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mel
@melspencils.bsky.social
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she/they | 🏳️‍🌈
colourful realism artist
mainly coloured pencils & acrylics

dutch artist? join my discord ⤵️
https://linktr.ee/melspencils
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you never know what gets you back into the creative zone. apparently for me it was the recent dan and phil video lolol. (so happy for them <3)

i am having so much fun working on this piece! excited to keep working on it
this photo shows a hand, holding a pink pencil, working on a drawing of dan and phil. it’s a very early work in progress shot, only they eyes have been drawn in. around the drawing on the desk, there are several coloured pencils
October 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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recently painted a donut and a waffle on little magnetic canvases! these little paintings are such a joy to do 🩵

painted with heavy body acrylics!

#foodpainting #acrylicpainting #foodart #art
painting of a waffle on a small square canvas. the waffle has a bite out of the corner and there’s vanilla ice cream on top of the waffle. it’s painted to look 3D. in this picture i’m holding the painting with my left hand. there’s some paints and paintbrushes visible in the background. painting of a donut on a small circular canvas. it’s a pink donut, with colourful sprinkles. it’s painted to look 3D. in this picture i’m holding the painting with my right hand. there are paints and brushes visible in the background.
July 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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dan and phil photocards make for great sketchbook references ✨
sketch of dan and phil, done with blue pencil. they’re looking straight (or gay) at the camera, not smiling. dan on the left is holding up his middle finger. phil on the right has his right eye slightly narrowed. they’re are some stars surrounding them.
June 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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proud pigeon gouache painting! turned it into a holographic sticker 🩵

#pigeon #birdart #gouache #sicker

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mini gouache painting of a pigeon. the pigeon stands proudly. the background is a light pink, with loads of sparkles. sticker of the pigeon gouache painting. underneath his beak there’s text that says “proud.” it’s a die-cut sticker, the background is pink.
May 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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my newest coloured pencil portrait, ‘happy butterflies’. this piece was such a joy to make 🩵

the portrait itself is done with coloured pencil, the flower crown and background with a combo of markers and pencils.

#coloredpencil #portraitart #drawing #art
coloured pencil portrait of a black smiling woman, looking of to the left. she is wearing a flower crown. bare shoulders are visible. the skin is done with coloured pencil, the shadows have pinks and purples, making it a colourful portrait. the flower crown is done with alchohol markers, acrylic markers and pencils. from left to right, the flowers are white, pink and orange. the portrait is centred in the middle, on each side there are three butterflies, drawing with metallic markers. the background is yellow, with two yellow ‘swirly stripes’ on each side of the portrait.
May 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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happy earth day 🌍🌱
a sketch from the last spread in my sketchbook, done with acrylic markers :)
vertical landscape sketch of a grass field with white dandelions. the field takes up a little over half of the landscape. above the field there’s the sky with clouds and a setting sun visable. the sky goes from blue to yellow to orange. the sketch is done in acrylic markers, the colours are vibrant.
April 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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a little spring sunset drawn with acrylic markers 🩵
this piece was a lot of fun to do!

#acrylicmarkers #drawing #art #colorfulart
picture of a spring themed sunset drawing. drawn with acrylic markers. in the foreground of the drawing there are daisies in grass visible, the further back into the drawing it goes, the smaller the daisies become. there’s a tree in the top left of the piece. on the top right there’s a sunset with colourful clouds, below the sky there is a little bit of water. this drawing has a lot of green, quite a bit of orange and yellow, and a bit of blue and purple.
April 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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birthday sketch :)
this picture shows a table with a slice of cake (the cake is white, with red glazing on top and two raspberries). in front of the cake there’s a sketchbook, with a drawing of that same cake, drawn with coloured pencils. there’s some coloured pencil on the right side of the table, and some polaroid pictures behind the cake.
March 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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finally working on this piece again, i missed my coloured pencils sm.
March 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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shop update!! so many new things! 2 prints and 4 stickers!
+ to celebrate my bday coming up, i’m having a sale! 15% off orders over €4!

