Introduction

By: Lena Hinkle

Marie Porter was a gifted teacher of the blind. She believed that braille should not be a mystery to sighted people, and that blind and sighted folks could enjoy braille together through pictures. She designed braille drawings, wrote children’s stories, and with the support of the Catholic Guild for the Blind of Chicago, Illinois, published books to teach drawing with braille.

Marie Porter has contributed much to the blind community, and we honor her work by preserving the little that we can find.

Train

By: Marie Porter
From: So What About Drawing?

Design is 6 rows, 35 cells.

Note: A reduced size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 3 times, S [234], space 2 times, ED [1246], C [14] four times, N [1345].

Row 2: space 3 times, full cell, space 2 times, dots 456, space 4 times, L [123], space 12 times, IN [35], C [14] nine times, EN [26].

Row 3: space 1 time, OW [246], P [1234], C [14], V [1236], hyphen [36], dots 3456, space 4 times, L [123], space 12 times, L [123], space 3 times, dots 235, colon [25], dots 256, space 3 times, dots 456.

Row 4: space 2 times, L [123], space 8 times, L [123], space 1 time, P [1234], C [14] eight times, TH [1456], space 1 time, L [123], space 3 times, L [123], space 1 time, dots 456, space 3 times, dots 456.

Row 5: space 1 time, ST [34], V [1236], IN [35], C [14], EN [26], hyphen [36] two times, IN [35], C [14], EN [26], R [1235], colon [25], V [1236], IN [35], C [14], EN [26], hyphen [36] two times, IN [35], C [14], EN [26], dots 3456, colon [25], V [1236], IN [35], C [14], EN [26], hyphen [36] two times, IN [35], C [14], EN [26], hyphen [36], dots 3456.

Row 6: ST [34], space 2 times, E [15], hyphen [36], I [24], space 2 times, E [15], hyphen [36], I [24], space 3 times, E [15], hyphen [36], I [24], space 2 times, E [15], hyphen [36], I [24], space 3 times, E [15], hyphen [36], I [24], space 3 times, E [15], hyphen [36], I [24].

End design.

Marie’s drawing notes:

This train has an engine, a flat car, and a box car. The engine has smoke coming out of the smokestack and has a cow-catcher in front of it. Hitched to the engine is a flat-bed car, a box car with a roof and a door. With some ingenuity, this could easily become a modern passenger train. To draw it requires 6 lines down and 35 spaces across. This is a more difficult drawing to recognize tactually because it contains three separate objects, which are linked together. It is very easily recognized visually, and has a great appeal.

Modification note:

Here is a smaller version of this train.

Christmas Tree – large

By: Marie Porter
From: So What About Drawing?

Design is 25 rows, 40 cells.

Note: A reduced size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 19 times, AR [345], GH [126].

Row 2: space 18 times, AR [345], IN [35], EN [26], GH [126].

Row 3: space 17 times, AR [345], space 2 times, dots 456, space 1 time, GH [126].

Row 4: space 16 times, AR [345], OW [246], O [135], space 1 time, dots 456, space 2 times, GH [126].

Row 5: space 15 times, AR [345], space 6 times, OW [246], O [135], GH [126].

Row 6: space 14 times, AR [345], space 2 times, AND [12346], Y [13456], space 6 times, GH [126].

Row 7: space 13 times, AR [345], space 6 times, OW [246], O [135], space 2 times, IN [35], EN [26], GH [126].

Row 8: space 12 times, AR [345], space 2 times, ED [1246], GG [2356], N [1345], space 7 times, dots 456, space 1 time, GH [126].

Row 9: space 11 times, AR [345], space 8 times, AND [12346], Y [13456], space 3 times, dots 456, space 2 times, GH [126].

Row 10: space 10 times, AR [345], space 1 time, OW [246], O [135], space 15 times, GH [126].

Row 11: space 9 times, AR [345], space 5 times, ED [1246], GG [2356], N [1345], space 2 times, IN [35], EN [26], space 7 times, GH [126].

Row 12: space 8 times, AR [345], space 11 times, L [123], space 3 times, ED [1246], GG [2356], N [1345], space 4 times, GH [126].

Row 13: space 7 times, AR [345], space 2 times, OW [246], O [135], space 3 times, IN [35], EN [26], space 3 times, L [123], space 11 times, GH [126].

Row 14: space 6 times, AR [345], space 8 times, L [123], space 7 times, OW [246], O [135], space 5 times, OW [246], O [135], space 1 time, GH [126].

Row 15: space 5 times, AR [345], space 9 times, L [123], space 3 times, OW [246], O [135], space 10 times, OW [246], O [135], space 1 time, GH [126].

Row 16: space 4 times, AR [345] five times, space 10 times, AND [12346], Y [13456], space 10 times, GH [126] five times.

Row 17: space 8 times, AR [345] five times, space 14 times, GH [126] five times.

Row 18: space 11 times, AR [345] five times, space 8 times, GH [126] Five times.

Row 19: space 14 times, AR [345] five times, L [123], dots 456, GH [126] five times.

Row 20: space 1 time, OW [246], O [135], colon [25] two times, OW [246], O [135], space 12 times, L [123], dots 456, space 8 times, IN [35], colon [25] two times, G [1245], colon [25] five times, EN [26].

Row 21: space 1 time, S [234], OW [246], O [135], OW [246], O [135], WH [156], space 7 times, ED [1246], X [1346] ten times, N [1345], space 2 times, THE [2346], hyphen [36] ten times, Z [1356].

Row 22: space 1 time, WH [156], space 1 time, EN [26], IN [35], space 1 time, AR [345], space 8 times, L [123], space 8 times, dots 456, space 3 times, L [123], space 3 times, dots 235, dots 256, dots 235, dots 256, dots 235, dots 256, space 1 time, dots 456.

