Commander Mark Kistler

WATCH

The Secret City Documentary

12 Renaissance Words

MINEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL 

Students Drawings Using the Below Lessons....

Carol B. 7th grade

Francisco 8th grade

Estrella 8th grade

                                          Complete as many of these as you can. 

Who is Commander Mark to me? 

Mark and Me

@ one of his drawing workshops in Houston (2010)

When I was a little girl, we did not have ART in school. 

I decided in 2nd grade to become an Artist. 

Since I had no real life teacher, 

I decided to dedicate my free time to learning art. 

I discovered a TV show called, 

Commander Mark and the Secret City. 

It was lead by the host, Commander Mark Kistler. 

He wore a futuristic coveralls with art supplied all down his sleeve

like bullets for creative war. 

He had a robot man and a dragon puppet that would make special appearances. 

He had a giant orange paper wall that he would add to every week called the 

Secret City of Imagination Station. 

One Cool Dude

The "Secret City"

The Robot Man

WANNA WATCH and DRAW?

Here you can watch the OldSchool version like I did as a kid....

Old School Imagination Station

Be part of the DRAW SQUAD!!

Here...

Here you can watch free videos for beginning artists...

Mini Marshmellow Lessons

Here is his YouTube Channel with newer lessons on it...

Mark Kistler YouTube

Free Time Art

FREE TIME is a privilege for kids to work on during their home time 

or after an assignment is completed early. 

Every 20 minutes of productivity allows students to pump up their grades in class with a Free Time 100. 

Here are some examples of Free Time from some of my Art Kids..

Shyli Rushing 2022 8th grade 

Kaylee Reed 8th grade 2022

Grayson DuPont’s giant face 

8th grade 2022

Jaylee Nevarez 8th grade 2022

Cooper 6th grade 

Braylee B. (8th grade) 2021

made stickers of her favorite cartoon characters

Wesley F., 6th grade 2022

Images from the amazing sketchbook of Carol B. 7th grade/2021

Hypnotic Eye by Estrella 8th grade, 2021

Estrella (8th grade) practicing figure drawing 2021

Jaycee M. (7th grade) practicing facial proportions 2021

Yuka (8th grade) practicing Anime characters in 2019. 

Abstract Line portraits by Zoe, 8th grade 2021

 

Op Art Hand

Victor Vasarley (above) and Bridget Riley (below)

are the King and Queen of Op Art (Optical Illusion Art). 

They used lines to create form and movement on empty spaces. 

The use of bending lines (contour line) creates the illusion or three dimension on a flat surface. 

Olivia , Jorja,

Jaycee, and Estrella

We are going to use flat and bending lines on our paper. 

Like Victor Vasarley's bulging sphere, 

our back ground will be flat lines and our hand will have bent "contour" lines. 

It will appear as though it is bulging from under the lined paper. 

1. Trace your hand with a pencil lightly (you will erase it later). 

It is best to used lightly lined paper as a guide. 

2. Make lines straight across paper.

When the line hits the finger, jump up and then join the same line at the other end of the finger. 

When the line hits the hand, jump up and then join the same line at the other end of the hand. 

*Hint- when jump line upward or downward with the lines, be consistent 

I jumped one line only on all parts, stying to go highest in the center of the shape.  

--------------------MAKE A DECISION----------------

Marker or Colored Pencil?

MARKER

3. Color all lines with the marker, you can use a pattern of 2 or more. 

4. Using a black crayon or colored pencil, add an outline around hand then lightly color around the outline to suggest a shadow. 

Shyli, Giovana,
Davis, & Michael C.

2021

COLORED PENCIL (challenge)

  

Sawyer, Jaylee,
Katherine &Ayden

2021

                           3. Color background using a medium pressure with a 2 or more color pattern. 

4. Color with harder pressure around hand to suggest a shadow. 

5. Color hand with medium pressure, 

except the highest points of the fingers, palm and wrist/arm 

to suggest highlights from light source above. 

Estrella (8th grade/2021) is using colored pencils to create form on her hand. 

My Classroom 2021!

Welcome to the ArtRoom! 

All shiny, nice and fresh. 

It’s a new year and I’m ready to teach. 

Are you ready to learn?