DYWT Poetry | Delightful Art Co

In this live, online art class, students learn advanced drawing skills.
The class focuses on realism, detail, and perspective with chronological, in-depth poetry analysis.

This class can be used as an independent poetry/art class and
it correlates to poetry studies such as:
Classical Conversations Challenge 3 (or any Challenge)
Tapestry of Grace Rhetoric Level
The British Tradition by Memoria Press
Linguistic Development Through Poetry Memorization, Andrew Pudewa
Any Middle or High School Literature Program

1 hour class
Meets weekly for 14 weeks per semester

Wednesdays 10:15 - 11:15am EST

Fall Semester:

Start: Week of Aug. 26

Fall Break: Week of Oct. 7

Last week of class: week of Dec. 9

Spring Semester:

Start: Week of Jan. 6

Spring Break: week of Mar 3

Last week of Class: April 14

$310 per semester*

$580 for the full year*

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*These prices include the registration fee.

Registration fee is non-refundable. Please see our FAQ page for the refund policy.

All classes are recorded so if you miss one, you can watch the recording later.

Students will create their own illustrated poetry book beginning with a blank art journal. Each student's is unique, but might look something like this:

Students who have had some drawing experience will do well in this class: either practicing on their own or in an art class. (We recommend Nature Journaling or Fables for beginners.)

Each class will begin with the reading of a poem from renowned poets like Wordsworth, Frost, Longfellow, and more. We will discuss what the poem means and learn about literary devices used in the poems as well as historical context for the authors.

Then we will dive into our drawing projects. We will spend time building our skills as the projects progress in difficulty. Your students will learn to draw anatomy realistically- like hands, eyes, and body structure (fully clothed! We aren’t Michelangelos!). They will learn about perspective, negative space, values, hues, contrast, and more! Projects will include relistic animal drawings, human anatony, still lifes etc. which will often take multiple classes to complete.

With a degree in English and Art, I gathered much material from my time analyzing poems and taking anatomy and advanced drawing classes in college. I am excited to combine my two greatest passions into one class!