Row 23: OW [246], S [234], space 4 times, WH [156], O [135], space 7 times, L [123], space 8 times, dots 456, space 3 times, L [123], space 3 times, V [1236], dots 3456, V [1236], dots 3456, V [1236], dots 3456, space 1 time, dots 456.

Row 24: IN [35], GH [126], space 4 times, AR [345], EN [26], space 7 times, L [123], space 8 times, dots 456, space 3 times, L [123], space 1 time, P [1234], TH [1456], space 7 times, dots 456.

Row 25: E [15], I [24], E [15], colon [25] two times, I [24], E [15], I [24], space 7 times, GH [126], hyphen [36] eight times, AR [345], space 3 times, V [1236], hyphen [36], V [1236], dots 3456, hyphen [36] seven times, dots 3456.

End design.

Marie’s drawing notes:

Christmas Tree 02 (large) has lots of possibilities. You can hang whatever you want on it, ornaments, square packages, candy canes, bows …

Pumpkin 02 – large

By: Marie Porter

From: So What About Drawing?

Design is 20 rows, 40 cells.

Note: A reduced picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 17 times, P [1234], C [14] four times, WH [156].

Row 2: space 17 times, L [123], space 4 times, dots 456.

Row 3: space 4 times, IN [35], C [14] twelve times, GH [126], hyphen [36] four times, AR [345], C [14] twelve times, EN [26].

Row 4: space 3 times, S [234], space 32 times, WH [156].

Row 5: space 2 times, S [234], space 2 times, S [234], C [14] six times, WH [156], space 14 times, S [234], C [14] six times, WH [156], space 2 times, WH [156].

Row 6: Space 1 time, S [234], space 3 times, IN [35], C [14] six times, EN [26], space 14 times, IN [35], C [14] six times, EN [26], space 3 times, WH [156].

Row 7: S [234], space 4 times, L [123], space 2 times, IN [35], C [14], EN [26], space 1 time, dots 456, space 14 times, L [123], space 1 time, IN [35], C [14], EN [26], space 2 times, dots 456, space 4 times, WH [156].

Row 8: L [123], space 4 times, GH [126], hyphen [36], THE [2346], hyphen [36] three times, Z [1356], AR [345], space 6 times, IN [35], EN [26], space 6 times, GH [126], THE [2346], hyphen [36] three times, Z [1356], hyphen [36], AR [345], space 4 times, dots 456.

Row 9: L [123], space 18 times, ST [34], CH [16], space 18 times, dots 456.

Row 10: L [123], space 17 times, ST [34], space 2 times, CH [16], space 17 times, dots 456.

Row 11: L [123], space 16 times, THE [2346], hyphen [36] four times, Z [1356], space 16 times, dots 456.

Row 12: L [123], space 38 times, dots 456.

Row 13: L [123], space 38 times, dots 456.

Row 14: L [123], space 4 times, S [234], GH [126], space 26 times, AR [345], WH [156], space 4 times, dots 456.

Row 15: L [123], space 4 times, GH [126], space 1 time, E [15], hyphen [36] eleven times, IN [35], EN [26], hyphen [36] eleven times, I [24], space 1 time, AR [345], space 3 times, dots 456.

Row 16: GH [126], space 5 times, E [15], space 1 time, repeat the following two symbols, GH [126] and AR [345] twelve times, space 1 time I [24], space 5 times, AR [345].

Row 17: space 1 time, GH [126], space 5 times, GH [126], hyphen [36], repeat the following two symbols, S [234] and WH [156] eleven times, hyphen [36], AR [345], space 5 times, AR [345].

Row 18: space 2 times, GH [126], space 34 times, AR [345].

Row 19: space 3 times, GH [126], space 32 times, AR [345].

Row 20: space 4 times, E [15], hyphen [36] fourteen times, IN [35], EN [26], hyphen [36] fourteen times, I [24].

End design.

Marie’s drawing notes:

This large pumpkin takes 20 lines down, 40 spaces across. It can be easily colored, because of the large spaces surrounding details of eyes, nose and mouth.

Drawing Notes:

Marie also wrote a different set of directions for row 15 if you want to change the look and feel of the upper portion of the pumpkins mouth. (Option to Row 15: L [123], space 4 times, GH [126], space 1 time, E [15], space 24 times, I [24], space 1 time, AR [345], space 3 times, dots 456.)

Bird

By Marie Porter
From: So What About Drawing?

Design is 14 rows, 30 cells.

Note: A reduced size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 12 times, IN [35], C [14] three times, EN [26].

Row 2: space 10 times, colon [25], OW [246], space 2 times, dot 2, space 2 times, WH [156].

Row 3: space 12 times, WH [156], space 4 times, OW [246].

Row 4: space 12 times, I [24], space 1 time, S [234], C [14] three times, WH [156].

Row 5: space 11 times, S [234], space 1 time, S [234], space 4 times, dots 456.

Row 6: space 11 times, L [123], S [234], space 5 times, AR [345].

Row 7: space 11 times, GH [126] two times, space 4 times, AR [345].

Row 8: space 1 time, GH [126], hyphen [36] nine times, AR [345], E [15], GH [126], space 2 times, AR [345], GH [126], hyphen [36] ten times, AR [345].

Row 9: GH [126], hyphen [36] eleven times, AR [345], hyphen [36], GH [126], AR [345], GH [126] three times, hyphen [36] ten times, AR [345].

Row 10: space 17 times, GH [126] three times.

Row 11: space 18 times, GH [126] three times.

Row 12: space 19 times, GH [126] three times.

Row 13: space 20 times, GH [126] three times.

