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David Melling

@mellingart.bsky.social

Author & illustrator of children’s books www.davidmelling.co.uk

1,306 Followers  |  114 Following  |  317 Posts  |  Joined: 27.09.2023
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Mr Fox.
#watercolour

26.02.2026 11:07 — 👍 44    🔁 10    💬 2    📌 0
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Amazing what a bit of sunlight does to the world outside my studio. Suddenly, the trees are full of blossom (when did that happen!) and the birds are all-a-twitter.

Spring is in the air at last.

25.02.2026 11:17 — 👍 72    🔁 15    💬 0    📌 1
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Dropping a pencil sketch into #procreate and exploring textures.

23.02.2026 10:25 — 👍 43    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you !

21.02.2026 00:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Can’t see a DM link here(?). You can always email via my website- link in bio

20.02.2026 17:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks Harry. Commissions are possible depending on timescale. DM if you’d like to chat more.

20.02.2026 17:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you!

20.02.2026 10:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

* mumble

20.02.2026 10:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Enough said.

20.02.2026 10:40 — 👍 85    🔁 14    💬 2    📌 1
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Flippin’ pancakes.
#PancakeDay

17.02.2026 15:22 — 👍 101    🔁 19    💬 2    📌 1

Not this one! 😁

17.02.2026 13:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks William!

17.02.2026 13:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Quick sketch to celebrate Chinese Year of the Fire Horse.

Symbolising strength, speed, courage, loyalty, freedom and talent - bosh!
#charcoal #chinesenewyear #lunarnewyear

17.02.2026 10:45 — 👍 30    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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Sunday scribble. It’s only rain!
#sketchbook

15.02.2026 11:38 — 👍 55    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 1
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Love Dance.
At the risk of muddying true love with commercial gain, this is one of several small pieces available in my shop (link in bio) 🙏🏻❤️
#stvalentinesday

www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Davi...

14.02.2026 14:02 — 👍 24    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Can’t beat a good book. (With tea and biscuits obviously).
#nationalyearofreading2026

13.02.2026 10:59 — 👍 78    🔁 16    💬 1    📌 1
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Development sketch for KISS THAT MISSED (2002). The knight and horse were the true heroes of this tale. Alas, this particular image never made it past the cutting room floor.
#thekissthatmissed

12.02.2026 11:03 — 👍 16    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Bolshy bullfinch.
Bolshy; adjective - deliberately combative or uncooperative.
Usually shy, quiet birds, saw a bit of a ding-ding in our garden the other day.
I guess we all have days when we feel ‘uncooperative.’

11.02.2026 10:48 — 👍 74    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 1
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The perils of broccoli.
Unused sketch exploring body language and emotion from RUFFLES AND THE NEW GREEN THING. Published by @nosycrow.bsky.social

10.02.2026 11:00 — 👍 16    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1
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Gallery pose when viewing low-hanging art, for those with varifocal lenses.

Had a very enjoyable squint at #societyofwoodengravers richly inspiring exhibition at @banksidegallery.bsky.social over the weekend.
Exhibition runs to 22nd February. Free entry. Well worth a visit if you’re passing.

09.02.2026 10:55 — 👍 36    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 2
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Sunday doodle.

08.02.2026 13:24 — 👍 93    🔁 16    💬 0    📌 0
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On my soggy walk this morning, my mind swimming with foxes, I saw a grumpy guy fishing in the increasingly heavy rain.
#peoplewatching

06.02.2026 10:55 — 👍 357    🔁 90    💬 2    📌 1
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Jackdaw. They’re always thinking.
#charcoal

04.02.2026 10:59 — 👍 86    🔁 22    💬 2    📌 0
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Appeasing the Rain Gods.
Worth a try?
(Pencil & procreate).
#wetwetwet

03.02.2026 10:44 — 👍 30    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 1
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New week, new month…

02.02.2026 11:02 — 👍 42    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1
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Saw this stylish gentleman admiring the exterior of the Bodlein Library in Oxford recently. What caught my eye as he paced thoughtfully was the flamboyant nature of his poses as he ruminated. With his distinctive hairstyle, he had more than a hint of Dickens about him. And those impressive flares.

01.02.2026 11:16 — 👍 43    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
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From pencil to procreate…
(It always starts with a pencil).

30.01.2026 10:55 — 👍 29    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Shhh.

29.01.2026 10:55 — 👍 54    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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‘Worm-juice surprise’’
From THE TALE OF JACK FROST (2003).

28.01.2026 11:45 — 👍 28    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 1
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George & Mildred.
So many questions. These two appeared have appeared recently in separate sketchbooks and thought maybe they belonged to each other.

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