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Practical Drafting Course
Written by Melvin G. Peterman, products from Insight™
Technical Education provide self-directed learning materials for introducing
vocational, technical, and professional fields, and for life enrichment.
These courses are self-teaching, self-paced, teach life skills, and great for all
learning styles in the home school setting. Sketching, drafting, graphic design,
and vision-dexterity-focus are offered.
Practical Drafting Workbook
By Melvin G. Peterman, Insight™ Technical Education
Starts at the beginning with lines and sketching and quickly builds to a level that
goes beyond standard high school drafting courses. With over 136 pages,
Practical Drafting includes thirty pages of reference materials and focuses on
the things that are important in today's engineering world.
The student will learn to read and understand engineering
drawings and drawing concepts by reading and doing the work. The book promotes
drafting as a stepping stone to other career options such as engineering,
architecture, industrial design, etc. All lessons in the book may be
accomplished both by hand and with CAD. Jr, High to Senior High.
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0972205837 |
Price $38.00

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Complete-A-Sketch™ Program
By Melvin G. Peterman, Insight™ Technical Education
"Teaches by using examples of complete and partial art.
Students use the complete picture to guide them in finishing the complete
picture, much like a complex dot-to-dot. This provides a basis for precision
drawings of all types and homes fine motor skills. It also teaches attention to
detail and allows the student to work on his or her own. It can be done using
freehand sketching and tools. (straight edge, circle templates, etc.). All the
books in the Complete-A-Sketch™ series are reproducible.
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By Melvin G. Peterman, Insight™ Technical Education
The drawings in this book are two-dimensional orthographic views. Elementary to Jr. High Reproducible
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0972205802 |
Price $10.00

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By Melvin G. Peterman, Insight™ Technical Education
The drawings in this book are in three-dimensional isometric views. Elementary to Jr. High Reproducible
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0972205810 |
Price $10.00

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By Melvin G. Peterman, Insight™ Technical Education
The drawings in this book are in three-dimensional
perspective. Elementary to Jr. High Reproducible
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0972205829 |
Price $10.00

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By Melvin G. Peterman, Insight™ Technical Education
For challenged learners, this book has thicker lines and less detail, allowing
challenged students to enjoy learning to sketch. All three sketching methods are
covered in this book: orthographic, isometric, and perspective. 62 pages with a
gummed edge in a folder--all the pages are reproducible!
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0972205845 |
Price $18.00

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Practical Graphic Design
By Melvin G. Peterman, Insight™ Technical Education
"This book provides an in-depth look at the graphic arts world. It provides the
knowledge that can become the foundation for a career in graphic art, graphic
design, web design, printing, publishing, etc. This book, coupled with Practical
Drafting, can also lead to a career in technical illustration. Spiral bound, 150
pages.
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0972205853 |
Price $38.00

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