noun
- a long stick with a padded end used by painters to steady the hand while painting
Usage: art
Examples
- The artist rested her mahlstick against the canvas to steady her brush hand.
- He used a mahlstick to paint the fine details without smudging the wet paint.
- The portrait painter’s mahlstick helped her create precise brushstrokes.
- She leaned the padded end of the mahlstick on the easel for support.
- The art instructor demonstrated how to hold a mahlstick properly.
- Without his mahlstick, the painter found it difficult to control his brush on large canvases.