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R&F Drawing Oil Stick - Olive Yellow, 12 ml

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Size
12 ml
Blick SKU
01809-4242
About this product range
  • Professional, handmade oil sticks
  • 40 brilliant colors
  • Loaded with rich pigment
  • Made with linseed oil and natural waxes
  • Harder formula for clean, controlled marks
  • Dries to a permanent, protective film — no fixative needed

R&F Drawing Oils are handmade in small batches with the same formula as the brand’s bestselling Pigment Sticks. They’ve got the depth and brilliance of true oil paint, but in a harder, smoother 12 ml stick — less oil, more natural wax. That firmer feel means they hold a point for controlled linework and clean layering, yet they’re still smooth enough for expressive gestures. If you love the richness of oil color but want the precision of a drawing tool, these are made for you.

Many drawing materials have long-term archival issues. Oil pastels never fully dry, and soft pastels, chalk, and charcoal stay loose, requiring fixative and glass. R&F Drawing Oils don't have those problems — they dry completely to a permanent, smudge-resistant oil film and never need fixative. With no added driers, drying time varies by pigment.

Great for travel, quick studies, and on-the-spot color work, each stick measures about 3-3/8" long — slightly smaller than Pigment Sticks. They blend easily with oil painting mediums, Pigment Sticks, or tube oils, and dry to a permanent matte finish. Use them for sketchbook work, plein air studies, underpaintings, or final details. Apply with brushes for watercolor-like washes, blending stumps for soft transitions, or a firm eraser for reductive techniques.

Because they’re made with linseed oil, they naturally form a thin protective skin on the outside. This layer preserves the fresh paint inside; just sharpen, slice, or draw on scrap paper for fresh color.

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 Yellow

Pigment code
PY37
Type
inorganiic, cadmium
Chemical name
cadmium(II)-sulfide
Chemical formula
CdS
Properties
Cadmium Yellow is brilliant, dense, and opaque, with good tinting strength and very high hiding power. It is the artist’s principal bright yellow and is available in light, medium, and dark shades. The deeper shades appear deep orange and have the greatest tinting strength. It is slow-drying in oil form and is used in both oil and watercolor form. It cannot be mixed with copper-based pigments. A clean Cadmium Orange is created when Cadmium Yellow is mixed with Cadmium Red. Hues vary by brand. Cadmium pigments have been partially replaced by azo pigments, which are similar in lightfastness to the cadmium colors, cheaper, and non-toxic. Cadmium Yellow is usually available in a pure grade, or in a cadmium-barium mix. This mix has the same permanence with a lower tinting strength.
Permanence
Cadmium Yellow is lightfast and permanent in most forms, but like most cadmium colors, it will fade in fresco or mural painting. The deeper shades are the most permanent. The pale varieties have been known to fade with exposure to sunlight.
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. Oil colors were first made from Cadmium Yellow pigments in 1819, replacing toxic Chrome (lead) Yellows. However, their production was delayed until 1840 due to the scarcity of cadmium metals. Landscape painters, such as Claude Monet, preferred Cadmium Yellow to the less expensive Chrome Yellow because of its higher chroma and greater purity of color.
Description
Aurora Yellow, Cadmium Primrose Yellow, Cadmium Zinc Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Primrose Yellow. Deep Cadmium Yellow is sometimes called Orient Yellow.

Ultramarine Violet

Pigment code
PV15
Type
inorganic
Chemical name
complex silicate of sodium and aluminum with sulfur
Chemical formula
H2Na(4-6)Al6Si6O24S2
Properties
Ultramarine Violet is a semi-transparent, dull purple to pale violet with low tinting strength. As a pigment, it is weak in most oil applications, but it performs better in water-based mediums, pastels, and chalks. It is generally the bluest of the violet pigments, although there can be significant differences in color across brands. It is not suitable for fresco work and does not mix well with yellows. Ultramarine Violet is a variant of Ultramarine Blue, and their pigment properties are identical.
Permanence
Ultramarine Violet has excellent permanence and lightfastness.
Toxicity
Ultramarine Violet has no significant hazards.
History
Unknown.
Description
Mineral Violet, Violet Ultramarine, Ultramarine Red.

Yellow Iron Oxide

Pigment code
PY42
Chemical name
iron(III)-oxide, hydrated
Chemical formula
Fe2O3 • H2O
Properties
Yellow Ochre provides artists with earthtones from cream to brown. It has good hiding power, produces a quick drying paint, and can be safely mixed with other pigments. Its transparency varies widely from opaque shades to more transparent ones, which are valued for their use as glazes. If gypsum is present, Yellow Ochre is not suitable for frescoing. (See Brown Ochre, PY43.) PY42 is made from synthetic iron oxides. PY43 is made from natural iron oxide.
Permanence
Yellow Ochre has excellent permanence because ochres are some of the most permanent pigments available.
History
Ochre comes from the Greek word ochros, meaning pale yellow. It was one of the first pigments to be used by human beings, and evidence of its use has been found at 300,000 year old sites in France and the former Czechoslovakia.
Description
Chamois, Iron Yellow, Mars Orange, Mars Yellow, Minette, Ochre, Sil, Yellow Earth, Yellow Ochre, Yellow Oxide. Varieties of Yellow Ochre include Brown Ochre, Flesh Ochre, Roman Ochre, Spruce Ochre, and Transparent Gold Ochre.

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