You are listening to seminars at Hadley. This seminar is Braille Exchange - Have Fun with Braille Drawings, presented by Susan Fisher and Debbie [Segal], moderated by Doug Anzlovar.
Doug AnslovarWelcome to seminars by Hadley, my name is Doug Anzlovar, and I'm the vice president of education and training at the Hadley Institute. Today's seminar topic is have fun with Braille drawings, and it covers using the Braille letters to draw picture art, and create your own Braille drawings. Now, let me welcome today's presenters, Susan Fisher and Debbie Segal. Both Susan and Debbie are veteran instructors at Hadley, and teach Braille courses in our professional and family education programs.
No matter what your Braille level, that is whether you know contracted or uncontracted Braille, you'll find success with these pictures, as long as you know the numbers of the dots in the Braille style. In our past drawings, we did not identify the name of the picture we were drawing before doing the drawing. Instead, we waited until the picture was completed, and asked students to identify what they created. With this seminar, however, we will be identifying the name of the picture prior to its creation. We'll go slowly when we do the directions for each picture. In past drawing seminars, the directions for each line were read twice. For this seminar, the directions for each line will be read only once. That will enable us to draw a good number of pictures. If you make a mistake, or lose your place, not to worry. Like all Hadley seminars, this one will be archived. After completing a line of drawing, you will need to advance to the next line. If you are using a Brailler, move the embossing head lever as far left as possible. We always begin each line with the embossing head lever all the way to the left. That is in cell number one. If you're using a slated stylus, each line begins at the far right in cell number one. Please hold all your questions until we have completed all of the pictures. We will then have a short question and answer session. Susan will be giving directions for the first three pictures.
Susan FisherThanks, Debbie. These first three pictures can all be drawn on the same piece of paper. However, if you prefer, you can draw each picture on a separate sheet of paper, or you can draw two pictures on one sheet, and
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one picture on another sheet. Our first picture is a picture of a shamrock, to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. The three-leaf clover is thought to be a symbol of good luck. There are three lines in this picture, along this line is four cells.
We'll then begin in line number one, space one time, write the contraction for the letters OW, and that's a cell of dots two, four and six. Write that one time. Finish line one with the letter O, dots one, three and five. Let's move down to the second line, where we begin with the contraction for the letters OW. Again, that's a cell of dots two, four and six. Write the letter O, dots one, three and five. Write the OW contraction, dots two, four and six. Complete line two with the letter O, dots one, three and five. Now, for the third and final line, space twice, finish your picture with the spell of, for the contraction dots one, two and six. That's the GH contraction. We've now completed your picture of a shamrock.
Our second picture is that of a pumpkin, that's also known as a jack-o-lantern. This picture takes seven lines down and twelve spaces across. It has a stem on top, two eyes, a nose, and a smiley mouth with teeth. We're gonna begin line one, by spacing five times, and I'll pause while you're spacing five times. Write the letter P, dots one, two, three and four. Finish line one with the WH contraction, dots one, five and six.
We're now ready for line number two. Space one time, write the IN contraction once. That's a cell of dots three
and five. Write the letter C three times. That's dots one and four, you need that three times. The letter E, dots one and five. The letter I, dots two and four. Three cells with the letter C. That's dots one and four. Finish line number two with one cell of the EN contraction, dots one and five.
We're ready for line number three, which begins with the letter S, dots two, three and four. Space one time. Write the contraction for the word the. That's dots two, three, four and six. Write the letter X, dots one, three, four and six. Write the letter Z, dots one, three, five and six. Space twice. Write the contraction for the word the. That's dots two, three, four and six. The letter X, dots one, three, four and six. The letter Z, dots one, three, five and six. Space one time. Finish line three with the WH contraction. That's one cell of dots one, five and six.
We're ready for line number four. Write the letter L, dots one, two and three. Space four times. The the contraction, dots two, three, four and six. The letter Z, dots one, three, five and six. Space four times. Finish line four with one cell of dots four, five and six.
