[guide.chat] peice from the Matilda magazine
- From: "Carol O'Connor" <missbossyboots33@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:04:00 +0100
Hi Alan wow that is very interesting there goodness you weere getting me
jealous there hahahahaha
Oh wish I could do somthing like that Alan ah that is nice.
proud of you well done Alan
Love Carol x.x.x.x.
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From: ALAN THORPE - Email Address: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent On: 21/06/2011 17:57
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hello
I started drawing with my embosser over 12 years back.
this is very much like drawing with a Perkins but with the embosser I am
able to take out the spacing between the cells.
then I have to think about my drawing as it is only on one line of my
Braille display .
the book is very good and have spoken to the nlb about compiling a book of
my drawings.
we were thinking of the funds raised from the book sale may go towards the
Braille classes held in Sheffield
my drawings are of ships, plane, stars, Christmas tree and angel , church,
castle, house as well as the print alphabet.
almost forgot a chess board and the ifeltower.
MANY THANKS
ALAN THORPE
TEL 0114 220 7007 07961 406 739
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WEB www.eyecan.org.uk
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From: "Carol O'Connor" <missbossyboots33@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 5:31 PM
Subject: [guide.chat] Peice from the Matilda magazine
>
>
> Contributor Marda Bartel - Review of "Drawing With Your Perkins
> Brailler"
>
> So who says we blind folks can't draw? Not me. I've been making
> greeting cards for friends and my students for several months now and
> have started teaching others to draw.
>
> I got started a couple of months ago when I bought a Braille book
> called "Drawing with Your Perkins Brailler." I had heard about the
> book a while back and it was something that I'd wanted to explore, so
> one day I just decided to order it and I haven't had so much fun with
> a new hobby for a long time.
>
> "Drawing with Your Perkins Brailler," by Kim Charlson, is like a
> recipe book of directions on how to draw 36 line drawings using
> nothing but heavyweight Braille or construction paper and your Classic
> Perkins Brailler. The book begins with a brief history of the Brailler
> and some other introductory material and then launches straight into
> the hands-on how-to.
>
> The book is divided into four theme-based sections--basic shapes
> (large and small squares, rectangles, triangles and diamonds),
> animals, holiday drawings, and drawings related to transportation. The
> directions are clear and line numbers make it easier to keep track of
> where you are as you complete the picture. After being drawn, the
> pictures can be colored in if desired. I use scented markers and
> scented colored pencils as well as crayons labeled in Braille if I
> color the pictures in.
>
> This book is a wonderful resource which can appeal to a wide audience
> in the blindness community. For young children, it can be a way of
> reinforcing concepts of shape and of how things can be represented on
> paper. For newly blind adults learning Braille, the book can help them
> to stay motivated to learn new Braille symbols and to practice their
> writing skills. The thing I like best about the book is that sighted
> people actually recognize what I've drawn without my having to tell
> them!
>
> It takes a little patience to do this, but as long as the directions
> are followed, the pictures come out great and give people a real sense
> of accomplishment. Recently, I taught a twelve-year-old boy how to
> draw a dog. He didn't want to start with basic shape--he wanted to
> dive right into the more complex drawings. The first time we did one,
> I read him the directions while he worked the Brailler. This boy lost
> his sight due to a brain tumor, so still remembers what things look
> like. He fell in love with the pictures in the book and after he'd
> drawn the dog, he went on to draw a bear independently, using the
> Brailler with one hand while he read the directions with the other. By
> that time, he was hooked and wanted me to get him a book so he could
> draw on his own. When I told him how much the book cost, $24.95 from
> www.perkinsproducts.org, I thought that was the end of it, that he
> couldn't afford the price. But the next week he showed up with $25 so
> he got his copy of the book.
>
> I would encourage anyone, whether you think you have artistic talent
> or not, to try using this book to make your own Braille pictures. I'm
> very glad I did.
>
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