[Pibe-division] Beginner Drawing of Pictures on a Brailler

[Dr. Denise M. Robinson]

If you are one of those creative imaginative people who can create 
pictures in your head then you can braille that picture straight out on a brailler, great, but if you need more direction, see below.

Here is some more guidance. You will draw the picture first, then insert
 into a brailler and braille over the picture. You can tactile the 
picture while drawing it out on sandpaper using a draftsman tool kit or use a window screen, and lay a piece of paper over it and press down 
with a wooden tool to draw a basic shape....there are many tools out 
there to do this. Then once you get the basic shape, go back to your 
brailler, wheel in the paper and start at the top, brailling over the 
copy you just designed. Sometimes you are going to braille a full cell 
with all 6 dots, sometimes, only an L or sometimes 4 5 6 or any 
combination of dots as you move down the sheet. You can make a beautiful border around the sheet also.

For my wedding, my mentor had made us an incredibly beautiful card. He 
was a guide through my sight loss and regaining of it who had a big 
influence in my teaching style and of whom I also became his student 
teacher. He had  been blind all his life, was very creative and quite a 
genius to boot, had made us the most beautiful braille picture-wedding 
card. My sister-in-law wanted to frame it immediately. I told her if she
 put glass over it, that no one could touch it, and that is what needed 
to happen.

When I student taught with him, we had all the students make cards like 
this for their parents for holidays. They became very adept...just takes
 practice, some math, and some perceptual skills. With Halloween, 
Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas and all other holidays coming up, this
 is a great time to practice. If you need a simple braille drawing 
lesson using the brailler, go to Beginner Drawing of Pictures on a Brailler If the blind child does these projects with his sighted peers, I can 
guarantee you they will be VERY impressed...a great confidence builder 
too.

Ok, so if you are not THAT creative you can buy a book and read all about it...I love books and learning. Just click on Drawing with Your Perkins Brailler and order a copy to do some great creative drawing with your brailler 
if the simple lesson from above is not enough. When the site comes up, 
just do a search for the book. 

If the child needs to be quicker about accomplishing a drawing task, Quick Draw Paper is Great, where you just use a very liquid pen and draw away and the paper rises up to feel--but then they may prefer the Draftsman again that is a sandpaper type material and the sandpaper disperses as you draw on it, 
so you can feel the lines you just made.

If you are a teacher and need something like every type of science graphic around, you may want to pick up a Basic Science Tactile Graphics book....if you are a teacher of the blind, you can order this with quota funds 
from your resource center who works with American Printing House for the Blind...true for the quick draw Paper and Draftsman too. 

In general, everyone, if you are related to or working with a blind or 
visually impaired child in anyway...go to APH.org and ask them to send 
you a catalog. This is an invaluable site.
 
       Denise 
 
Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D. 
CEO, TechVision
Specialist in blind technology/teaching/training
email:  yourtechvision at gmail.com
Website with hundreds of lessons: yourtechvision.com 
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