Phoenix Watersoluble Oil Stick 6 colors Set

When I saw these listed, I could not WAIT to get them. I am an artist, and love to work with a wide variety of media. This looked like an interesting art tool so I thought I would try it.

HOW THESE COME

These come well packed in a tin which has cushioning and individual places to keep the colors so they don't bang around when the box is moved around. There is a parchment paper layer on top to keep them from hitting the lid too.

TEXTURE

These are the size of large preschool crayons. The paint sticks themselves are wrapped with a label making them easier to handle. That is good because they are pretty sticky and soft.

KNIFE

The palette knife that comes with this is small but very flexible and easy to work with. I like it a LOT.

HOW TO WORK WITH THESE

I have posted a photo of me just quickly messing around with these. I did not try to do a really serious painting yet as I want to experiment and get to know them first. I took the palette knife and scraped off what I needed. I then put the paint stick scraping on the canvas board and then I smoothed it out.

I tried smoothing it with a finger, a tortillon, a smooth wood head, the palette knife, and a brush. They move around but they ball up really easily and are hard to spread often. This is challenging and will take some time to learn to use them best.

MIXING

Mixing with these is interesting. When I place layers on the canvas of various colors, I can smear it and then do sgraffito in the surface. It will separate out into…

These solid paints come in sticks, which you can use dry, and layer, or mix with water and/or oil mediums.

I found they blend better with an oil medium in my testing.

The colors are vibrant and bold. It is easy to create your own thickness, as is your preference, and blend colors together.

It comes with a paint mixing tool, which can be used to cut off the amount you want to further mix, as well as using the tool for the actual mixing and blending of colors.

I found these to be a buildable medium, too.

As an amateur painter, I enjoy trying different mediums. This allows for easy storage without having to worry about your paint drying out.

I was most impressed with the high amount of pigment, resulting in beautiful color!

These solid paints come in sticks, which you can use dry, and layer, or mix with water and/or oil mediums.I found they blend better with an oil medium in my testing.The colors are vibrant and bold. It is easy to create your own thickness, as is your preference, and blend colors together.It comes with a paint mixing tool, which can be used to cut off the amount you want to further mix, as well as using the tool for the actual mixing and blending of colors.I found these to be a buildable medium, too.As an amateur painter, I enjoy trying different mediums. This allows for easy storage without having to worry about your paint drying out.I was most impressed with the high amount of pigment, resulting in beautiful color!

I have to say - I’m intrigued by these. These have great vibrancy to them as well as some stiff texture that allows them to be laid very thickly for some height. Water them down and you have something more traditional. They remind me of crayons or even lipstick. I think these will be a great addition to a street artist’s quiver of tools - accents of color on sketches, etc. Very convenient for handling if you want to use it like crayons… I think this would be a perfect kit for your little artists at home too. Very interesting stuff… I’ll be having some fun with it, experimenting and seeing how I can incorporate them in unique ways. (People still won’t like my work, but hey. LOL)