[blindkid] Beginner Drawing of Pictures on a Brailler

[Dr. Denise M Robinson]

 Beginner Drawing of Pictures on a
Brailler<http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/2011/10/drawing-with-your-brailler-or-tactile.html>
 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
<http://shop.aph.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_DRAFTSMAN%20Tactile%20Drawing%20Board_1-08857-00P_10001_11051>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<http://www.yourtechvision.com/products/beginner/other>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<https://secure2.convio.net/psb/site/Ecommerce?store_id=1101&FOLDER=0>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
<https://shop.aph.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=11051&krypto=w%2FE%2FZ6s4BbPJ%2FowGZcF9bq4rH7P5NkHwHrAPlm3V5wGjr%2F8iK4V4tpZyweOZr7nLsQ8ak7xPK6%2FD%0D%0Aj4hqIq2dlKBAxv4exuh2l178D4Vf6FsuSz%2BNDkn0mRG3VRj%2F9K5E6J9LqzJ%2FF7LZ9GVt%2B%2FqurBos%0D%0ADg5yYfNKbJ3i4bCzBJZAhe8fuzFoyIM5eZvHMCQ6fnyKKX6YOq33ZX6jYMpxqA%3D%3D&ddkey=http:ProductDisplay>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<http://shop.aph.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_Basic%20Science%20Tactile%20Graphics_1-08850-00P_10001_11051>....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 <deniserob at gmail.com>
Website with hundreds of lessons: yourtechvision.com