Shiva Artist's Paintstiks: Oil color in stick form. Shiva Paintstik Oil Color is a real oil paint in solid form. Unlike conventional oil colors Paintstik oil colors usually dry in 24 hours to a flexible film. The colors are completely compatible and can be blended with a finger, brush or palette knife. Since Paintstik Oil Colors are made of specially selected quality pigments mixed with special drying oils solidified in highly refined wax there is no mess and no running color. Paintstiks are self-sealing, nontoxic, fadeproof and permanent and can be used on fabrics, canvas, paper, wood, metal, glass and more. This package contains (1) 4-1/2x5/8" stick. Conforms to ASTM D 4236.