DYWT Poetry | Delightful Art Co

Let the beauty of a poem inspire a beautiful drawing!
This advanced drawing class focuses on realism, detail, and perspective with chronological, in-depth poetry analysis. Drawing is the foundation of art, and poetry draws students into expressing emotions, so this class is key to developing the most important skills for artists! Be sure to make it a part of your student's art education. It can be done any time from age 12 up. It is especially suited for middle-schoolers or high-schoolers who are ready to embrace poets like Poe.

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.

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!