We're more than halfway done with our pumpkin. We're ready for line number five. Begin with the letter L, dots one, two and three. Space one time. The WH contraction, dots one, five and six. The letter E, dots one and five. Two cells with the semicolon, which is dots two and three. One cell with dots two, three, five and six. One cell with dots five and six. The letter I, dots two and four. The letter S, dots two, three and four. One space. Finish line five with one cell of dots four, five and six.
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We're ready for line number six. Begin with one cell of the GH contraction, dots one, two and six. Space twice. Write the letter E, dots one and five. One cell with dots two, three, five and six. Write two hyphens. Each hyphen is a cell of dots three and six, so we're gonna write dots three and six twice. Dots two, three, five and six. The letter I, dots two and four. Space twice. Complete line six with the AR contraction, that's dots three, four and five.
For our last line, space one time. Write the letter E, dots one and five. Write the hyphen eight times. As you'll recall, the hyphen is written with one cell of dots three and six. We need eight of those. Finish the pumpkin drawing with one cell of the letter I, that's dots two and four.
If you'd like to do our third picture on a separate piece of paper, feel free to do so. This picture celebrates Thanksgiving. We're gonna draw a picture of a turkey. You can center this picture on a page, and use it for a Thanksgiving placemat. Another suggestion is to write what you are most thankful for around the picture. It takes ten lines down and 18 spaces across to draw a turkey. There are a lot of spaces in this picture. I'll pause to allow sufficient time for you to make these spaces.
Line number one begins with six spaces. The letter S, dots two, three and four. The letter C, dots one and four. The WH contraction, dots one, five and six. Space six times. Write the IN contraction, dots three and five. Write
the EN contraction, dots two and six. Write the letter I, dots two and four. The letter E, dots one and five. The IN contraction, dots three and five. Finish line one with the EN contraction, dots two and six.
For line number two, we begin with five spaces. Write the OW contraction, dots two, four and six. Space one time. Write the letter A, dot one. Write one cell with dots four, five and six. Space three times. The IN contraction, dots three and five. The EN contraction, dots two and six. The letter S, dots two, three and four. Space five times. The letter I, dots two and four. Complete line two with the letter O, dots one, three and five.
Line number three begins with five spaces. The letter S, dots two, three and four. Space twice. The AR contraction, dots three, four and five. The IN contraction, dots three and five. Two cells with the colon. The colon is a cell of dots two and five, we need to write that twice. The GH contraction, dots one, two and six. Space nine times. Finish line three with one cell of the letter O, dots one, three and five, and then we're ready for line number four.
For line number four, space four times. Write the letter S, dots two, three and four. Next, we're going to space 18 times, and I'll pause. 18 spaces. Finish line four with the letter O, dots one, three and five.
Line number five, space four times. Write the letter L, dots one, two and three. The letter L, dots one, two and three. Space 18 times. Again, I'll pause for 18 spaces. Finish
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line five with the letter O, dots one, three and five, and we're halfway done.
For line number six, space four times. Write the GH contraction, dots one, two and six. Space 17 times. That's 17 spaces. Finish line six with one cell of the letter O, dots one, three and five.
We'll begin line seven with five spaces. Write the GH contraction, dots one, two and six. Space 14 times. That's 14 spaces. Write the GH contraction, dots one, two and six. Finish line seven with one cell of the AR contraction, dots three, four and five. Three more lines to go.
Line eight begins with six spaces. One cell with the GH contraction, that's dots one, two and six. We're going to space 12 times. 12 spaces. One cell with the GH contraction, dots one, two and six. Finish line eight with one cell of the AR contraction, dots three, four and five.