Row 14: space 21 times, H [125], Z [1356] two times.

End design.

Marie’s drawing notes:

Now the bird is completed, sitting on a branch, with its tail balancing it. This picture can be colored red for a cardinal, if you like, or any other color that suits your favorite bird. It is a pretty picture and shows details of the bird’s wing, and his delicate tail. You can be more creative about the branch, he is perched upon, but we wanted to place emphasis on the shape and style of the bird itself.

Drawing Notes:

To make the original drawing fit on our sheets, nine hyphens were removed from the second strip of hyphens in row 8 and row 9.

Sailboat 02 – Large

By Marie Porter
From: So What About Drawing?

Design is 17 rows, 34 cells.

Note: A reduced size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 11 times, dots 456, EN [26].

Row 2: space 11 times, dots 456, WH [156], CH [16].

Row 3: space 11 times, dots 456 two times, space 1 time, CH [16].

Row 4: space 11 times, dots 456 two times, space 2 times, CH [16].

Row 5: space 11 times, dots 456 two times, space 3 times, CH [16].

Row 6: space 11 times, dots 456 two times, space 4 times, CH [16].

Row 7: space 11 times, dots 456 two times, space 5 times, CH [16].

Row 8: space 11 times, dots 456 two times, space 6 times, CH [16].

Row 9: space 11 times, dots 456 two times, space 7 times, CH [16].

Row 10: space 11 times, dots 456 two times, space 8 times, CH [16].

Row 11: space 11 times, dots 456 two times, space 9 times, CH [16].

Row 12: space 11 times, dots 456 two times, space 10 times, CH [16].

Row 13: space 11 times, dots 456, AR [345], space 11 times, CH [16].

Row 14: space 5 times, SH [146], C [14] twenty-three times, M [134].

Row 15: space 6 times, CH [16], space 21 times, ST [34].

Row 16: S [234], WH [156] five times, S [234], CH [16], space 19 times, ST [34], S [234], WH [156] five times.

Row 17: space 8 times, CH [16], hyphen [36] seventeen times, ST [34].

End design.

Marie’s drawing notes:

The sailboat is easy to draw with its straight mast and its billowing sail. It is a good example of a picture that should be seen with two hands moving to get the idea of a continuing shape and an expanding image. Movement is introduced with the billowing sail and the waves in the water. Perspective is also suggested by the horizon of water at a different level than the bottom of the boat, making it apparent that the boat is closer to the viewer than the horizon. This is a nice picture to color – sky, water, sail, and boat.

Drawing Notes:

To make the boat and waves fit on our paper we removed 4 spaces from the beginning of each row.

Flag 02 – Large

By: Marie Porter
From: So What About Drawing?

Design is 24 rows, 40 cells.

Note: A reduced size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: S [234], WH [156].

Row 2: WH [156], S [234].

Row 3: dots 456, P [1234], C [14] thirteen times, P [1234], C [14] twenty-three times, TH [1456].

Row 4: dots 456, L [123], space 1 time, A [1], dot 3, A [1], dot 3, A [1], dot 3, A [1], dot 3, A [1], dot 3, A [1], space 1 time, P [1234], C [14] twenty-three times, TH [1456].

Row 5: dots 456, L [123], space 1 time, A [1], dot 3, A [1], dot 3, A [1], dot 3, A [1], dot 3, A [1], dot 3, A [1], space 1 time, P [1234], C [14] twenty-three times, TH [1456].

Row 6: dots 456, L [123], space 1 time, A [1], dot 3, A [1], dot 3, A [1], dot 3, A [1], dot 3, A [1], dot 3, A [1], space 1 time, P [1234], C [14] twenty-three times, TH [1456].

Row 7: dots 456, L [123], space 1 time, A [1], dot 3, A [1], dot 3, A [1], dot 3, A [1], dot 3, A [1], dot 3, A [1], space 1 time, P [1234], C [14] twenty-three times, TH [1456].

Row 8: dots 456, L [123], space 1 time, A [1], space 1 time, A [1], space 1 time, A [1], space 1 time, A [1], space 1 time, A [1], space 1 time, A [1], space 1 time, P [1234], C [14] twenty-three times, TH [1456].

Row 9: dots 456, L [123], space 13 times, P [1234], C [14] twenty-three times, TH [1456].

Row 10: dots 456, P [1234], C [14] thirty-seven times, TH [1456].

Row 11: dots 456, P [1234], C [14] thirty-seven times, TH [1456].

Row 12: dots 456, P [1234], C [14] thirty-seven times, TH [1456].

Row 13: dots 456, P [1234], C [14] thirty-seven times, TH [1456].

Row 14: dots 456, P [1234], C [14] thirty-seven times, TH [1456].

Row 15: dots 456, P [1234], C [14] thirty-seven times, TH [1456].

Row 16: dots 456, P [1234], C [14] thirty-eight times.

Row 17: dots 456, L [123].

Row 18: dots 456, L [123].

Row 19: dots 456, L [123].

Row 20: dots 456, L [123].

Row 21: dots 456, L [123].

Row 22: dots 456, L [123].

Row 23: dots 3456, V [1236].

Row 24: Write V [1236], dots 3456.

End design.

Marie’s drawing notes:

The flag shows placement of the stars, represented by the dots. The stripes can be colored. However, the chief value of this drawing is to show what the design on the American flag looks like. It is an easy picture to draw – the spacing, however, was tricky to figure out.

Angel

By: Marie Porter
From: So What About Drawing?

Design is 23 rows, 29 cells.

Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 3 times, S [234], GH [126], space 6 times, IN [35], S [234], I [24], C [14] two times, E [15], WH [156], EN [26], space 6 times, AR [345], WH [156].

