Post #171347 by kooche on Tue, Jul 12, 2005 11:49 AM

i have a mahl stick...i LOVE that thing...robert williams uses a bridge over his paintings if they are small enough to work on without an easel - flat on a table...

the trick to the mahl is getting it over an edge of the work surface or grounded on the panel itself...canvas would seem to me to be a bit too forgiving...i am heavy handed...i love panels...Dali used a string tied to the back end of his mahl stick which he tied to the pinky on his pallette hand and a gummy ball of resin on the end of his brush hand's pinky which stuck to the front end of the stick to move his stick around while he painted...or so he says in his AMAZING book 50 Secrets of Master Craftsmanship...one of the most informative books i have ever read...

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/sim-explorer/explore-items/-/0486271323/0/101/1/none/purchase/ref%3Dpd%5Fsxp%5Fr0/103-4604446-8955844

http://www.okwoodart.com/mahl_sticks1.htm

here is where i got mine...