Drawing The Huntington

Fridays / 9:00am – 12:00pm (US Pacific Standard Time)
June 13, 20, 27 / July 11, 18, 25 / August 1, 8, 2025

New 8-Part Online Drawing Series

A New Way to Draw The Huntington – from Anywhere on Earth

Join me as we draw The Huntington’s gardens, museum, and library. These online lessons go beyond the ideas in my book, offering new tips and insights on how to draw with greater skill, ease, and enjoyment. The beautiful scenery of The Huntington will serve as our muse. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned artist, you'll find fresh inspiration and practical guidance in every session.

All eight sessions will be recorded and available for viewing for up to one week after the series concludes.

Session 1: How to Accurately Draw Anything, Part 1 

Friday, June 13, 2025 / 9:00am – 12:00pm (US Pacific Standard Time)
In the first session, students learn how to improve visual perception and confidently draw anything with excellent accuracy. A variety of interesting and fun subjects are drawn using this method.

Session 2: How to Accurately Draw Anything, Part 2 

Friday, June 20, 2025 / 9:00am – 12:00pm (US Pacific Standard Time)
More advanced ideas and drawing techniques explored as students apply the approach to draw more complex subjects. 

Session 3: How to Draw Form & Light 

Friday, June 27, 2025 / 9:00am – 12:00pm (US Pacific Standard Time)
Students learn an effective and user-friendly approach to capturing the form of three-dimensional objects in their sketchbooks. The behavior of light is explored and a variety of drawing techniques demonstrated.

Session 4: Drawing from Both Sides of the Brain 

Friday, July 11, 2025 / 9:00am – 12:00pm (US Pacific Standard Time)
Students learn how to use both hemispheres of the brain to simplify and make sense of complex subject matters and draw them with greater skill and ease.

Session 5: Conducting with a Pencil 

Friday, July 18, 2025 / 9:00am – 12:00pm (US Pacific Standard Time)
Students learn how to think differently when drawing to more artfully capture the beautiful nuances in a subject matter.

Session 6: A Most Interesting Illusion, Part 1 

Friday, July 25, 2025 / 9:00am – 12:00pm (US Pacific Standard Time)
Students learn a better way to understand and draw in linear perspective. With insights from Renaissance artists, through Impressionism, to modernism, students apply a variety of ideas to improve their understanding and skill at drawing in perspective.

Session 7: A Most Interesting Illusion, Part 2 

Friday, August 1, 2025 / 9:00am – 12:00pm (US Pacific Standard Time)
Students learn more advanced ideas in perspective to more easily capture the look of three-dimensional objects in their drawings.

Session 8: The Poetry of Drawing 

Friday, August 8, 2025 / 9:00am – 12:00pm (US Pacific Standard Time)
Students learn how to simplify, emphasize and edit a subject matter to produce drawings with greater personal meaning.

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Online Class Feedback

  • "The demos were simply phenomenal. Hands down the best class I've ever taken."

    Travis S.

  • "The online classes are pure gold. Your manner of explaining things is the best that I have seen in any online tutorial, and much of the information I have not heard elsewhere."

    Stuart C.

  • "Well-organized and paced perfectly. I will strongly recommend this class to my friends."

    Sara G.

  • "Revealing ... mind-expanding ... liberating."

    Louise G.

  • "The ability to watch and replay, anytime day or night, was perfect. A priceless learning experience."

    Mary Jane B.

  • "The most informative art class I've ever taken."

    Diane G.

  • "Richard not only shows HOW to do things, but also explains WHY ... the info I need to make the skill my own."

    Patricia H.

  • "Does not begin to charge enough for what the classes are worth."

    Lucia M.

  • "I have learned so much from you already. I can’t believe it took me almost 6 years to take a class from you."

    Eileen S.