Row 2: space 2 times, S [234], space 2 times, GH [126], space 4 times, S [234] two times, GH [126], AR [345], GH [126], AR [345], GH [126], AR [345], WH [156] two times, space 4 times, AR [345], space 2 times, WH [156].

Row 3: space 2 times, GH [126], space 3 times, GH [126], space 2 times, S [234], space 1 time, WH [156], EN [26], hyphen [36], IN [35], EN [26], hyphen [36], IN [35], S [234], space 1 time, WH [156], space 2 times, AR [345], space 3 times, AR [345].

Row 4: space 3 times, GH [126], space 3 times, GH [126], space 1 time, GH [126], space 1 time, AR [345], space 2 times, IN [35], EN [26], space 2 times, GH [126], space 1 time, AR [345], space 1 time, AR [345], space 3 times, AR [345].

Row 5: space 4 times, GH [126], space 3 times, GH [126], S [234], space 1 time, WH [156], GH [126], space 1 time, OW [246], O [135], space 1 time, AR [345], S [234], space 1 time, WH [156], AR [345], space 3 times, AR [345].

Row 6: space 5 times, GH [126], space 3 times, GH [126], hyphen [36], S [234], P [1234], C [14] four times, TH [1456], WH [156], hyphen [36], AR [345], space 3 times, AR [345].

Row 7: space 6 times, GH [126], space 2 times, S [234], space 2 times, L [123], space 4 times, dots 456, space 2 times, WH [156], space 2 times, AR [345].

Row 8: space 7 times, GH [126], S [234], L [123], space 1 time, TH [1456], WH [156], space 4 times, S [234], P [1234], space 1 time, dots 456, WH [156], AR [345].

Row 9: space 9 times, GH [126], hyphen [36], dots 3456, S [234], space 4 times, WH [156], V [1236], hyphen [36], AR [345].

Row 10: space 9 times, IN [35], S [234], space 1 time, L [123], space 4 times, dots 456, space 1 time, WH [156], EN [26].

Row 11: space 8 times, IN [35], S [234], space 2 times, V [1236], hyphen [36] four times, dots 3456, space 2 times, WH [156], EN [26].

Row 12: space 7 times, IN [35], S [234], space 12 times, WH [156], EN [26].

Row 13: space 6 times, IN [35], S [234], space 14 times, WH [156], EN [26].

Row 14: space 5 times, S [234], I [24], space 16 times, E [15], WH [156].

Row 15: space 4 times, S [234], space 20 times, WH [156].

Row 16: space 3 times, S [234], space 22 times, WH [156].

Row 17: space 2 times, S [234], space 24 times, WH [156].

Row 18: space 1 times, S [234], space 26 times, WH [156].

Row 19: space 1 times, L [123], space 26 times, dots 456.

Row 20: space 1 times, GH [126], space 26 times, AR [345].

Row 21: space 2 times, GH [126], hyphen [36] two times, IN [35], GH [126], hyphen [36] two times, IN [35], GH [126], hyphen [36] two times, GH [126], hyphen [36] two times, AR [345], hyphen [36] two times, AR [345], EN [26], hyphen [36] two times, AR [345], EN [26], hyphen [36] two times, AR [345].

Row 22: space 11 times, S [234], IN [35], EN [26], WH [156], S [234], IN [35], EN [26], WH [156].

Row 23: space 11 times, E [15], colon [25] two times, I [24], E [15], colon [25] two times, I [24].

End design.

Marie’s drawing notes:

With her songbook in her hands, her mouth open wide, her eyes downcast as she reads, what an angel for Christmas! She looks pretty in blue, in pink, in yellow. Notice her wavy hair, her pointed wings. She is fun, but a little difficult to figure out, at first.

Drawing Notes:

To fit our page, we deducted five spaces from the beginning of each row.

Elephant

By: Marie Porter
From: So What About Drawing?

Design is 23 rows, 39 cells.

Note: A reduced picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: IN [35], C [14], N [1345].

Row 2: L [123], space 1 time, L [123].

Row 3: L [123], space 1 time, L [123].

Row 4: L [123], space 1 time, L [123], space 4 times, IN [35], C [14], P [1234], C [14] five times, EN [26].

Row 5: L [123], space 1 time, L [123], space 3 times, S [234], space 2 times, L [123], space 6 times, WH [156].

Row 6: L [123], space 1 time, L [123], space 3 times, L [123], OW [246], space 1 time, L [123], space 6 times, dots 456, E [15], hyphen [36] nine times, IN [35], C [14] nine times, EN [26].

Row 7: GH [126], space 1 time, E [15], hyphen [36] two times, I [24], space 3 times, L [123], space 6 times, dots 456, space 20 times, WH [126].

Row 8: space 1 time, E [15], hyphen [36] five times, space 2 times, L [123], space 6 times, dots 456, space 20 times, dots 456, WH [156].

Row 9: space 7 times, O [135], colon [25], GH [126], space 6 times, AR [345], space 20 times, dots 456 two times.

Row 10: space 7 times, E [15], colon [25], dots 256, GH [126], hyphen [36] four times, AR [345], space 21 times, dots 456, THE [2346].

Row 11: space 9 times, S [234], space 27 times, dots 456.

Row 12: space 9 times, L [123], space 27 times, dots 456.

Row 13: space 9 times, L [123], space 27 times, dots 456.

Row 14: space 9 times, L [123], space 27 times, dots 456.

Row 15: space 9 times, L [123], space 27 times, dots 456.

Row 16: space 9 times, GH [126], space 4 times, dots 456, E [15], hyphen [36] twelve times, IN [35], dots 456, space 4 times, dots 456, hyphen [36] two times, AR [345].

