A Birthday Art Haul & Oil Sticks First Impressions: R&F Pigment Sticks, Sennelier & W&N Oilbars

My first impressions of a couple of different brands of oil sticks.

R&F Pigment Sticks Sets:
Open Stock R&F Pigment Sticks:
R&F Blending Stick:
Sennelier Oil Sticks at Jackson's:
Sennelier Oil Sticks at Curtis Ward:
Gamblin Gamsol:
Sizzix Fabulous Bold Flora Die Set:
Khadi A5 20 Sheets:

Music from Uppbeat

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[GreenSharpieScience]

Happy birthday! I started using them about a year ago and they’re so much fun! One tip Ive found very useful is to keep the oil sticks in an air tight glass container. Since they’re ridiculously expensive it always seems a waste to let a thick skin develop on them. Keeping them in an air tight container keeps them wet longer and keeps them from rolling away.

[templemoore]

Oh Helen I hope you had a lovely Birthday week & wind in your sails. 💐😎⛵️ These looked yummy. And you have a nice pallet there. I luv how you go all in when you dive into something new 💪 I’m not afraid of messy, but don’t haven’t the energy for it all…so better you than me 😉That R&F Stil de grain was luminous on the test panel. Look forward to your new creations when you return 👋💜👋

[HiThereHeyThere]

Look forward to seeing some paintings made with these sticks 😍

[tdelphia]

Oh wow...I just looked up the R&F sticks here in the US and 😳 I hadn't thought anything could be costlier than Terry Ludwig soft pastels lol! Art supplies for ourselves are an amazing birthday present 😊

[FaithAnnNB]

What a wonderful birthday gift… happy birthday!!

Haha… WAY too messy for me, but I love watching others use the messy stuff. Can’t wait to see what you create 😊.

[Samantha_tookey]

Happy birthday 🎉 those sticks look such good fun!

[ChantelleArts]

what a stunning haul, really inspiring ☺☺

[kg]

Happy Birthday🎉 This is NOT my medium of choice, but I enjoy watching you play with them😊

[ndadaboy]

Happy Birthday from a fellow Taurus. I love your channel, it's very soothing to see you paint before I go to bed. 🤗

[kimbranson]

Birthday Blessings to you, Helen 🥳 What a fun haul 😃

[jlhyndman]

You have a great selection of colors to work with Helen! I can’t wait to see more work to come. Lovely. ❤ and HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎉

[colleenmcchesney]

Wishing you a wonderful Happy Birthday 🎊 Helen! Wow that looks amazing & lots of fun. Definitely a glove wearing medium to play with. 😊 I am going to have to check out this new medium. Thanks so much for sharing this with us. Enjoy your trip & celebration 🥳!!

[jude]

Happy Birthday! I hope your sailing went well with the weather 🥰 Well, I know what I don't need to spend my $$ on 🤣 Oil pastels are as messy as I want - I am glad I saw you use these, and they answered questions for me! Glad you had fun with them!

[lizhart]

🎉Happy Birthday!

I would create such a disaster with those - I'm bad enough with oil/soft pastels. They do look like such a lot of fun, though! Imagine just going wild on a massive canvas.

I had a look on Jackson's at the open stock R&F sticks out of interest, and they're definitely an investment! As always, I'm most drawn to the rich jewel tones in the upper price series. Why can't I just love earth tones 😂? It's not something that I'd purchase as a hobby artist, but for a professional artist, I can see how they would be amazing to work with, such rich silky pigments.

[ccsullivan_writer]

Happy Birthday! Thanks for all your videos 😊

[pastelsgirl]

Wishing you an early and happy birthday, Helen! 🎉
Interesting haul, messy, but fun to watch. I don’t use oil paints, or bars, or sticks, except maybe, sometimes, the regular oil pastels for some mark making in mixed media pieces. That said, some time ago, I attended an encaustic monotype workshop in my area. We used some of these R&F oil bars to “draw” on a hot plate, mixing them directly on the surface of the hot plate, and then printing the design on paper - very similar to gelli plate mono printing. Oh, that was so much fun!! Thankfully, all the materials and equipment were provided, so I only got to take home my own “creations”, beautiful abstract designs that I can subsequently use as backgrounds, or collage pieces, cards, etc.
Can’t wait to see what you make next! Thank you! I always enjoy your content ❤

[dustydesert]

That was fun to watch. Love the earth colors. Happy Birthday, Helen! 🎉

[KerryAA]

Early Happy Birthday 🎂 Helen 🎉, hope you have a wonderful day xx . Those oil bars look extremely creamy and buttery xx

[reneeugrin]

What a treat to enjoy for your birthday 💐 Have a happy one 🎉

[oraweetaphianthong]

Curious... I saw something very similar to the R&F oil sticks on Taobao. It's similar in design and packaging, same 38ml amount and there a transparent stick for blend too. It's made by a Chinese company so it's much cheaper, of course.

But R&F is made in USA, so surely they can't be the same thing... 🤔

That aside, I very much enjoyed your video. You have provide great information about this interesting medium. Your sample paintings, despite being just shapeless colours, were so beautiful! I just like looking a colours artfully arranged together.