i hope you like these 🩵

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shop update includes: raccoon print with the text “just let me sleep”. print of an acrylic painting of a frog on waterlilies, loads of greens in that one. sticker of the same raccoon, also with the text “just let me sleep”. sticker of that same frog on waterlilies, has a holographic effect. sticker of a goat with the text “day dreaming”, this one has loads of soft colours. sticker of an angry looking cat, with the text “art is fun”.
March 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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shop update + clearance sale! ✨
i recently added pumpkin coffee prints, snake prints and snake sticker!
everything from the clearance sale will be disappearing from my shop next week. don’t miss out 🫶🏻

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#artist #stickers #smallbiz #artshop
this picture shows items that new to my shop. a colourful snake painting print in two different sizes, a sticker of that same painting and a print of a pumpkin + coffee, painted in a more loose style. this picture shows all of my items that are on clearance and will be disappearing from my shop. two different pride prints, two different pride stickers (holographic). two different ghost stickers(holographic). a candy corn fox sticker (holographic stars). pumpkin moon stickers, one round one rectangular. a snowboarding penguin sticker. on the top of the photo there is text that says ‘clearance sale’. on the left side of the photo there is text that says ‘prints 20% off, stickers 10% off’
February 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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holographic snake sticker ✨

you can find it in my shop!

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#stickershop #snake #stickers #art
holographic sticker of a rolled up colorful snake. the snake is pink and yellow. the background of the sticker is a teal colour. the sticker has a holographic stars effect!
February 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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happy lunar new year, it’s the year of the snake! 🌙
i spent last week working on this painting, despite struggling a bit, i had a lot of fun with it!

#yearofthesnake #acrylicpainting #colorfulart #blueskyartist
colourful acrylic painting of a snake. the back ground has pink and greenish blue. painted in expressive brushstrokes. there’s a moon and some stars visible. the snake rolled up, painted with pink and yellow. there’s various shapes visible on the snake, including a moon, heart and some stars.
January 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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struggling with my snake painting but at least the vibes are good today 🌤️✨
a corner of my art studio, with the sun lighting it up really nicely. i’m sitting in white chair, eyes closed, enjoying the sunlight. on my desk there’s a small easel with a painting of a snake. behind that is my laptop. in the right there’s a window, with plants on the windowsill. there’s a plank on the wall above with some books and a jar with a small pride flag.
January 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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thank you for hosting!!

my name is mel, i usually describe my art as colourful realism and like playing with several different media
coloured pencil portrait drawing. a drawing of an older woman, she’s wearing dungarees and glasses. she’s smiling, touching her face with her hand. there’s two flowers on the left side of her, one on the right by her ear. there’s also two flowers in the upper left corner in the background. the rest of the background is dark purple with green leaves and two birds drawn with a gold metallic marker. an acrylic painting of my black shih tzu dog. he’s smiling, his tongue and little bottom teeth visible. there is strong lighting coming from the left side, making his dark fur ‘light up’. on the right of him i painted three little hearts. oil painting of fried egg on toast. with advocate spread underneath the egg. there’s some pepper painted on top of the egg. the canvas is round and is painted to look like a plate. the colours are slightly enhanced. coloured pencil portrait of a women with freckles and red hair. she’s smiling and has her eyes closed. she’s wearing eyeliner. the background is blue with some clouds, and there are bubbles drawn with colourful metallic markers.
January 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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yesterday was a rough day, and it made me want to stay inside in a blanket burrito. but i thought it’d be good to spend some time outside, and we went to our fav spot. it was cold but nice, and i’m glad i went.
photo of my black shih tzu dog, named Hook. he’s standing on a little bridge, there’s some grass visible in the background. his tongue is sticking out a little bit (aka a tiny blep).
January 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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finally started this painting!! excited to continue working on it :)

#wip #painting
work in progress of a painting of a snake! the background is painting with loose brush strokes, the snake has not been painted yet.
January 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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my egg on toast oil painting was chosen to be part of an exhibition, the opening was yesterday! it was my first exhibition and a special experience for sure 🩵

