Author picture
27 Works 1,001 Members 5 Reviews

About the Author

Mark Kistler is the author of nineteen books, including You Can Draw in 30 Days and You Can Draw in 30 Minutes. He was worked as a classroom educator, a large audience presenter an Emmy Award-winning television personality, a popular "virtual" instructor, and a respected drawing teacher for both show more adults and children. He lives near Houston, Texas. show less

Includes the name: Mark Kistler

Series

Works by Mark Kistler

Mark Kistler's Draw Squad (1988) 310 copies, 1 review
Drawing in 3-D (1998) 88 copies, 1 review

Tagged

Common Knowledge

Gender
male
Nationality
USA

Members

Reviews

I have adopted this book and I’m using it in my art class. This is a great book that teaches the foundations of drawing in a user friendly way.
 
Flagged
grantgraves529 | Oct 8, 2024 |
I’m one of those middle-aged adults who “has never been able to draw”. Unusually for me (where “learning to draw” is concerned), I quite enjoyed each lesson here and wasn’t tempted to bail out partway through the course. I think that’s because the material was 1. non-intimidating, 2. encouraging, 3. introduced a fairly small amount of technical knowledge. This last might be viewed as a negative point: and I suspect some topics such as shadows were not strictly correct. But on the other hand, you might argue that beginner lessons introduce concepts in a simplified way that can be expanded/refined with future study.

Overall, a decent starter course that’s whetted my appetite to learn more.
… (more)
 
Flagged
MHThaung | 1 other review | Jun 1, 2024 |
A very helpful book that simplifies drawing into an easily usable format. I just wanted to be able to draw/sketch some basic things and this book made it possible for me to feel successful. Recommended.
1 vote
Flagged
Terrie2018 | 1 other review | Feb 21, 2020 |
This is the second Mark Kistler book that I used, along with the separate workbook, for my year 2 of art class with about 10 students. I like the drawings in this book. They are more complicated than the ones in the original Draw Squad book, but Mark Kistler still provides the step-by-step. The book is laid out in an A-Z format. The workbook is really optional and I found that we preferred plain paper, as a class, but for an individual, the separate workbook might be a really nice addition.
 
Flagged
TheCuriousCottage | Mar 4, 2008 |

You May Also Like

Statistics

Works
27
Members
1,001
Popularity
#25,758
Rating
4.1
Reviews
5
ISBNs
29

Charts & Graphs