Row 17: space 9 times, dots 456, space 4 times, dots 456, space 1 time, dot 456, space 12 times, dots 456, space 4 times, dots 456, space 1 time, dots 456.

Row 18: space 9 times, dots 456, space 4 times, dots 456, space 1 time, dot 456, space 12 times, dots 456, space 4 times, dots 456, space 1 time, dots 456.

Row 19: space 9 times, dots 456, space 4 times, dots 456, space 1 time, dot 456, space 12 times, dots 456, space 4 times, dots 456, space 1 time, dots 456.

Row 20: space 9 times, dots 456, space 4 times, dots 456, space 1 time, dot 456, space 12 times, dots 456, space 4 times, dots 456, space 1 time, dots 456.

Row 21: space 9 times, dots 456, space 4 times, dots 456, space 1 time, dot 456, space 12 times, dots 456, space 4 times, dots 456, space 1 time, dots 456.

Row 22: space 9 times, S [234], space 4 times, AR [345], space 1 time, AR [345], space 12 times, S [234], space 4 times, AR [345], space 1 time, AR [345].

Row 23: space 9 times, H [125], colon [25] four times, H [125], colon [25], B [12], space 12 times, H [125], colon [25] four times, H [125], colon [25], B [12].

End design.

Marie’s drawing notes:

Here he is in all his glory-a bit whimsical, but big enough to let you know he means business.

Rabbit 02

By: Marie Porter
From: So What About Drawing?

Design is 24 rows, 27 cells.

Note: A reduced size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 17 times, AR [345], GH [126], space 2 times, AR [345], GH [126].

Row 2: space 16 times, S [234], space 2 times, WH [156], S [234], space 2 times, WH [156].

Row 3: space 16 times, L [123], space 2 times, dots 456, L [123], space 2 times, dots 456.

Row 4: space 16 times, L [123], space 2 times, dots 456, L [123], space 2 times, dots 456.

Row 5: space 16 times, GH [126], space 2 times, AR [345], GH [126], space 2 times, AR [345].

Row 6: space 16 times, IN [35], GH [126], AR [345], colon [25] two times, GH [126], AR [345], EN [26].

Row 7: space 15 times, S [234], space 8 times, WH [156].

Row 8: space 15 times, L [123], space 1 time, IN [35], EN [26], space 2 times, IN [35], EN [26], space 1 time, dots 456.

Row 9: space 15 times, L [123], space 1 time, ED [1246], N [1345], space 2 times, ED [1246], N [1345], space 1 time, dots 456.

Row 10: space 15 times, GH [126], space 3 times, IN [35], EN [26], space 3 times, AR [345].

Row 11: space 16 times, GH [126], space 1 time, colon [25], I [24], E [15], colon [25], space 1 time, AR [345].

Row 12: space 16 times, AR [345], X [1346] two times, Z [1356], THE [2346], X [1346] two times, GH [126].

Row 13: space 1 times, IN [35], EN [26], S [234], space 8 times, WH [156], IN [35], EN [26].

Row 14: space 13 times, L [123], space 1 time, WH [156], space 2 times, S [234], C [14] two times, WH [156], space 2 times, S [234], space 1 time, dots 456.

Row 15: space 13 times, GH [126], hyphen [36] two times, Y [13456], X [1346], O [135], space 2 times, OW [246], X [1346], AND [12346], hyphen [36] two times, AR [345].

Row 16: space 15 times, S [234], space 2 times, GH [126], space 2 times, AR [345], space 2 times, WH [156].

Row 17: space 15 times, L [123], space 3 times, E [15], I [24], space 3 times, dots 456.

Row 18: space 15 times, L [123], space 3 times, EN [26], IN [35], space 3 times, dots 456.

Row 19: space 15 times, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456.

Row 20: space 15 times, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456.

Row 21: space 15 times, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456.

Row 22: space 15 times, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456.

Row 23: space 15 times, AND [12346], X [1346] three times, Y [13456], AND [12346], X [1346] three times, Y [13456].

Row 24: space 16 times, OW [246], hyphen [36], O [135], space 2 times, OW [246], hyphen [36], O [135].

End design.

Marie’s drawing notes:

This Easter Bunny is all set for a cool Easter with his suit on, carrying an Easter egg that he must deliver. Fun to draw, fun to color, a nice decoration

for Easter. Add a basket beside him. Add some eggs. Write Happy Easter.

Rabbit 02 modified

By: Marie Porter
From: So What About Drawing?

Design is 23 rows, 27 cells.

Note: Reduced size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 5 times, AR [345], GH [126], space 2 times, AR [345], GH [126].

Row 2: space 4 times, S [234], space 2 times, WH [156], S [234], space 2 times, WH [156].

Row 3: space 4 times, L [123], space 2 times, dots 456, L [123], space 2 times, dots 456.

Row 4: space 4 times, L [123], space 2 times, dots 456, L [123], space 2 times, dots 456.

Row 5: space 4 times, GH [126], space 2 times, AR [345], GH [126], space 2 times, AR [345].

Row 6: space 4 times, IN [35], GH [126], AR [345], colon [25] two times, GH [126], AR [345], EN [26].

Row 7: space 3 times, S [234], space 8 times, WH [156].

Row 8: space 3 times, L [123], space 1 time, IN [35], EN [26], space 2 times, IN [35], EN [26], space 1 time, dots 456.

Row 9: space 3 times, L [123], space 1 time, ED [1246], N [1345], space 2 times, ED [1246], N [1345], space 1 time, dots 456.

Row 10: space 3 times, GH [126], space 3 times, IN [35], EN [26], space 3 times, AR [345].

Row 11: space 4 times, GH [126], space 1 time, colon [25], I [24], E [15], colon [25], space 1 time, AR [345].

