[Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille Drawing cont'd...

[Terrence van Ettinger]

This sounds much like an expanded version of what I sent around earlier. The name is basically the same, but it seems there's a few more drawings. This might just get me to fix my bookshare membership that I let lapse. 

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On Sep 3, 2010, at 4:38 PM, "Nancy Yeager" <nancyyeager542 at verizon.net> wrote:

> Thanks, Jewel.
> 
> I am very interested in drawing as a blind person but have never heard of
> this book.  Will have to read it.
> 
> Nancy Yeager  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jewel S.
> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 8:33 PM
> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille Drawing cont'd...
> 
> I know most of you have gone on from talking about Braille drawing, but it
> is actually one of my favourite crafts, so I can't resist continuing the
> talk about it with a book I found on Bookshare.org today.
> 
> Braillables: A Manual for Parents and Teachers - Techniques for Teaching
> Drawing with Braille by Marie Porter
> 
>> From the book: Braillables are pictures that are brailled by people
> who are able to braille them. They are outlines, sketches, sculptures,
> drawings, artwork. They are a creative expression that uses a necessary
> skill of blind people. They are fun to do, easily shared by sighted people,
> and they give an added dimension of freedom in using what can be a very
> rigid mode of communication. Blind people can draw in a medium over which
> they have complete control. Drawing with braille builds skill in reading, in
> interpreting charts, maps, diagrams, math and science figures. For those who
> pursue it, drawing with braille encourages imagination, creativity, a
> feeling for abstraction, perspective and proportion--all elements necessary
> for good concepts of objects, spatial relationships, and, ultimately, skill
> in orientation and mobility. Braille has an aura of mystery about it which
> isolates the reader. It can be austere, unpenetrable, a symbol of struggle
> and pain both for the blind person and for the family and friends. There is
> a coming together, a sharing, a breaking down of barriers when two heads
> bend over a picture of a dog and both the blind person and the sighted
> person see it as a dog. That is the fun of it.
> 
> I started reading the book today, and have already drawn an apple, a boat
> and a bus, and a very cute pot-bellied pig. Oh, and a Christmas tree, of
> course.
> 
> The great thing about this book is that it not only gives directions for
> increasingly more complex drawings, but it teaches the concepts behind
> creating the drawings. For example, the first drawing is an apple. The main
> concept is learning to make a rounded shape. With this concept, you could
> then go on to create a baseball, a balloon, the Olympic rings, and much
> more! The next picture is a boat, and it teaches about proportion and
> placement, as it shows you how to add water under the boat. The bus teaches
> further proportion and realism, as well as more basic things like how to
> draw tires (they're easy!).
> With this knowledge base, you could go on to make your own car, truck, ship,
> or maybe even a plane! Since it's intended for children, the concepts are
> simple and perfect for beginning artists.
> 
> I hope you will check this book out. It is wonderful, and the scan quality
> is perfect as far as I can tell.
> 
> 
> --
> ~Jewel
> Check out my blog about accessibility for the blind!
> Treasure Chest for the Blind: http://blindtreasurechest.blogspot.com
> 
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