Drawing Autism by Jill MullinApril 18, 2015 7:25 pm
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I received my book from FirstReads in the mail today: Feb 27, 2014 It is a very exciting looking book. I can hardly wait to sit and actually pour over the drawings and descriptions!
And here it is April 18, 2015. What took me so long? Why isn’t this a 5 star rating? FONT! If it were for the artwork and the inspiration I felt from them it would be worth 10 stars! But it took me months to get through the reading part. I just couldn’t read the tiny faded gray font. There are a couple pages at the beginning which are by Temple Grandin (Forward). I really wanted to read it as I was reading/read her book Thinking in Pictures. But I found I could only read it a line or two at a time. Even with magnifying glasses, or my large magnifying page reader. It took me a long, long time! The next two pages were by the editor Jill Mullin. I just finally gave up. My eyes were hurting so much! After the torture of the first few pages, I found I could get by, a page a day. The pictures were wonderful! But, again, it was the font explaining the artist or the work that nearly killed me.
Still, I highly recommend this book for anyone who loves art and are curious about those who think differently than yourself.
I found that I will have to make this part of my permanent collection as the pictures gave me ideas I’d like to try in my own artwork. BCID: 745-13301987
Thank you, First Reads at GoodReads.com for this win!
Posted by darsword
Tags: Art, Disabilities, first-reads
You must be logged in to post a comment.
Mobile Site | Full Site
Get a free blog at WordPress.com Theme: WordPress Mobile Edition by Alex King.
have fun!
By Sharmishtha Basu on April 18, 2015 at 10:27 pm
I will! 🙂
By darsword on April 18, 2015 at 11:51 pm