On to line number seven. Seven spaces. Line number nine. This is line number nine. Space seven times. We begin line number nine with seven spaces. Write the letter E one time, that's dots one and five. Write five cells with the hyphen, and the hyphen is a cell of dots three and six. We need five of those. Write the letter I, dots two and four. The letter E, dots one and five. The letter I, dots two and four. The GH contraction, dots one, two and six. The AR contraction, dots three, four and five. The letter E,
dots one and five. We end line number nine with the letter I, dots two and four.
Tenth and final line, we have nine spaces. Write the contraction for the word the twice. The contraction for the word the is written with dots two, three, four and six, and we're gonna write that twice. We finish our turkey with one cell of the letter Z, dots one, three, five and six.
I'm now going to turn the mic over to Debbie, who will be explaining how to create your own Braille drawings.
DebbieThank you, Susan. The first thing to do when creating your own Braille drawings is to either have an image in mind, or find a simple drawing and enlarge it. This can be done through internet search. The drawings should be black and white, and simple. Then, decide what needs to stand out in your drawing. Do you want a silhouette, or an outline, or maybe a little of both? Focus on a general feeling of the object, and ignore the small details. Then, start at the top. Decide where on the page you want to start the first line, and then move down line by line.
Creating the Braille design is next. Straight lines can be full cells, and they are the simplest to create. Curves are a little bit trickier. There are several Braille cell choices to use, depending on the slope. For instance, the contraction for the word with, dots three, four, five, six, and then the contraction for the word of, that's one, two, three, five, six. The contraction ER, dots one, two, four, five, six, and the letter Q, dots one, two, three, four, five, can be
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used for many solid curves. Add a cell, or subtract a cell, to keep the curve going. To change the slope, add the letter D, dots, one, four, five. The letter F, dots one, two, four. An open quotation mark, dots two, three, six, or a closed quotation mark, dots three, five, six.
You may need to simplify your image if it's too detailed. Make bold lines by using full cells, or use dots one, four or dots three, six, to make simple lines that go across the paper horizontally. Dots one, two, three, or dots four, five, six are simple lines that go vertically up and down. You can add detail by adding or erasing cells and spaces. This can be difficult to visualize, and it will be clear as you create your own drawing. For further information, go to the link to creating Braille art with [inaudible 23:10] by Edith West, from the paths to literacy website. This link will be on our resource list, at the very bottom of the resource list. There are more detailed instructions.
For the sake of this seminar, I chose to design the capital and the lower case letter H, to represent Hadley. I came up with these simple drawings by following the guidelines that I just described. This is the process that I went through.
First, I drew the capital letter H on paper. It doesn't have any curves, so it's very straightforward. I didn't want the drawing to be at the very top of the paper, so I spaced down three lines. Also, I didn't want the drawing to be at
the very edge of the paper, so I spaced three times at the beginning of each line. Now, it's your turn to emboss this letter with me. Take out a piece of Braille paper, and let's proceed.
We'll start on line three. Row one. Space three times. Make one full cell, which is dots one, two, three, four, five, six. Space four times. Make one full cell. Row two. Space three times. Make one full cell, dots one, two, three, four, five, six. Space four times. Make one full cell. Row three. Space three times. Make one full cell six times, and at this point, you've completed the bar that goes across the capital letter H. Row four. Space three times. Make a full cell. Space four times. Make one full cell. Finally, row five. Space three times. Make one full cell. Space four times. Make one full cell. You've now created a capital letter H.
Now let's try something with narrower lines, and curves, which is the lower-case letter H. This can be done on the same paper as the capital letter H. Just space down a few lines to separate the two letters. Let's begin. Row one. Space three times. Make the letter L, dots one, two, three. Row two. Space three times. Make the letter L, dots one, two, three. Row three. Space three times. Make the letter L. Row four. Space three times. Make the letter S, dots two, three, four. Make the letter C, dots, one, four, two times. Make the WH sign, dots one, five, six. As you can see, I used the letter S and the WH sign to make the curves on this line. Row five. Space three times. Make the letter L, dots one, two, three. Space two times. Make
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dots four, five, six. Finally, row six. Space three times. Make the letter L. Space two times. Make dots four, five, six. Now you have a lower-case letter H.
