Shuttle Art - Tempera Paint Sticks (40 Colors)

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Official Product Highlights

• 40 vibrant colors - includes bright classics, soft pastels, luminous metallics, and dazzling neons.
• Smooth, silk-like application - twist-up body (like lipstick) with a small round barrel, easy for kids to hold.
• Quick-drying - dries in approximately 90 seconds; no smears or smudges.
• Washable - cleans easily with soap and water from skin and clothing.
• No water or brush needed - use directly as a solid paint stick.
• Safe & non-toxic - conforms to ASTM-D4236; acid-free.
• Works on multiple surfaces - paper, wood, glass, ceramic, canvas, and more.
• Twist design prevents breakage - stick retracts when not in use.

Additional Specs

Color Gallery

Color Breakdown

Swatch Cards

Located in my Swatchpedia.

Ohuhu Double-Sided Marker Paper

Canson XL Mixed Media Paper

Strathmore Toned Tan Mixed Media

Strathmore Toned Gray Mixed Media

Strathmore Toned Blue Mixed Media

Strathmore Black Mixed Media Paper

Medium Test

Media Test Location 1

Test results using the Media Tester Sketchbook | Canson XL Mixed Media (160 GSM)

Common Media Bases

Test Goal: To see how India inks work on top of other media.

Methods

• Drew 8 rectangle grid.
  
• Painted 7 different media in 7 of the squares (white gesso, black gesso, clear gesso, tempura paint sticks, alcohol markers, India ink, and acrylic ink. Allowed to fully dry.
• Blank one is the control.
• Three different colors:
  • Classic Red
  • Metallic Red
  • Neon Pink
  • Pastel Pink
• Drew a line for each and took finger smudge test at end. Then fifth mark is me blending pastel pink into classic red.

Test Results

Picture	Base Layer + Top Layer	Results
	Base Layer: Raw paper.	Tempura dries really fast on raw paper. Hard to blend, hard to smudge.
	Base Layer: Liquitex White Gesso.	Feels nice and blends fine, though not as well as I’d expect given the other gessos.
	Base Layer: Liquitex Black Gesso.	Blended fine and looked fine. Similar to the Acrylic ink and the India ink, the India ink sucks all the color out.
	Base Layer: TCW Clear Gesso.	Blended the best out of all the gessos.
	Base Layer: Grabie Acrylic Markers, ARTISTRO Acrylic Paint Markers	Most resistant medium base, acrylic markers made the tempura streaky.
	Base Layer: Alcohol markers.	Alochol markers make a nice texture for the background.
	Base Layer: Bombay India Inks, Black	Blended fine and looked fine. Similar to the Acrylic ink and the black gesso, the India ink sucks all the color out.
	Base Layer: Acrylic Ink (Carbon Black).	Blended fine and looked fine. Similar to the India ink and the black gesso, the India ink sucks all the color out.

Test Summary

Base Positives

• Definitely more opaque and very creamy.
• Surprisingly does really well on gessos…blends really well.
• The paint sticks look good on most media.

Base Negatives

• Not waterproof, even when dry. Will mix with anything wet.
• Acrylic inks definitely reject the paint sticks the most.

Overall Strengths & Weaknesses

Rating: ★★★☆☆

What works well

• Opaque and cream, looks great.
• Blending is good when you get the hang of it.

What doesn't

• It’s watersoluable, even after it’s dry. Anything wet will blend into the paint.

Tips

• If you are struggling to blend, layer more tempura on top and keep going back on forth with the colors until tempura stays went enough to blend..