In-Person & LIVEstream Virtual
Summer Art Camps
2024 Schedule
Welcome!
Rita F. - Bakersfield, CA
Mark is an incredible teacher. His technique encourages all students (and parents!) to try, without hesitation to express themselves. They walk away with so much more than new drawing skills. They leave feeling good about themselves and with a love for the field if art. Thank you Mark!
Yipeeeee! Your family is invited to join Mark Kistler this Summer for a series of week-long In-Person & Virtual Summer Camps! Each week Mr. Mark will feature a differant theme of drawing adventures! Each day Mr. Mark focuses on one of the 12 Renaissance Words of three dimensional drawing, guiding students through a series of exciting drawings that build that skill.
These Summer Art Camps are both In-Person & ZOOM LIVEstream and completely interactive. Students can speak directly with Mr. Mark, ask questions, make comments, and make suggestions. For the Zoom LiveStream, students are encouraged to have their computer cameras turned on to interact with Mr. Mark and show their drawing progress throughout the lesson. This ZOOM technology is such a perfect fit to Mr Marks award winning, world famous teaching methods!
Please take a few minutes to watch this information video about Mark Kistler's In-Person & Virtual Summer Art Camps!
FUN INFORMATION VIDEO
TIMES
All Zoom LiveStream times are Central Time Zone (Houston Texas).
Week 2 (In-Person) Fort Wayne, Indiana, times are Eastern Time Zone.
Week 3 (In-Person) Susanville, California, times are Pacific Time Zone.
Students ages 8-up are encouraged to sign up for 2 x 1-hour sessions per day! That’s 2 hours of drawing with Mr Mark each day for 5 days, 10 hours total!
That’s a lot of creative imagination exploration!
Session A : 9:00am- 10:00am Ages 6-7
Session B : 10:15am - 11:15 am Ages 8-15
Session C : 11:30am - 12:30pm Ages 8-15
Session D : 12:45pm - 1:45pm Ages 8-15!
2024 Virtual Summer Art Camp Schedule!
Mr. Mark invites your family to a full week of turbo fun imagination launching drawing in 3-D fun!
Week 1 - June 3 - 7, 2024
(Virtual ZOOM LiveStream)
Imagination Launch Week!
Monday: “Overlapping” Seahorse, Alien Flowers, Super Hero Bat Car!"
Tuesday: “Blended Shading” Drooling Dragons, Colossal Castle, King Arthur!"
Wednesday: “Placement” Feathered Owl, Fantastic Flying Pig!"
Thursday: “Shadows” Jazz On Jupiter, Awesome Twinkie Planet!"
Friday: “Contour Lines” Floating Ancient Pyramids, Flying Mummies, Cool Camels!"
Week 2: June 10 - 14, 2024
(In-Person) Fort Wayne Musum of Art
Pencil Power Week!
Monday: “Foreshortening” Whales Tale, Fanged Fish, Coral Tube!"
Tuesday: “Size” Mouse House, Flying Bird, Mouse Cheese!"
Wednesday: “Overlapping” 1-Point Perspective Tree Lane, Crazy Cool Block Car, Escape Of The Twinkies!"
Thursday: “Shading” Monster Alley, Monster Family, Dracula!"
Friday: “Placement” Penguin Of Moon Base Alpha, Space Lobster, Pig Crater!"
Week 3: June 17 - 21, 2024
(In-Person) Susanville, California
Idea Factory Week!
Monday: “Horizon Line” Human Eye, Singing Shark, Baby Octopus!
Tuesday: “Foreshortening” Twinkie Planet!Twinkie Space Ship! Super Twinkie!
Wednesday: “Thickness” Darla The Dog, Darla’s Doggie Dish, Darla’s Doggie House!
Thursday: “Texture” Monkey’s In The Jungle, You-can Toucan!
Friday: “Overlapping” Kanga The Kid! Flying Cockatoo! Cranky Crocodile!
Week 4: June 24 - 28, 2024
(Virtual ZOOM LiveStream)
Cartoon University!
Monday: “Foreshortening” Einstein’s Wishing Well, Genius Dude, The Gift!
Tuesday: “”Tapering” Curled Rose, Alien Flower, Monkey In A Tree!
Wednesday: “Overlapping” One Point Perspective Dessert, Overlapping Clouds, Drawing Directions Reference Block!
Thursday: “Shading” King Arthur’s Castle, Queen Carly’s Crown, Toothy Dragon!
Friday: “Placement” Terrific Triceratops, Turbo Pterodactyl, Stegosaurus Playground!