Row 12: space 4 times, AR [345], X [1346] two times, Z [1356], THE [2346], X [1346] two times, GH [126].

Row 13: space 1 times, IN [35], EN [26], S [234], space 8 times, WH [156], IN [35], EN [26].

Row 14: space 1 times, L [123], space 1 time, WH [156], space 2 times, S [234], C [14] two times, WH [156], space 2 times, S [234], space 1 time, dots 456.

Row 15: space 1 times, GH [126], hyphen [36] two times, Y [13456], X [1346], O [135], space 2 times, OW [246], X [1346], AND [12346], hyphen [36] two times, AR [345].

Row 16: space 3 times, S [234], space 2 times, GH [126], space 2 times, AR [345], space 2 times, WH [156].

Row 17: space 3 times, L [123], space 3 times, E [15], I [24], space 3 times, dots 456.

Row 18: space 3 times, L [123], space 3 times, EN [26], IN [35], space 3 times, dots 456.

Row 19: space 3 times, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456.

Row 20: space 3 times, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456.

Row 21: space 3 times, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456.

Row 22: space 3 times, AND [12346], X [1346] three times, Y [13456], AND [12346], X [1346] three times, Y [13456].

Row 23: space 4 times, OW [246], hyphen [36], O [135], space 2 times, OW [246], hyphen [36], O [135].

End design.

Marie’s drawing notes:

This Easter Bunny is all set for a cool Easter with his suit on, carrying an Easter egg that he must deliver. Fun to draw, fun to color, a nice decoration for Easter. Add a basket beside him. Add some eggs. Write Happy Easter.

Drawing Notes:

To adjust the original directions to fit our page we deducted 12 spaces from the beginning of each row. We also deleted row 22. The Original row 22 with the spaces removed would read: Row 22: space 3 times, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456.

Rabbit 03

By: Marie Porter
From: So What About Drawing?

Design is 22 rows, 26 cells.

Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 7 times, IN [35] two times, EN [26].

Row 2: space 6 times, S [234] two times, IN [35], EN [26], WH [156].

Row 3: space 6 times, L [123] two times, space 2 times, dots 456.

Row 4: space 6 times, L [123] two times, dots 23, dots 56, dots 456.

Row 5: space 6 times, L [123] three times, dots 456 two times.

Row 6: space 6 times, GH [126] two times, E [15], I [24], AR [345].

Row 7: space 4 times, dot 6, I [24], C [14] two times, GH [126] two times, E [15], dot 3.

Row 8: space 3 times, S [234], IN [35], EN [26], space 6 times, WH [156].

Row 9: space 2 times, S [234], space 1 time, OW [246], O [135], space 7 times, WH [156].

Row 10: space 1 times, OW [246], space 11 times, dots 456.

Row 11: space 2 times, O [135], space 10 times, EN [26].

Row 12: space 2 times, E [15], space 11 times, WH [156].

Row 13: space 3 times, WH [156], space 11 times, E [15], dot 3.

Row 14: space 3 times, S [234], space 13 times, E [15], dot 3.

Row 15: space 3 times, L [123], space 15 times, E [15], dot 3.

Row 16: space 3 times, L [123], space 8 times, IN [35], C [14] seven times, EN [26], E [15], dot 3.

Row 17: space 3 times, GH [126] two times, space 6 times, S [234], space 9 times, WH [156], dots 456.

Row 18: space 3 times, dots 456 two times, space 2 times, dots 456, space 2 times, S [1346], space 11 times, WH [156].

Row 19: space 3 times, dots 456 two times, space 2 times, dots 456, space 2 times, GH [126], space 11 times, dots 456, S [234], C [14], WH [156].

Row 20: space 3 times, dots 456 two times, space 2 times, dots 456, space 3 times, E [15], dot 3, space 9 times, dots 456, space 2 times, dots 456.

Row 21: space 3 times, AR [345] two times, space two times, AR [345], S [234], E [15], colon [25] two times, J [245], space 9 times, AR [345], GH [126], hyphen [36], AR [345].

Row 22: space 3 times, GH [126] two times, hyphen [36], AR [345], space 1 time, GH [126], hyphen [36] thirteen times, O [135].

End design.

Marie’s Drawing Notes:

Here is a rabbit that looks like rabbit, with a suggestion of indentations in his ears, with a hip line, a tail. He looks much different from the Easter Rabbit in Fig. 27 (rabbit 02), but he has a lot going for him, nevertheless.

Drawing Notes:

In order to make the original drawing fit our page, we deducted 5 spaces from the beginning of each row.

This drawing reminds us of the hollow chocolate easter bunnies that are made in the United States for Easter.. One of us would much rather have a hot cross bun!

Dog 01

By: Marie Porter
From: So What About Drawing?

Design is 18 rows, 36 cells.

Note: Reduced size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 13 times, S [234], P [1234], C [14] seven times, WH [156].

Row 2: space 11 times, IN [35], I [24], space 1 time, I [24], L [123], space 7 times, dots 456, WH [156].

Row 3: space 10 times, AR [345], space 3 times, L [123], space 7 times, dots 456, space 1 time, WH [156].

Row 4: space 9 times, S [234], space 4 times, L [123], space 7 times, dots 456, space 2 times, WH [156].

Row 5: space 8 times, AR [345], space 1 time, IN [35], colon [25], EN [26], space 1 time, L [123], space 7 times, dots 456, space 3 times, WH [156].

Row 6: space 7 times, AR [345], space 2 times, OW [246], X [1346], O [135], space 1 time, L [123], space 7 times, dots 456, space 4 times, WH [156].

