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Liz Macklin — Writer & Illustrator

watercolors, books and gardens — I write and illustrate stories for children.

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Activities for Kids

Everyone Can Make a Book

Dream and Design!

Painting the Rainforest

Winter Birds

Watercolor Turnips

Painting Creatures of the Reef

Swirling Colors, Decorating Papers

Outdoors at Last!

Ogees in Pink and Blue

Earth Day

Sprouts

Drawing at the Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Today fellow volunteers and I swung shovels in waist high grasses, then planted milkweed. Alonso Abugattas, Arlington’s Natural Resource Manager, led our brigade — working to improve the habitat for monarch butterflies along the WO&D trail. Alonso writes about monarchs, cicadas, herps of all kinds, and just about anything related to nature in the Capital Naturalist. www.capitalnaturalist.blogspot.com I joined the volunteers when I became an Arlington Regional Master Naturalist. #virginianativeplants
I bought strawberries at the farmers market today, and we were allowed to choose our produce! Make sure to follow your doctor’s advice and get your vaccination, if you can. This watercolor was painted in 2019. #watercolor #farmersmarketart #artinarlingtonva #arlingtonvasummer
Can you identify trees by their leaves or seeds? Do you recognize poison ivy when you brush by it on the path? Jacqueline Jules offers advice in her poem “Identifying Ivy.” #naturepoetry #naturedrawing #naturejournals #naturebasedlearning #environmentaleducation #discoveragarden #arlingtonarts see bit.ly/liz_treeID or link in bio
Small things like leaves and seeds, violets, dogwood blossoms and other wildflowers make wonderful subjects for nature journals. For me John Clarke’s verse about the seasons brought memories of poetry readings outdoors with friends. Where have you found inspiration? See link in bio for John’s poem and more. #discoveragarden #design2discover #naturejournals #naturedrawing #naturepoetry

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