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R&F Drawing Oil Stick - Titanium-Zinc White, 12 ml
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$6.36
Blick Art Materials · recorded 2026-10-21T06:03:46.919220000Z
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Product details
- Size
- 12 ml
- Blick SKU
- 01809-1202
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.
Titanium White
- Pigment code
- PW6
- Type
- inorganic
- Chemical name
- titanium dioxide
- Chemical formula
- TiO2
- Properties
- Titanium White is the most brilliant of the white pigments. It is considered an all purpose oil color useful in all techniques and the best all around white. Its masstone is neither warm nor cool, placing it somewhere between Lead White and Zinc White. It is less prone to cracking and yellowing than Lead White, but it still yellows easily. Titanium White dries slowly in oil form, more slowly than Lead White but more quickly than Zinc White. It is opaque in oil and acrylic forms and semi-opaque in watercolor form. This pigment has good chemical stability, and its tinting strength is superior to both Lead White and Zinc White.
- Permanence
- Titanium White has excellent permanence and lightfastness.
- Toxicity
- Titanium dioxide is highly stable and is regarded as non-toxic.
- History
- Titanium is the ninth most abundant element in the Earth's crust, however mineral deposits that are economical to mine are less common. Titanium dioxide was first discovered in 1821, although it could not be mass produced until 1919. Widespread use of the pigment began in the 1940s. Since that time, it has become the most commonly used white pigment. The name comes from the Latin word Titan, the name for the elder brother of Kronos and ancestor of the Titans, and from the Greek word tito, meaning day or sun.
Zinc White
- Pigment code
- PW4
- Type
- inorganic
- Chemical name
- zinc(II)-oxide
- Chemical formula
- ZnO
- Properties
- Zinc White is the coolest white, and it has a cold, clean masstone and a slightly bluish tint. It has less hiding power and is more transparent than other whites. It dries slowly and is good for painting wet into wet and for glazing and scumbling. Zinc White is neither as opaque nor as heavy as Lead White, its covering power is not as good, and it takes much longer to dry. However, it does not blacken when exposed to sulfur in the air as Lead White does. It is very valuable for making tints with other colors. Unmixed Zinc White dries to a brittle and dry paint film that may crack over the years, so it is not good for frescoing. It is more transparent in acrylic form than Titanium White and is the most commonly used white with gouache. Chinese White is a version of Zinc White appropriate for opaque watercolor techniques.
- Permanence
- Zinc White has great permanence and lightfastness.
- Description
- Chinese White, French White, Permanent White, Silver White, Snow White, Zinc Oxide.
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