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The Mark Kistler Biography - DVD $14.21 - AVAILABLE TO ORDER!
The untold story of the legendary artist behind the beloved '80s show The Secret City.
Mark Kistler helped shape a pivotal era of instructional programming for kids in the pre-YouTube world, teaching 3D drawing before CGI.
This documentary features Mark Kistler's recollections of some of his greatest personal challenges and major accomplishments. (83 mins.)
A Jason Corgan Brown Film. (c) 2023 TSCOMK, LLC.
"TSCOMK" - M. Kistler BioPic (Video, 2024) is now available to order online from an amazon.com product page HERE.
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Learn to Draw: The Secret City (with Commander Mark) - Clubhouse Version - BOOK $19.85 OOP
The original Secret City How-to-Draw book (Revised 1st Edition). Includes all 7-Magic Words of Drawing and all 22 Special Art Words. (68 pages)
Learn to Draw: The Secret City (with Commander Mark) - Schoolroom Version - BOOK $19.85 OOP
The original Secret City How-to-Draw book (Revised 1st Edition). Includes all 7-Magic Words of Drawing and all 22 Special Art Words. (68 pages)
The Secret City (1985) - DVD $325.00 OOP
65 half-hour episodes on 13 discs.
The Seven Magic Words of Drawing - DVD $24.95 OOP
Commander Mark demonstrates all seven of the core concepts of perspective drawing. (57 minutes)
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Mark Kistler's Draw Squad - BOOK $22.00 - AVAILABLE TO ORDER!
Softcover workbook. A terrific companion to the DS Classroom Video Series. (252 pages)
See our detailed product description HERE on drawsquad.com.
"Mark Kistler's Draw Squad" (Workbook) is now available to order online from an amazon.com product page HERE.
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The Draw Squad Special (1989) - DVD $24.95 OOP
The original Draw Squad video Special. Six new drawing exercises. (60 minutes)
The Draw Squad Adventures (1989) - DVD
Featuring clips from the Draw Squad Special, combined with selected exercises from the DSCV Series.
Three Draw Squad drawing adventures were created for the home video market. (45 minutes each)
DS Adventures, Vol. 1 - Escape of the Twinkies $19.95 OOP
DS Adventures, Vol. 2 - Pigasus Goes on a Diet $19.95 OOP
DS Adventures, Vol. 3 - Moonbot's Birthday Party $19.95 OOP
The Draw Squad Classroom Video Series (Class of 1992) - COMPLETE - DVD $395.00 OOP
Thousands of schools and educators have already purchased the entire 44-lesson series (22 DVD's). We are making the entire series available at a special price.
What You Get
This 44-lesson series containing two half-hour lessons on each disc. The complete series teaches beginning, intermediate and advanced drawing. It includes 274 drawing exercises. All 12 of the Magic Words of Drawing are covered. Lesson plans are included showing each drawing that will taught in the lesson.
Additionally, Achievement Clubs are included to help motivate students to reach the next level. The Achievement Clubs help your students draw without hesitation. The Bruce McIntyre Achievement Scale tracking sheet with designated times is included with purchase.
Drawing Contests are also powerful motivators. The Drawing Contests' primary focus is on doing a volume of drawing regardless of the amount of time it takes a student to complete the task. A Draw Squad Contest Progress Chart is included with the video series.
Of course we can't forget the "YES to Drawing, NO to TV" contract. This is designed to motivate students to become selective television viewers.
The idea is to spend less time watching TV and instead spend more time drawing!
Draw Squad Classroom Series - Teacher's Guide - BOOK - (26 pages)
A handy teacher's guide to the DSCV series includes lesson plans and suggestions for how to use the series in a classroom. Included with DSCV series purchase.
Click Here for the Lesson Index -
A description of the contents of each disc in the 44-lesson series.
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The New Secret City Adventures (1991) - Episode 1 - DVD $24.95 OOP
Commander Mark is back with a new series of drawing adventures. Learn how to draw in 3-D with Zebtron's nephew, Bobtron the Robot!
Foreshortening is the Magic Word today! (28 minutes)
The New Secret City Adventures (1991) - Episode 2 - DVD $24.95 OOP
Shading is Commander Mark's lesson today. Lisa Kveton, a published author, beams into the Secret City to show you how to make your own book!
