What was the PBS show that encouraged you to draw alien cityscapes?

March 27, 2020 3:35 PM

I’m almost positive it was PBS. They drew (and had you draw) alien arcologies with all kinds of different levels and ladders/stairs and little features and what not. Anyone got any help? Thanks in advance!
posted by ftm to Grab Bag (8 answers total)

Best answer: The Secret City Adventures
posted by chrchr at 3:39 PM on March 27, 2020 [6 favorites]

Yes, the Secret City. I never watched it, but my little brother loved that program. You can find episodes on YouTube.
posted by Rash at 4:21 PM on March 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

My little brother was obsessed as well, I was too weirded out by the host. Here's one
posted by buildmyworld at 6:07 PM on March 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

I loved that!
posted by OrangeVelour at 6:08 PM on March 27, 2020

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I wondered what that show was for years, I loved it too.
posted by dorothyisunderwood at 6:29 PM on March 27, 2020

The host, Mark Kistler, had another drawing show I watched on PBS called Imagination Station, I think.
posted by synecdoche at 7:20 PM on March 27, 2020 [1 favorite]

Holy smokes! Thank you for posting this. I still will draw flags and canyons and holes as doodle subjects because of Kistler but hadn't thought to look it up at all.
posted by cCranium at 10:58 AM on March 29, 2020

Mark Kistler has some great books, too - and it looks like he's doing some live streams to teach art while schools are closed.
posted by kristi at 5:18 PM on March 31, 2020