When I designed the pattern, I made the upper case letter H bolder, by using full cells. The lower-case letter H had narrower lines, so I just used half a cell, dots one, two, three, and dots four, five, six. The curves are line four with the letter S and the WH sign. Now that you know the basics, you can create your own unique Braille drawings. Susan's now going to give us directions for our last picture. Susan?
SusanThanks Debbie. Our last picture needs its own sheet of paper. We're going to be creating a picture that celebrates each one of us. We're drawing a picture of a birthday cake. This picture's a little bit more advanced. There's 16 lines down, and 24 cells across. There's lots of spacing, so I'll be pausing for that, and there are lots of times when we use the full cell. As Debbie described in her drawings, the full cell is a cell of all six dots, dots one, two, three, four, five and six.
So, let's begin. Row number one. Space six times. Write the letter L, dots one, two and three. Space five times. Write the letter L, dots one, two and three. Space five times. Finish row one with the letter L, dots one, two and three. Lines two, three and four are all the same, but I will
read each one of them individually. For line number two, space five times. Write two full cells. Space four times. Write two full cells. Space four times. Finish row two with two full cells.
Row three is the same. Space five times. Write two full cells. Space four times. Write two full cells. Space four times. Finish line three with two full cells. Line number four. Space five times. Two full cells. Space four times. Two full cells. Space four times. Finish line four with two full cells.
These next two lines are different. You'll need to listen carefully, because there's a lot going on in these two lines. Line number five begins with the with contraction. That's dots two, three, four, five and six. Space once. Write the of contraction, dots one, two, three, five and six. Write a question mark, dots two, three and six. The contraction for the word was, dots three, five and six. The contraction for the word with, dots two, three, four, five, six. One full cell. The contraction for the word of, dots one, two, three, five, six. The question mark, dots two, three and six. The word was, that's three, five and six. The word with, dots two, three, four, five and six. One full cell. The contraction for the word of, dots one, two, three, five, six. One question mark, dots two, three, six. The word was, dots three, five and six. The word with, dots two, three, four, five and six. One full cell. The contraction for the word of, dots one, two, three, five, six. Question mark, dots two, three, six. The word was, dots three, five and six. The word with, dots two, three, four, five and six. One
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full cell. The contraction for the word of, dots one, two, three, five, six. Finish line five with a question mark, dots two, three and six.
Another involved line, line number six begins with the letter P, dots one, two, three and four. The letter D, dots one, four and five. The ER contraction, dots one, two, four, five and six. One full cell. The letter Q, dots one, two, three, four, five. The letter F, dots one, two and four. The letter D, dots one, four, five. The ER contraction, dots one, two, four, five, six. One full cell. The letter Q, dots one, two, three, four, five. The letter F, dots one, two, four. The letter D, dots one, four, five. The ER contraction, dots one, two, four, five, six. One full cell. The letter Q, dots one, two, three, four, five. The letter F, dots one, two, four. The letter D, dots one, four, five. The ER contraction, dots one, two, four, five, six. One full cell. The letter Q, dots one, two, three, four, five. The letter F, dots one, two, four. The letter D, dots one, four, five. The ER contraction, dots one, two, four, five, six. We complete line six with one full cell.
The next three lines are not nearly as involved. They are all the same, but I will repeat each line. Line number seven, write the letter L, dots one, two and three. 22 spaces. Space 22 times. Finish line seven with one cell of dots four, five and six. Lines eight and nine are the same. Line number eight, start with the letter L, dots one, two and three. 22 spaces. Finish line eight with one cell
of dots four, five and six. Line number nine, the letter L, dots one, two and three. 22 spaces. Finish line nine with one cell of dots four, five and six.