Row 7: space 5 times, IN [35], I [24], space 3 times, E [15], colon [25], I [24], space 1 time, L [123], space 7 times, dots 456, space 5 times, WH [156].

Row 8: space 4 times, S [234], space 9 times, L [123], space 7 times, dots 456, space 6 times, WH [156].

Row 9: space 3 times, OW [246], space 10 times, GH [126], space 7 times, AR [345], space 7 times, WH [156].

Row 10: space 4 times, GH [126], hyphen [36] three times, IN [35], space 6 times, GH [126], hyphen [36] five times, AR [345], space 9 times, WH [156].

Row 11: space 4 times, OW [246], hyphen [36] six times, AR [345], space 20 times, WH [156].

Row 12: space 11 times, WH [156], space 20 times, dots 456.

Row 13: space 11 times, S [234], space 10 times, S [234], C [14] four times, WH [156], space 4 times, dots 456.

Row 14: space 11 times, L [123], space 3 times, S [234], EN [26], space 5 times, L [123], space 5 times, WH [156], space 3 times, dots 456, space 2 times, OF [12356].

Row 15: space 11 times, L [123], space 3 times, L [123], space 1 time, WH [156], space 4 times, GH [126], space 6 times, WH [156], space 2 times, AR [345], space 2 times, full cell.

Row 16: space 10 times, AR [345], space 4 times, O [135], space 1 time, AR [345], E [15], space 4 times, GH [126], space 6 times, WH [156], space 1 time, full cell 3 times, Q [12345].

Row 17: space 9 times, S [234], space 4 times, S [234], space 1 time, S [234], space 1 time, S [234], C [14] five times, space 6 times, dots 456, AR [345].

Row 18: space 9 times, E [15], colon [25] three times, I [24], colon [25], I [24], space 2 times, E [15], colon [25] eleven times, I [24].

End design.

Marie’s Drawing Note:

Here is a side view of a dog with floppy ears.

Dog 02

By: Marie Porter
From: So What About Drawing?

Design is 20 rows, 29 cells.

Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 10 times, IN [35], I [24], C [14] six times, E [15], EN [26].

Row 2: space 8 times, IN [35], I [24], space 10 times, E [15], EN [26].

Row 3: space 7 times, S [234] two times, space 12 times, WH [156] two times.

Row 4: space 7 times, L [123] two times, space 1 time, IN [35], colon [25], EN [26], space 4 times, IN [35], colon [25], EN [26], space 1 time, dots 456 two times.

Row 5: space 7 times, L [123] two times, space 1 time, OW [246], X [1346], O [135], space 4 times, OW [246], X [1346], O [135], space 1 time, dots 456 two times.

Row 6: space 7 times, L [123] two times, space 1 time, E [15], colon [25], I [24], space 4 times, E [15], colon [25], I [24], space 1 time, dots 456 two times.

Row 7: space 7 times, L [123] two times, space 12 times, dots 456 two times.

Row 8: space 7 times, L [123] two times, space 12 times, dots 456 two times.

Row 9: space 7 times, L [123] two times, space 4 times, IN [35], OW [246], O [135], EN [26], space 4 times, dots 456 two times.

Row 10: space 7 times, L [123] two times, GH [126], hyphen [36] two times, AR [345], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], GH [126], hyphen [36] two times, AR [345], dots 456 two times.

Row 11: space 6 times, S [234], L [123] two times, space 12 times, dots 456 two times, WH [156].

Row 12: space 5 times, S [234], space 1 time, L [123] two times, space 12 times, dots 456 two times, space 1 time, WH [156].

Row 13: space 5 times, L [123], space 1 time, WH [156], L [123], space 12 times, dots 456, S [234], space 1 time, dots 456.

Row 14: space 5 times, L [123], space 18 times, dots 456.

Row 15: space 3 times, S [234], C [14] two times, WH [156], space 16 times, S [234], C [14] two times, WH [156].

Row 16: space 2 times, S [234], space 4 times, L [123], WH [156], space 3 times, S [234], space 4 times, WH [156], space 3 times, S [234], dots 456, space 4 times, WH [156].

Row 17: space 1 times, S [234], space 5 times, L [123], dots 456, space 3 times, L [123], space 4 times, dots 456, space 3 times, L [123], dots 456, space 5 times, WH [156].

Row 18: space 1 times, L [123], space 1 time, WH [156], space 3 times, L [123], dots 456, space 3 times, L [123], space 4 times, dots 456, space 3 times, L [123], dots 456, space 3 times, S [234], space 1 time, dots 456.

Row 19: space 1 times, GH [126], hyphen [36], S [234], space 3 times, WH [156], S [234], space 3 times, WH [156], EN [26], hyphen [36] two times, IN [35], S [234], space 3 times, WH [156], S [234], space 3 times, WH [156], hyphen [36], AR [345].

Row 20: space 3 times, E [15], colon [25] three times, I [24], GH [126], hyphen [36] three times, AR [345], space 4 times, GH [126], hyphen [36] three times, AR [345], E [15], colon [25] three times, I [24].

End design.

Marie’s Drawing Notes:

Here is our dog facing you with his long ears dangling.

Drawing Notes:

In order to make the original drawing fit our page, we deducted 5 spaces from the beginning of each row.

Shamrock-small

By: Marie Porter
From: So What About Drawing?

Design is 3 rows, 4 cells.

Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 1 time, OW [246], O [135].

Row 2: OW [246], O [135], OW [246], O [135].

Row 3: space 2 times, GH [126].

End design.

Marie’s drawing notes:

The shamrock makes a fine decoration for papers, for cards, or to take home to show parents. It is easy to do and requires very little skill.

Shamrock 02– Large, modified

By: Marie Porter
From: So What About Drawing?

