When you are ready to start your next oil painting, pick up Shiva oil paintsticks instead of a brush.Ideal for outlining and sketching, Richeson Paintsticks are refined linseed oil blended with a quality pigmentand solidified into a convenient stick form.Richeson Paintsticks can be spread or blended and used with conventional paintsticks.No unpleasant odors or fumes.Remember oil Paintsticks are real oil colors, so the same techniques, mediums and surfacescan be used as tube oil paints, including varnishes . Available in 51 professional colors, and 16 iridescent colors