Mark Kistler's Imagination Station is a public television series where Mark Kistler

Mark Kistler

Mark Kistler is an artist who hosted a number of drawing instruction programs for children, young adults and teens, broadcast via the Public Broadcasting Service. He has produced many drawing books, DVDs, and other drawing-related media in addition to his television shows...

 taught children – and adults – to draw using techniques such as perspective and shading. The program was originally presented by TV station KIXE in the Redding and Chico areas of the U.S. state

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 of California

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Mark Kistler additionally released some publications teaching techniques used in the show. It had a short reprise later in the 1990s but did not continue to run past a few episodes.

The show ran for 65 episodes, starting on October 14, 1991 to July 10, 1998, and after cancellation, reruns aired until August 8, 1999.

In the summer of 2009 he filmed additional shows that began airing on PBS in the fall of 2009. This is a link of the press release by Mark http://www.mkisdraw3d.com/Promo/pressKit.html