We're more than halfway done. The next two lines are a bit involved, so listen carefully. This is line number ten, that starts with two full cells. The of contraction, dots one, two, three, five, six. Question mark, dots two, three, six. Was, dots three, five, six. With, dots two, three, four, five, six. One full cell. Of, dots one, two, three, five, six. Question mark, dots two, three, six. Was, dots three, five, six. With, dots two, three, four, five, six. One full cell. Write the of contraction, dots one, two, three, five, six. Question mark, dots two, three, six. Was contraction, dots three, five, six. With, dots two, three, four, five, six. One full cell. Of contraction, dots one, two, three, five, six. Question mark, dots two, three, six. Was, dots three, five, six. With, dots two, three, four, five, six. One full cell. Of, dots one, two, three, five, six. Row ten finishes off with the with contraction, dots two, three, four, five, six.
Line 11, the letter P, dots one, two, three, four. The letter D, dots one, four, five. The ER contraction, dots one, two, four, five, six. One full cell. The letter Q, dots one, two, three, four, five. The letter F, dots one, two, four. The letter D, dots one, four, five. The ER contraction, dots one, two, four, five, six. One full cell. The letter Q, dots one, two, three, four, five. The letter F, dots one, two, four. The letter D, dots one, four, five. ER contraction, dots one, two, four, five, six. One full cell. The letter Q, dots one, two, three, four, five. The letter F, dots one, two,
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four. The letter D, dots one, four, five. The ER contraction, dots one, two, four, five, six. One full cell. The letter Q, dots one, two, three, four, five. The letter F, dots one, two, four. The letter D, dots one, four, five. The ER contraction, dots one, two, four, five, six. Finish line 11 with one full cell.
Lines 12, 13, and 14 are all the same. Lot of spaces. Line number 12, write the letter L, dots one, two and three. Then, space 22 times. Finish line 12 with the cell of dots four, five and six. The last cell of row 12 is row four, five and six. Line 13, write the letter L, dots one, two and three. 22 spaces. Finish row 13 with one cell of dots four, five and six. Line 14, the letter L, dots one, two and three. 22 spaces. Finish row 14 with one cell of dots four, five and six.
Two lines to go. Line 15 is involved. Line 16 is quite easy. For line 15, we make two full cells. The contraction for of, dots one, two, three, five, six. Question mark, dots two, three, six. Was, dots three, five, six. With, dots two, three, four, five, six. One full cell. Of, dots one, two, three, five, six. Question mark, dots two, three, six. Was, dots three, five, six. With, dots two, three, four, five, six. One full cell. Of, dots one, two, three, five, six. Question mark, dots two, three, six. Was, dots three, five, six. With, dots two, three, four, five, six. One full cell. Of, dots one, two, three, five, six. Question mark, dots two, three, six. Was, dots three, five, six. With, dots two, three, four, five,
six. One full cell. Of, dots one, two, three, five, six. Finish line 15 with the with contraction, dots two, three, four, five and six.
For the 16th and final line of the birthday cake, make 24 full cells. That's 24 full cells.
DebbieWe weren't sure how much time you'd have, so we planned an additional drawing. A speckled egg for Easter, but we're running low on time, so we won't be going over this drawing today. However, instructions for the speckled Easter egg and instructions for the rest of the drawings from this seminar will be on our resource webs, which will be able to access in the next couple days. If you enjoyed creating these pictures, we invite you to access two seminars that we presented some time ago, and have been archived, as are all Hadley seminars on the Hadley website. The seminar entitled Braille Exchange - Braille for the Holidays, provides specific instructions to four pictures. A dreidel, Frosty the Snowman, a simple Braille Christmas tree, and a small Christmas tree. The archived seminar titled Braille Exchange - Drawing Pictures Using the Braille Letter contains directions for drawing a picture of a heart, a diamond, a sailboat, a happy face, a waving flag, a teddy bear, and a rabbit.
