Artist and educator Jean Mackay has been exploring and sketching nature for more than 25 years. Working in all kinds of settings, from tide pools to farm fields to her own backyard in Upstate New York, Jean’s journals reflect a keen eye for detail and profound sense of wonder. She is the author/illustrator of The Nature Explorer’s Sketchbook (2020), which received a coveted Kirkus starred review. Jean has taught thousands of students via online and in-person workshops locally, nationally, and internationally. Her blog, Drawn In, shares the ordinary, yet extraordinary things that she encounters close to home and farther afield, www.jeanmackayart.com.

Find her on Instagram @jeanmackayart.