Who Remembers Commander Mark?

Back in the 80's, PBS carried a show called, "The Secret City," hosted by a fabulously energetic, and extremely gifted artist/art teacher, Mark Kistler. He was Commander Mark!! He drew these great, whimsical, alien cities while he taught the basics of drawing. Lucky for me, I had two little boys that liked watching "Secret City." Now, fast forward with me, and here I am, ready to draw and paint. I've dusted off an art journal/sketchbook that I bought in 2000 (and only used a dozen pages). Also collecting dust on the shelf is a drawing book by Mark Kistler from 1988. It's called, Draw Squad, and it's 30 drawing lessons... just like the ones from "Secret City."

Here's my Lesson One...