SusanHere's a little tidbit that one of our Braille instructors, Judy [Matsuoka] shared with us. Did you know that there's a special blindness connection to Mother's Day? Julia Ward
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Howe, author of the Battle Hymn of the Republic, advocated for a day to celebrate mothers. It was less widely known that she was the wife of Samuel Goodley Howe, who started the first school for children with visual disabilities in the United States. This school is the Perkins School for the Blind, which became the school that educated both Anne Sullivan, The Miracle Worker, and Helen Keller, her teacher. Perkins is still in operation, and is a source of the Perkins Brailler used to make our Braille drawings. As Debbie indicated, we have many pictures that are already archived in previous seminars. If you're looking for a special way to honor your mother, or anyone that you know who is a mother, a picture of a heart of some of these happy face pictures, teddy bears always make a nice addition to a Mother's Day card.
Now we'll open it up for questions and discussion.
DougThank you Susan, thank you Debbie. I'm gonna release the mic for questions from our audience.
CarolHi, this is Carol, and I would like to know how difficult would it be to make these pictures, that you would be able to do it on the computer and emboss them with a Brailler, a Braille embosser?
You should be able to do that. It shouldn't be a problem at all.
JessicaThis is Jessica. How would you go about doing that? Would you use Perky Duck or whatever the other one is. I think it's like Duxbury?
DebbieI don't know. I've never thought of doing Braille drawings on the computer, but I guess that could work.
SusanAre you looking for a way to draw pictures that are tactile, because I would think that you could just use your embosser the way you would, when you're embossing writing anything? Just follow the dot numbers.
JessicaI would think of using letters, but I suppose I would have to learn the computer equivalent of things like EN and contractions for with and stuff, because I don't have things like Duxbury.
DebbieSo, when you're using Perky Duck, because that's the way I created these drawings, I just used six-key entry using Perky Duck and I'm assuming, I don't have an embosser, so I have not done this, but I assume you hook up the embosser to Perky Duck, and then it will emboss in Braille,
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whatever you've embossed on your computer using Perky Duck. It should work in computer Braille code.
SusanYou do not need to know the computer Braille code F key to make these. You would just use the six-key entry, as if you were using a Braille writer.
JessicaIs Perky Duck a program that you would purchase for your computer? I'd never heard of it.
SusanIt's free.
DougAny other questions from our audience, before we bring the seminar to a close today?
Audience MemberOn the picture of the birthday cake, how do you increase the number of candles at the top? Would you put less spaces, or how would you do that?
SusanIf you want to increase the number of candles in the cake, you would have to have less spaces in between. I think there's only a certain amount of increase you can make with the candles. I don't think that there would be enough
space to make a whole lot more candles. I would always just only have one candle. If there's too many candles, someone's celebrating a 50th birthday, 50 candles. I think I would just put one candle on there. I don't think you're going to be able to put a whole lot of candles on their cake, but you can certainly experiment with it, and see what you come up with.
There's a question here, can you give your website where the other pictures can be found, the instructions for the other drawings? Yes. Just look at our Hadley website, hadley.edu, and check out the archived seminars. The specific links of those two seminars, I believe are, one is titled Braille Exchange - Braille for the Holidays. That's the one that has specific instructions to the four holiday pictures. The dreidel, Frosty the Snowman, a simple Braille Christmas tree and a small Christmas tree, and then the other one is titled Braille Exchange - Drawing Pictures Using the Braille Letter. That one is the one that has a whole bunch of different pictures. The heart, the diamond, the sailboat, happy face, waving flag, teddy bear and rabbit. The other directions for those pictures, in those seminars, we did repeat the lines twice. If you found that this was going a little bit too fast, those other seminars, we repeated each line two times.
DebbieAlso, going back to the birthday cake, if you want to personalize it even more, there were two blocks where Susan had cells that were basically a lot of spaces. You can personalize it by putting somebody's name in there, or
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writing happy birthday. You could make this drawing your own, and adding those additions as well.