Guess what happens when Commander Mark and Bobtron get lost in the library's card catalog? (28 minutes)
The New Secret City Adventures (1991) - Episode 3 - DVD $24.95 OOP
Commander Mark teaches you how to draw Mount Science Fiction using the magic word Overlapping.
Professor Colombo shows Bobtron and Sir Unibear how to build a rocket out of recycled materials!
Violet and Commander Mark build a cool 3D dragon together. (28 minutes)
Commander Mark’s Fantastic Galactic Imagination Explorer - GAME $23.95 OOP
(AKA: “New Secret City Adventures, The” 3-D Drawing Game)
This board game/parlor game is a fun way to learn the Magic Words, while drawing the New Secret City Mural.
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Drawing Textbook - BOOK $21.95 - AVAILABLE TO ORDER!
Most of the lessons on The Secret City were based on Bruce McIntyre's Audio-Visual Drawing Program course.
This updated classic covers 222 drawing exercises and all 7 of the "Magic Words" of drawing. (60 pages)
By Bruce McIntyre. (c) 1998 AVDP, All rights reserved.
Bruce McIntyre's "Drawing Textbook" (Saddle-Stitched) is now available to order online from an amazon.com product page HERE.
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“I call (the 4 basic shapes) ‘Molecules of Drawing’… those aren’t ‘Elements’
and they’ve been taught for… over 100 years – that those are the basic elements of drawing…
even Jon Gnagy… beloved art teacher from decades ago on TV – Learn to Draw with Jon Gnagy…
he taught with this (4 basic shapes) system… so it’s a very good system.
With the (AVDP) ‘7 Elements of Drawing’ we’ve refined it down even further.”
– Mark Kistler, The Secret City Interview (1985)
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“ …when I started... my first public television series, The Secret City…
we were the only how-to-draw television series broadcasting
Not since the Jon Gnagy Drawing Show… had there been such a fun, interactive show.”
– Mark Kistler, Drawing in 3-D (1998)
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Jon Gnagy: America's Art Teacher - BOOK $57.60 - AVAILABLE TO ORDER!
Chronicles the life and career of Jon Gnagy, the first Television Art Instructor.
Filled with essays, articles, glorious full color artwork, and more! This indispensable, value packed, tome is the
definitive history lover's guide to Jon Gnagy's tremendous contributions to the field of art instruction. (448 pages)
By Charles M. Province. (c) 2022 CMP, All rights reserved.
"Jon Gnagy - America's Art Teacher" (Paperback, 2022) is now available to order online from an amazon.com product page HERE.
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Jon Gnagy: An Artist's Life - BOOK $38.96 - AVAILABLE TO ORDER!
A rich collection of drawings, paintings, pastels, watercolors and other wonderful works created by Jon Gnagy.
Printed as a large 8x10 format coffee table book this handsome volume makes an excellent companion to CMP's Gnagy biography. (204 pages)
By Charles M. Province. (c) 2023 CMP, All rights reserved.
"Jon Gnagy - An Artist's Life" (Paperback, 2023) is now available to order online from an amazon.com product page HERE.
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Jon Gnagy's: Learn to Draw - PDF $4.99 - AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD!
Jon Gnagy's classic drawing book, revised in 1950 and then again for this Weber edition in 2012.
You Are an Artist and you can learn to draw with the Jon Gnagy method. (eBook 115 est page turns, original print version 64 pages)
By Jon Gnagy. (c) 2012 Martin/F. Weber Co., All rights reserved.
"Jon Gnagy's - Learn to Draw" (eBook, 2013) is now available to purchase in Kindle Edition digital format from an amazon.com product page HERE.
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You Can Draw in 30 Days - BOOK $11.39 - AVAILABLE TO ORDER!
The Fun, Easy Way to Learn to Draw in One Month or Less. One of Mark's most popular modern works.
The same quality Mark Kistler art instruction in a bit more 'grown up' textbook presentation for the serious drawing student. (256 pages)
By Mark Kistler. (c) 2011 Mark Kistler, All rights reserved.
"You Can Draw in 30 Days" (Paperback, 2011) is now available to order online from an amazon.com product page HERE.
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The Mark Kistler Biography - DVD $14.21 - AVAILABLE TO ORDER!