Week 5 - July 8 - 12, 2024
(Virtual ZOOM LiveStream)
Imagination Launch Week!
Monday: “Overlapping” Seahorse, Alien Flowers, Super Hero Bat Car!"
Tuesday: “Blended Shading” Drooling Dragons, Colossal Castle, King Arthur!"
Wednesday: “Placement” Feathered Owl, Fantastic Flying Pig!"
Thursday: “Shadows” Jazz On Jupiter, Awesome Twinkie Planet!"
Friday: “Contour Lines” Floating Ancient Pyramids, Flying Mummies, Cool Camels!"
Week 6: July 15 - 19, 2024
(Virtual ZOOM LiveStream)
Pencil Power Week!
Monday: “Foreshortening” Whales Tale, Fanged Fish, Coral Tube!"
Tuesday: “Size” Mouse House, Flying Bird, Mouse Cheese!"
Wednesday: “Overlapping” 1-Point Perspective Tree Lane, Crazy Cool Block Car, Escape Of The Twinkies!"
Thursday: “Shading” Monster Alley, Monster Family, Dracula!"
Friday: “Placement” Penguin Of Moon Base Alpha, Space Lobster, Pig Crater!"
SCHOLARSHIPS
For families that need financial help to participate, you may select your scholarship level of 50% or 80%. Thank you to our sponsors of our non profit, “Mark Kistler’s Imagination Initiative!”
Register Your Family Now, Choose Your Level!
Supplies Needed
Drawing Click Eraser: Any eraser will do, however Mr. Mark suggests a cool click eraser.
WHY SUMMER ART CAMP?
Because learning to draw in 3-D builds important creative thinking skills and GENIUS BRAIN POWER! Many of Mark's alumni are game designers and animators with renowned projects including Kung Fu Panda, Frozen, Shrek, Madagascar, Bug's Life, Toy Story, Marvel Comics, Star Wars, LEGO, and Leapfrog Toys.
ABOUT SUMMER ART CAMP!
Parents have watched Mark Kistler as "Commander Mark" on National Public Television's "The Secret City" (1985) and "Mark Kistler's Imagination Station" (1996-2009). Now, this new generation of children have the opportunity to learn from nationally acclaimed Emmy Award Winning artist Mark Kistler!
Your children will LOVE Mr. Mark's dynamic drawing lessons progressing through a series of fun, creative, pencil power adventures! Each day, Mr. Mark will explore a different themes of creative discovery, from medieval castles to undersea adventures, from lunar moon modules to drooling dinosaurs. These are Summer Art Camps that your children will never forget! Mr. Mark has written many popular children’s how-to-draw books (Over 1 Million sold world-wide!), starred in 200 PBS television episodes, and has hosted over 1,000 LIVEstreams on Facebook and YouTube. He has taught millions of children how-to-draw in over 18 countries around the world. He can teach your children too! Important note: Parents are FREE and encouraged to participate!
Take a peek at our Summer Art Camp drawing lessons!
Mark Kistler’s Summer Art Camps are a “MUST DO” event! Just ask some of his former students…
-
Rex Grignon – Supervising Animator “Shrek,” “Madagascar” and worked on “Toy Story”
-
Ward Makielski – “Leapfrog Toys”, “The Incredibles Interactive”
-
Tim Decker – “The Simpsons”, "Tarzan", "Alvin and the Chipmunks", and Disney Interactive
-
Dan Fraga – Marvel Comics
-
Miley Cyrus – Disney's "Hannah Montana"
-
Sam Ellis – Director at Cartoon Network
WHAT PARENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT MARK KISTLER'S SUMMER ART CAMP!
Christina - Wichita, KS
"Thank you a million times for bringing PBS's Imagination Station Mark Kistler to Wichita State University!!! Just wonderful!!! The parents had MORE fun than the kids! Here is a photo of our daughters working with Mark online... his lessons are BRILLIANT!"
Shannon R. - Kalamazoo, MI
"What a BLAST! What a terrific teacher and motivator! Mark is so funny, genuine, and has amazing talent! Thank you for allowing parents to participate for free! I'm having as much fun as my children... I didn't have any idea I could draw!
Becky Johnson - Greenville, TN
Your class is my children's first exposure to live, on-line learning, and I must say that I am very impressed with your classes! I love that they're learning more drawing techniques and that they get a gentle introduction to live, on-line classes. You are a fabulous teacher and the kids love the classes! I am also impressed with how well you interact with kids.