 02
Show the evidence.
Undated imports are catalog snapshots, not live prices. Dated history begins with a successful retailer check.
- 03
Never invent the drop.
One checked price is one observation, not a trend. Undated snapshots never become price drops or target alerts.
Your ArtSnag account
Snag’s Finds
Tools, color and paper, gathered by the way you like to make. Editorial selections, not a discount ranking.
R&F Pigment Stick - Cadmium Red Light, 188 ml stick
Pigment Stick
Recorded retailer price · not live
$78.60
Blick Art Materials · recorded 2026-10-21T13:52:15.895188000Z
Price tracking and alerts are coming soon. Saving an item does not start monitoring.
Product details
- Size
- 188 ml
- Blick SKU
- 01107-3094
About this product range
- Professional, handmade oil color sticks
- 96 luminous colors
- Richly pigmented
- Linseed oil and natural waxes, no fillers
- Smooth and rich for expressive mark making
- Small batch production, made in the USA
R&F Pigment Sticks put the paint directly in your hand, eliminating the separation between brush and surface. These are true oil colors, handmade in small batches with just enough wax added to shape them into a stick. Made with three simple, traditional materials—natural bee and plant waxes, linseed oil, and pigments of unmatched purity—their lipstick-soft consistency invites spontaneous mark making and results in strong, durable films.
With a range of 96 colors, R&F Pigment Sticks offer a liberating alternative to the limited palettes of traditional printmaking or tube paints. Use them on their own or mix with traditional oil colors. Thin them with turpentine or mineral spirits, or work them directly into stand oil, linseed oil, alkyd mediums, or resin gels. Whether you're sketching loosely on canvas or building up rich layers, Pigment Sticks deliver a direct, tactile experience that bridges the gap between drawing and painting.
They work on any surface suitable for traditional oil painting—sized canvas, paper, or panels. For a faster-drying, matte finish, try more absorbent surfaces like clay-coated papers. Once fully dry, Pigment Stick artwork can be varnished just like any oil painting.
Small sticks are 38 ml—about the same as a standard tube of artists' oil paint. Medium sticks are 100 ml. Large sticks are 188 ml.
Pigment information
General reference notes about pigments can describe other media (such as oil). They do not verify this product’s exact formulation or behavior.
Cadmium Red
- Pigment code
- PR108
- Type
- inorganic, cadmium
- Chemical name
- cadmium sulfide and cadmium selenide
- Chemical formula
- CdS x CdSe
- Properties
- Cadmium Red is a bright, warm red that ranges in shade from orange-red to maroon and is available in light, medium, and dark versions. It is strong and opaque, with good tinting strength. Cadmium Red dries slowly. It grays down when mixed with white, mixes well with blues to create a range of browns, and mixes well with Cadmium Yellow to create a strong orange. It also works well in neutral mixes. Cadmium pigments have been partially replaced by azo pigments, which are similar in lightfastness to the cadmium colors, cheaper, and non-toxic. Hues vary by brand. Cadmium Red is usually available in either a pure grade or a cadmium-barium mix. The cadmium-barium mix has the same permanence as pure Cadmium Red, but it has a lower tinting strength.
- Permanence
- Cadmium Red is lightfast and permanent in most forms, but like many cadmium pigments, it will fade in fresco or mural painting. Its improved lightfastness has helped it to replace Vermilion on the artist’s palette.
- Toxicity
- Cadmium Red is a known human carcinogen. It is extremely toxic if inhaled and slightly toxic if ingested.
- History
- Cadmiums get their names from the Latin word cadmia meaning zinc ore calamine, and the Greek word kadmeia, meaning Cadmean earth, first found near Thebes, the city founded by the Phoenician prince Cadmus. Metallic cadmium was discovered in 1817 by Friedrich Strohmeyer, but Cadmium Red was not introduced until 1907 in Germany.
- Description
- Cadmium Scarlet, Selenium Red.
Related supplies
- R&F Pigment Stick - Cadmium Red Light, 38 ml stick
- R&F Pigment Stick - Cadmium Red Light, 100 ml stick
- R&F Pigment Stick - Cadmium Red Medium, 38 ml stick
- R&F Pigment Stick - Cadmium Red Medium, 188 ml stick
- R&F Pigment Stick - Cadmium Red Medium, 100 ml stick
- R&F Pigment Stick - Cadmium Red Deep, 38 ml stick
- R&F Pigment Stick - Cadmium Red Deep, 188 ml stick
- R&F Pigment Stick - Cadmium Red Deep, 100 ml stick
- R&F Pigment Stick - Turkey Red, 38 ml
- R&F Pigment Stick - Turkey Red, 188 ml
- R&F Pigment Stick - Turkey Red, 100 ml stick
- R&F Pigment Stick - Mars Red, 38 ml stick