The untold story of the legendary artist behind the beloved '80s show The Secret City.
Mark Kistler helped shape a pivotal era of instructional programming for kids in the pre-YouTube world, teaching 3D drawing before CGI.
This documentary features Mark Kistler's recollections of some of his greatest personal challenges and major accomplishments. (83 mins.)
A Jason Corgan Brown Film. (c) 2023 TSCOMK, LLC.
"TSCOMK" - M. Kistler BioPic (Video, 2024) is now available to order online from an amazon.com product page HERE.
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/\ Official Mark Kistler BioPic - In his own words! /\
/\ Mark tells of his work on The Secret City and The Draw Squad! /\
/\ Featuring tales of Mark's time as CEO of Mark Kistler Prod. (C.1989-1991) /\
\/ Official James Stone Memoir - In his own words! \/
\/ James tells of his work on The Draw Squad and New Secret City Adventures! \/
\/ Featuring tales of James' time as CEO of Secret City Prod. (C.1992-1994) \/
The James Stone Memoir - BOOK $24.99 - AVAILABLE TO ORDER!
An introspective exploration of the author's colorful and captivating personal journey.
James Stone showcases how essential are self-work and reflection if, even towards the end of our lives, we are to comprehend the threads and coincidences that shape us.
This memoir, recommended for mature readers, features James Stone's recollections of some of his greatest personal challenges and major accomplishments. (412 pages)
By James Stone. (c) 2023 James Stone. All rights reserved.
"The Glass Thread" - J. Stone Memoir (Paperback, 2024) is now available to order online from an amazon.com product page HERE.
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Michele Mercure: Eye Chant - MP3 $7.99 - AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING/DOWNLOAD!
Michele Mercure (then Michele Musser) composed and performed the music for The Secret City. She has gone on to compose several electronic minimalist albums.
She also provided a track for Kistler's recent BioPic. On Eye Chant, the playful tracks In the Air and Tour de France are joyfully reminiscent of her work on Secret City.
Some of her more avant-garde or experimental tracks, while not exactly 'explicit', may perhaps merit just a bit of 'listener discretion'. (38 mins.)
By Michele Mercure. (c) 2016 RVNG Intl. d/b/a Freedom To Spend. Licensed under permission from Michele Mercure.
"Eye Chant" (Vinyl LP, 2017) is now available to purchase in digital format from an amazon.com product page HERE.
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Michele Mercure: Beside Herself - MP3 $11.49 - AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING/DOWNLOAD !
The original Secret City composer returns with more electronic minimalist experimentation that ranges from mathematical & elegant to chaotically mischievous!
Tracks like Beginning and Time Piece would fit right in with the Secret City soundtrack, others like Ghosts Before Breakfast and The Sky is Falling are more complex
evolutions of that early style. Tracks like Beside Myself, Liberation Day, and Night Music have a dark foreboding ethos in the vein of John Carpenter's compositions.
Unearthly tracks such as Void Dance and De Dunk evoke a bit o' the ole ancient Krell spirit (if you know, you know).
Some of her more avant-garde tracks, while not 'explicit', may perhaps merit just a small measure of 'listener discretion'. (66 mins.)
By Michele Mercure. (c) 2018 RVNG Intl. d/b/a Freedom To Spend. Licensed under permission from Michele Mercure.
"Beside Herself" (Audio CD, 2018) is now available to purchase in digital format from an amazon.com product page HERE.
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RETRO TOON
OF THE MONTH
Thundarr The Barbarian - COMPLETE SERIES - DVD $16.67 - AVAILABLE TO ORDER!
This 4 Disc set includes all 21 half-hour episodes making up both action-packed seasons of the original animated series.
Thundarr the Barbarian, Ookla the Mok, and sorceress Princess Ariel, burst into action as shining symbols of hope for humanity.
Using their strength, courage and wits plus Thundarr's magical Sunsword, they journey from village to village, liberating slaves and battling all kinds of evil.
The future of Earth may be shrouded in darkness, but Thundarr and his companions fight to spread peace throughout the land. (10 hrs. and 30 mins.)
(c) 2010 Hanna-Barbera, All rights reserved and (c) 2010 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., All rights reserved.
"Thundarr the BARBARIAN" (DVD, 2010) is now available to purchase in digital format from an amazon.com product page HERE.
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