If you have only used them one way, or haven't tried them yet, you might get some new ideas here. Used as an Oil Paint One way you can use the Pigment Sticks is to treat them as if they were regular tube oils or use them in combination with tube oils. But with Pigment Sticks you hold the paint directly in your hand. You can work on any surface you would an oil. Use brushes, solvents, and rags once the paint is on the surface.
Many people dip the sticks in mediums or Alkyd driers and then attack the surface.
Some people use them to start a painting with a quick sketch. Some will do their painting with tubes and brushes and then put in final details and lines with the sticks. Many people buy Pigment Sticks and use a palette knife to cut off small amounts and mix on the palette just like a tube oil. Portability One of the great advantages of Pigment Sticks is that they are very portable. You can take a box of them with you in the field or to a modeling session and forget the brushes, palette and solvents.