Oil stick

Oil stick, oil bar, or oilstick, is an art medium. It is produced in a stick form similar to that of a crayon or oil pastel. It is distinguished from oil pastel, to which it may appear similar, in that the oil used is comparatively volatile, causing a skin to develop on exposed surfaces.

Oil sticks are oil paint in solid form. Oil sticks are made by compressing wax and oil until it forms into an oil stick. The same basic pigments and drying oils that are used in the formulation of tube paint are combined with wax and rolled into a crayon. Oil sticks can be used to produce drawings, paintings, and sketches. It is not a common medium nor a much used medium however is highly effective in art.

See also

  • List of artistic media

  • Oil!

    Oil! is a novel by Upton Sinclair published in 1927 told as a third person narrative, with only the opening pages written in the second person. The book was written in the context of the Harding administration's Teapot Dome Scandal and takes place in Southern California. It is a social and political satire skewering the human foibles of all its characters.

    The main character is James Arnold Ross Jr., nicknamed Bunny, son of an oil tycoon. Bunny's sympathetic feelings toward oilfield workers and socialists provoke arguments with his father throughout the story.

    The novel served as a loose inspiration for the 2007 film There Will Be Blood.

    Characters

  • James Arnold Ross (aka Dad): is a self-made oil millionaire.
  • James Arnold "Bunny" Ross, Jr.: the protagonist, is the only son of a self-made oil millionaire.
  • Paul Watkins: a farmer's son who runs away from home, is tutored by a free thinker, and becomes an advocate for the rights of laborers. After spending time in Siberia after World War I, he sympathizes with Bolshevism and becomes a Communist.
  • Oil

    An oil is any neutral, nonpolar chemical substance that is a viscous liquid at ambient temperatures and is both hydrophobic (immiscible with water, literally "water fearing") and lipophilic (miscible with other oils, literally "fat loving"). Oils have a high carbon and hydrogen content and are usually flammable and slippery.

    The general definition of oil includes classes of chemical compounds that may be otherwise unrelated in structure, properties, and uses. Oils may be animal, vegetable, or petrochemical in origin, and may be volatile or non-volatile. They are used for food, fuel, lubrication, and the manufacture of paints, plastics, and other materials. Specially prepared oils are used in some religious ceremonies as purifying agents.

    Etymology

    First attested in English 1176, the word oil comes from Old French oile, from Latin oleum, which in turn comes from the Greek ἔλαιον (elaion), "olive oil, oil" and that from ἐλαία (elaia), "olive tree", "olive fruit". The earliest attested forms of the word are the Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀨𐀺, e-ra-wo and 𐀁𐁉𐀺, e-rai-wo, written in the Linear B syllabic script.

    Oil (band)

    Oil is a Christian thrash metal band from Long Beach, California, USA. The band was formed in 1997 by Ron Rinehart, the former vocalist with Dark Angel, who converted to Christianity at a Harvest Crusade after Dark Angel's dissolution in 1992. Other members include lead guitarist Blake Nelson (formerly with Deceiver, Desire and Captain Black) and drummer Jason Vander Pal. Oil has released two studio albums and one live album.

    In 2004, Rinehart left the band to pursue other non-musical interests. The rest of the group is looking for a new vocalist.

    Biography

    Oil's first release was a self-financed EP in 1999.

    The Refine album was well-reviewed for its honest, no frills metal approach. The band performed live gigs, including a show at the Stryper Expo, but Rinehart received an injury soon after the album release which meant Oil did not perform for nearly a year. Once recovered, Rinehart and Oil returned to performing, being announced as special guests to Disciple in April.

    The band recorded a live album Choice Cuts Off the Chopping Block at the First Baptist Church in Downey, California, in November 2002. The record included two new acoustic songs, "This Is My Prayer" and "Medicine Man". When bass guitarist Matthew Joy opted out in May 2003, Oil recruited Jonathan Thiemens of Blind Sacrificies as a temporary replacement. This became permanent in July.

    Stick

    Stick or the stick may refer to:

    Objects

  • A branch of a tree or shrub or flower
  • Stick, part of a bow used to play a string instrument
  • Breadstick, generally a pencil-sized stick of crisp, dry bread
  • Centre stick (center stick or control stick), an aircraft cockpit arrangement
  • Chapman Stick, an electric musical instrument in the guitar family
  • Chopsticks, Asian eating utensils
  • Clapstick, a type of percussion mallet traditionally accompanying the didgeridoo
  • Dipstick, a measuring device used in automobiles
  • Drum stick, an object used to strike drums (for other meanings see Drumstick (disambiguation))
  • Glue stick, used to glue paper or card together
  • Hockey stick, used in the sport of hockey
  • Field hockey stick
  • Ice hockey stick
  • Joystick, an input device commonly used for video games, aircraft and large machinery
  • Lacrosse stick, used in the sport of lacrosse
  • Lipstick, a cosmetic product
  • Memory Stick can refer to a Sony flash memory card, computer RAM SIMMs/DIMMs, or to a USB flash drive
  • Stick (film)

    Stick is a 1985 crime film directed by and starring Burt Reynolds, based on the novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard.

    Plot

    Ernest "Stick" Stickley, a former car thief, has just been released from prison. He meets up with an old friend, Rainy, whose "quick stop" near the Florida Everglades before they go home is an illegal drug deal that goes sour. With his friend dead, Stick needs to hide out for a while to elude the killers (who must eliminate him as a witness).

    While lying low, Stick finds himself in the right place at the right time when he helps a wealthy eccentric named Barry get into his locked car. Hired as a driver, he has a comfortable home with a stable job and tries to make up for lost time with Katie, his teen-age daughter. He also finds a new flame in Kyle, a financial consultant who acts as a business adviser for Barry, who must decide what of Stick can be salvaged.

    Before he can move on, however, Stick confronts drug dealer Chucky to demand the money owed to his murdered friend. Chucky refuses and sends albino hit-man Moke after the ex-con. Stick can't get on with his new life without cleaning up old business first. He becomes the target of Moke as well as the cartel that employs Chucky, led by the voodoo-obsessed Nestor.

    Stick (unit)

    The stick may refer to several separate units, depending on the item being measured.

    Length

    In typography, the stick, stickful, or stick of type was an inexact length based on the size of the various composing sticks used by newspaper editors to assemble pieces of moveable type. In English-language papers, it was roughly equal to 2 column inches or 100–150 words. In France, Spain, and Italy, sticks generally contained only between 1 and 4 lines of text each. A column was notionally equal to 10 sticks.

    Mass

    In American cooking, a stick of butter is taken to be 4 ounces (about 113 g). In Australian cooking, a stick of butter is a larger unit of 250 g (about 9 ounces).

    Volume

    In American cooking, a stick of butter may also be understood as ½ cup or 8 tablespoons (about 125 mL).

    See also

  • English, imperial, and US customary units
  • Traditional point-size names
  • References

    Citations

    Bibliography

  • "stick, n.¹", Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1916 .
  • Bloom, Carole (2007), The Essential Baker: The Comprehensive Guide to Baking with Chocolate, Fruit, Nuts, Spices, and Other Ingredients, Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons .
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