Redwood Exhibit Workshop: Scientific Illustration in Charcoal

Love nature, science, and art but don’t know where to start? Here is your opportunity to master a new skill and bring home your own environmentally-inspired masterpiece after just one class.  

Celebrate the opening of the new Redwood Exhibit, and the redwoods’ resilience to fire, by learning to work with charcoal. Taught through step-by-step instruction by a master scientific illustrator, this class will begin with a nature walk to introduce you to the local flora and fauna. Apply your observations to hue, composition, shadow and light techniques, color theory, mixing media, building layers, creating a palette, and more. This class is perfect for aspiring artists or creative naturalists with no prior experience, only a passion for arts and sciences. 

Participants will have a completed art piece to take home at the conclusion of the workshop. Open to ages 16+/all experience levels. All supplies included.

Instructor: Cady DeLay

Class Size: 24 Students

Date: 8/2/25

Time: 12:00-3:00

Location: Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History 1305 East Cliff Dr., Santa Cruz, CA 95062

Materials Fee: All supplies are included in class fee.

Class Fee: $36 - Museum Members receive a special discounted price applied at checkout.

FYI: This class takes place outside, under a tent. Dress weather-appropriate for the outdoors.