#art #artistsonbluesky
a picture of me smiling in front of my egg on toast oil painting. a photo of my egg on toast oil painting, framed on the wall of the exhibition. painted on a round canvas, framed in a square frame with dark grey background photo of one of the exhibition rooms polaroid picture of me standing in front of my painting, smiling. i’m holding the polaroid, in the background there’s a cup of coffee on a pink table.
January 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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acrylic marker sketches! i’ve been having fun in my sketchbook lately 🩵
landscape sketchbook page. on this page are several sketches done with acrylic markers. the colour theme is yellow, orange, blue and a little bit of pink and green. the upper left sketch is fried egg on toast. underneath that is a banana. on the upper right there’s a stack of pancakes with some butter on top. underneath that is an orange slice.
January 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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practicing likenesses by sketching dan and phil
sketchbook spread of youtubers dan and phil. on the left there’s a sketch of phil, sticking his tongue out, in the middle there’s a sketch of dan and phil together, they’re both slightly looking up and to the right. phil is touching his face with his hand. on the right there’s a sketch of dan, he’s looking in the camera making a heart with his index finger and thumb.
January 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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hii #portfolioday 🩵

my name is Mel, i’m a colourful realism artist. i work in several different media, but mainly coloured pencil and acrylic! i like making happy art :)
oil painting of fried egg on toast, with avocado spread underneath the egg. painted on a round canvas, the canvas is painted to look like a plate. the colours in the painting are slightly enhanced. coloured pencil portrait of an older woman with glasses, wearing dungarees. the woman is smiling, her left hand is resting on her cheek. she is surrounded by flowers, leaves and a bird. the birds is drawn with a gold metallic marker. the colours of the portrait are enhanced, the main colour palette is yellow and purple, with green for the leaves in the background. acrylic painting on a round bamboo surface. this is a detailed painting of my dog. my dog is a black shih tzu. in this painting his head is slightly tilted, there’s an adorable white whisker sticking out on his right side. the background is painted pink. coloured pencil portrait of a white woman with red hair. she is smiling, her eyes are closed. the background is blue with some white clouds. she is surrounded by bubbles, which are drawn with metallic markers. the colours are enhanced.
January 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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i’ve been sick all week but here’s some brush pen sketches of my dog i managed to do :)

#sketchbook #dogsketch
sketch of my dog (shih tzu) done with a blue brush pen. the dog is sitting, looking at the camera. sketch of my dog (shih tzu) done with a blue brush pen. it’s a full body sketch, top down view. the dog is looking up at the camera.
January 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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merry christmas 🩵🎄
christmassy digital drawing of my black shih tzu in a xmas jumper
December 25, 2024 at 5:14 PM
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recently finished this acrylic painting! i painted on a smooth panel for the first time, the paint worked very differently on top of it. this piece was a struggle, but thankfully i think it came together in the end :)

#acrylicpainting #colorfulart #foodart #coffeeart
painting of a little pumpkin and a cup of coffee. painted in a painterly style, with visible brushstrokes and bright colours. the background and shows are a purple colour, the pumpkin is bright orange, the coffee has a tan colour. close up off the pumpkin and coffee painting. showing the visible brush strokes and texture of the paint.
December 11, 2024 at 10:42 PM
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happy december!!

here’s the christmas cards i made last year, i still quite like them! they’re available in my shop 🩵

#christmascards #christmasart
two christmas cards. the christmas card on the left has a drawing of a yellowish dog with antlers, wrapped in a blue blanket. above the dog drawing there is text saying “have a cosy Christmas”. the background of the card is a light yellow. the christmas card on the left has a drawing of two penguins with a little heart in the middle of them (because they are in love). on the top of the card there is some mistletoe. underneath the mistletoe and above the penguins, there is text saying “may your holidays be jolly & gay”. the background of the card is a very light greyish blue, with some white snowflakes.
December 1, 2024 at 4:24 PM