Practical Drafting

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.

This product line is 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

Practical Graphic Design

Complete-A-Sketch™ Book 1 (Orthographic)

Complete-A-Sketch Book 2 (Isometric)

Complete-A-Sketch-Book 3 (Perspective)

Complete-A-Sketch Vision Dexterity Focus

Practical Accounting Fundamentals™ (on another page in this website.)

Practical Drafting Workbook

Practical Drafting

By Melvin G. Peterman, Insight™ Technical Education

Practical Drafting by Melvin G. Peterman 0972205837Starts 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.

See a brochure in pdf format from the publisher's website: Practical Drafting Brochure

See sample pages in pdf format from the publisher's website: Practical Drafting Sample Pages

 

0972205837

Price $38.00

Complete-A-Sketch™ Program

By Melvin G. Peterman

"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.

 
Complete-A-Sketch™ Book 1 (Orthographic)

By Melvin G. Peterman

The drawings in this book are two-dimensional orthographic views. Elementary to Jr. High Reproducible

See a brochure in pdf format from the publisher's website: Complete-A-Sketch Book 1 (Orthographic) brochure

See sample pages in pdf format from the publisher's website: Complete-A-Sketch Book 1 (Orthographic) Sample Pages

 

0972205802

Price $10.00

Complete-A-Sketch™ Book 2 (Isometric)

By Melvin G. Peterman

The drawings in this book are in three-dimensional isometric views.  Elementary to Jr. High Reproducible

See a brochure in pdf format from the publisher's website: Complete-A-Sketch Book 2 (Isometric) Brochure

See sample pages in pdf format from the publisher's website: Complete-A-Sketch Book 2 (Isometric) Sample Pages

 

0972205810

Price $10.00

Complete-A-Sketch™ Book 3 (Perspective)

By Melvin G. Peterman

The drawings in this book are in three-dimensional perspective.  Elementary to Jr. High Reproducible

See a brochure in pdf format from the publisher's website: Complete-A-Sketch Book 3 (Perspective) Brochure

See sample pages in pdf format from the publisher's website: Complete-A-Sketch Book 3 (Perspective) Sample Pages

 

0972205829

Price $10.00

Complete-A-Sketch™ Vision-Dexterity-Focus

By Melvin G. Peterman

Complete-A-Sketch Vision-Dexterity-Focus by Melvin G. Peterman 0972205845For 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!

See a brochure in pdf format from the publisher's website: Complete-A-Sketch Book 3 (Perspective) Brochure

See sample pages in pdf format from the publisher's website: Complete-A-Sketch Book 3 (Perspective) Sample Pages

 

0972205845

Price $18.00

Practical Graphic Design

Practical Graphic Design

Practical Graphic Design 0972205853"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.

See a brochure in pdf format from the publisher's website: Practical Graphic Design Brochure

See sample pages in pdf format from the publisher's website: Practical Graphic Design Sample Pages

 

0972205853

Price $38.00