Observational Drawing for Students with Dyslexia
strategies, tips and inspiration
$49.03
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
17 February 2021
Summary
Unleash Your Artistic Potential: Observational Drawing for Dyslexic Students
This hands-on practical guide provides dyslexic young people with techniques to improve their observational drawing skills, showing them how they can work around the issues commonly reported by students with SLDs.
Many creative and talented individuals with neurological differences report difficulties with short-term memory, co-ordination and planning ahead within a project, and a lack of specialise…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781787751422 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1787751422 |
| Author: | Qona Rankin, Howard Riley |
| Publisher: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Imprint: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 17 February 2021 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 244mm x 172mm x 10mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
This is a much needed practical book that highlights and explains why some very talented and creative dyslexics struggle to draw accurately. This wonderful book is full of warm encouragement and positive examples of top art school graduates, alongside a step by step strategy to improve drawing. A must have for every teacher, tutor, art educator and amazing dyslexic, in fact anyone wanting to draw better. – Kate and Kathy, Authors of The Illustrated Guide to Dyslexia and Its Amazing People
About The Author
Qona Rankin
Qona Rankin is Dyslexia Coordinator at the Royal College of Art. She has been working with dyslexic and dyspraxic postgraduate art and design students for the past twenty years. She has progressed from delivering academic support to delivering specifically designed drawing workshops in collaboration with Howard Riley since 2008.
Howard Riley holds a doctorate in the practice and teaching of drawing from the University of Wales and has lectured on the topic for over twenty years. His drawings have been exhibited in the UK, Finland, Malaysia, Serbia, Colorado USA and Australia.
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