Modified by Richard Hinkle

Design is 19 rows, 16 cells.

Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 1 time, OW [246], O [135], space 10 times, OW [246], O [135].

Row 2: OW [246], O [135], OW [246], O [135], space 8 times, OW [246], O [135], OW [246], O [135].

Row 3: space 2 times, GH [126], space 10 times, AR [345].

Row 4: space 5 times, IN [35], C [14], E [15], I [24], C [14], EN [26].

Row 5: space 4 times, S [234], space 6 times, WH [156].

Row 6: space 4 times, L [123], space 6 times, dots 456.

Row 7: space 4 times, GH [126], space 6 times, AR [345].

Row 8: space 5 times, E [15], hyphen [36], IN [35], EN [26], hyphen [36], I [24].

Row 9: space 1 time, IN [35], C [14] four times, EN [26], dots 456, L [123], IN [35], C [14] four times, EN [26].

Row 10: S [234], space 6 times, WH [156], S [234], space 6 times, WH [156].

Row 11: O [135], space 6 times, dots 456, L [123], space 6 times, OW [246].

Row 12: GH [126], space 6 times, AR [345], GH [126], space 6 times, AR [345].

Row 13: space 1 time, E [15], hyphen [36] four times, I [24], dots 456, L [123], E [15], hyphen [36] four times, I [24].

Row 14: space 7 times, dots 456, L [123].

Row 15: space 7 times, dots 456, L [123].

Row 16: space 7 times, AR [345], GH [126].

Row 17: space 2 times, S [234], space 10 times, WH [156].

Row 18: OW [246], O [135], OW [246], O [135], space 8 times, OW [246], O [135], OW [246], O [135].

Row 19: space 1 time, OW [246], O [135], space 10 times, OW [246], O [135].

End design.

Drawing Notes:

The main shamrock has been moved up and left on the page. The little shamrocks are now close to the main shamrock. This is as small as I like the picture. By adding cells and rows you can adjust this picture to fit any larger size piece of paper.

Shamrock – Large

By: Marie Porter
From: So What About Drawing?

Design is 21 rows, 40 cells.

Note: A reduced size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 1 time, OW [246], O [135], space 34 times, OW [246], O [135].

Row 2: OW [246], O [135], OW [246], O [135], space 32 times, OW [246], O [135], OW [246], O [135].

Row 3: space 2 times, GH [126], space 34 times, AR [345].

Row 4: Leave a blank line.

Row 5: space 17 times, IN [35], C [14], E [15], I [24], C [14], EN [26].

Row 6: space 16 times, S [234], space 6 times, WH [156].

Row 7: space 16 times, L [123], space 6 times, dots 456.

Row 8: space 16 times, GH [126], space 6 times, AR [345].

Row 9: space 17 times, E [15], hyphen [36], IN [35], EN [26], hyphen [36], I [24].

Row 10: space 13 times, IN [35], C [14] four times, EN [26], dots 456, L [123], IN [35], C [14] four times, EN [26].

Row 11: space 12 times, S [234], space 6 times, WH [156], S [234], space 6 times, WH [156].

Row 12: space 12 times, O [135], space 6 times, dots 456, L [123], space 6 times, OW [246].

Row 13: space 12 times, GH [126], space 6 times, AR [345], GH [126], space 6 times, AR [345].

Row 14: space 13 times, E [15], hyphen [36] four times, I [24], dots 456, L [123], E [15], hyphen [36] four times, I [24].

Row 15: space 19 times, dots 456, L [123].

Row 16: space 19 times, dots 456, L [123].

Row 17: space 19 times, AR [345], GH [126].

Row 18: Leave a blank line.

Row 19: space 2 times, S [234], space 34 times, WH [156].

Row 20: OW [246], O [135], OW [246], O [135], space 32 times, OW [246], O [135], OW [246], O [135].

Row 21: space 1 time, OW [246], O [135], space 34 times, OW [246], O [135].

End design.

Marie’s drawing notes:

This shamrock, with the small shamrocks at each corner of the page makes a nice place mat for St. Patrick’s Day. It can be colored, or put on green construction paper. It takes up 21 lines down and 40 spaces across.

TREE

By: Marie Porter
(From: Braillables: A Manual for Parents and Teachers
Copyright 1984 by The Catholic Guild for the Blind, Chicago, IL.)

Design is 8 rows, 11 cells.

Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: space 5 times, full cell 1 time.

Row 2: space 4 times, full cell 3 times.

Row 3: space 3 times, full cell 5 times.

Row 4: space 2 times, full cell 7 times.

Row 5: space 1 time, full cell 9 times.

Row 6: full cell 11 times.

Row 7: space 5 times, full cell 1 time.

Row 8: space 3 times, ER [12456], full cell 3 times, Q [12345].

End Design.

Marie’s drawing notes:

The tree is another simple drawing for beginners. It has the additional attraction of being the kind of thing other kids are drawing at Christmas time. [This tree] is an evergreen tree in a stand.

Flag-01 -small

By: Marie Porter
From: So What About Drawing?

Design is 6 rows, 8 cells.

Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.

Begin design:

Row 1: dots 456, EN [26], IN [35], EN [26], IN [35], EN [26], IN [35], EN [26].

Row 2: dots 456, space 6 times, dots 456.

Row 3: dots 456, space 6 times, dots 456.

Row 4: dots 456, EN [26], IN [35], EN [26], IN [35], EN [26], IN [35], W [2456].

Row 5: dots 456.

Row 6: dots 456.

End design.

Marie’s drawing notes:

This is a flag blowing in the breeze. Dots 4-5-6 draws the staff, so you can make it as long as you want to. We used the flag for the Fourth of July, cutting out squares with flags in them and pinning them to tee shirts.