SusanAnother thing to do that as well, you can make the cake longer from top to bottom, just by taking those last two lines, and moving them down a couple lines. You can take lines, the third, fourth and fifth lines from the bottom, and you can repeat those a couple more times, and then the last two lines, you can move down further. Then, you'll have more room if you want to write something, like Debbie said. You can write happy birthday with somebody's name. You can put the number in there. You can personalize it, like Debbie indicated.
Audience MemberAnother way to indicate multiple candles, you can just put, in the case of 50 years, you could put five candles, and just say that they represent ten years for each one.
JohnHi, Susan and Debbie, it's John from Canada. I just thought I'd say hello to you Susan, I haven't talked to you in a long time.
SusanIt's good to have you here. Thanks for attending our seminar, and thanks also to everybody else.
DougOkay, this is your moderator Doug again, and we have just a couple of minutes left. Any follow-up questions for Susan and Debbie, and then stand by. I'll give you instructions on how to access past seminars, and then we'd also love it if you would take a survey from us at the end here. In the meantime, any final questions for our presenters today?
ChristinaDebbie and Susan, this is Christina from New Jersey. I just have a question. When I did the birthday cake, if you made a mistake, like if you just reversed two cells, does that really make a difference when you're visually looking at it?
SusanIt really shouldn't. If you're reversing a couple cells, or if you make a few errors, it's probably not gonna make any big difference in a picture, especially one that's so involved as this. In the first picture we did, the picture of a shamrock, because it's only three lines, if you make a mistake on one of the three lines, you may not be able to tell what the picture is. Some of these others, I think it's gonna be just fine if you make a mistake here and there, and nobody will know except probably you.
DebbieAlso, that birthday picture, one other thing I was talking about when I talk about creating pictures was slope. If you look at that, the picture, there's almost waves going in a
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couple of those lines, and the wave goes up and down and up and down. Then, underneath, it goes down and up and down and up. The way that was achieved was just by adding a cell or subtracting a cell. That's all they did to create that look. That's something you can very easily do by yourself. If you make a mistake in there, as Susan said, it's really not going to make that big of a difference. You'll still get the general feel of the picture.
Audience MemberHi, thank you for your very clear explanation of the directions, and for a number of years, I had access to a Mountbatten Brailler where I worked. Of course, that's a computerized Brailler, and I made many many dot pictures of bunnies, and it was very fun to be able to print out so many of those in Braille. That can be done easily, and then also, I thought the little shamrock would be so cute on a bookmark, and I wondered if you had any other suggestions besides greeting cards, bookmarks and just a regular picture, how these could be used?
SusanWe've had a lot of discussion about this before. When you're gift-wrapping, if you put a tag on the gift, you can put a little picture there. I know some students have made, when they're having a dinner party, they've made place cards and they've put little pictures on. There's an endless number of things that you can do, and there's also, like you said, in those archived seminars, some of
the smaller pictures that would work very well for what you indicated, with the bookmark. The shamrock would work well on that. There's a darling little picture of a smiley face. It's only a couple lines. It's very small. A little picture of a heart. That's very small also, and in those other archived seminars, there are other resources. There's many other drawings. I think you'll have fun with that.
DougOkay, thank you Susan and Debbie for your presentation today, and I just want to let our audience know that this seminar, like all seminars at Hadley, will be archived on our website, and you're welcome to visit the past seminars area. To do that, go to www. hadley.edu. As Susan and Debbie mentioned, a resource document is going to be posted, with this archived recording as well. We value your feedback, so please let us know what you thought of this seminar, and we welcome your suggestions for future topics. Tell us what's on your mind. Feel free to email feedback, all one word, [email protected]. I'm gonna pause briefly and give the mic back to Susan and Debbie for any closing and final comments.
SusanThank you all for coming. We hope you enjoy creating these Braille drawings, and go on the resource list if you need additional assistance.
DougThank you again, Susan and Debbie.
BRAILLE EXCHANGE - Have Fun with Braille Drawings
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