<![CDATA[Author Ben Reeves: Art]]>https://authorbenreeves.substack.com/s/arthttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZQCu!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42167592-342f-42ae-ab03-44167a1bf9fb_268x268.pngAuthor Ben Reeves: Arthttps://authorbenreeves.substack.com/s/artSubstackTue, 07 Jul 2026 22:25:28 GMT<![CDATA[Making Puppets]]>https://authorbenreeves.substack.com/p/puppetshttps://authorbenreeves.substack.com/p/puppetsWed, 17 Jun 2026 16:34:17 GMTThere’s something I’ve always wanted to do, but never really done, and that’s making puppets. This year I thought I’d give it a go.

It’s been a real pleasure watching these characters come to life. No plan, no goal, no reason, other than for fun.

I’ll post some more about this at some point.

Meet the poet, the plague doctor, the butcher, and Gertrude.

]]><![CDATA["Fossil" Series]]>https://authorbenreeves.substack.com/p/fossil-serieshttps://authorbenreeves.substack.com/p/fossil-seriesSat, 17 Jan 2026 13:32:41 GMT

]]><![CDATA["Dance of the Mayflies"]]>https://authorbenreeves.substack.com/p/dance-of-the-mayflieshttps://authorbenreeves.substack.com/p/dance-of-the-mayfliesSun, 07 Dec 2025 20:04:49 GMTPainted in acrylic on a big reclaimed canvas.

]]><![CDATA[Digital portrait]]>https://authorbenreeves.substack.com/p/digital-portraithttps://authorbenreeves.substack.com/p/digital-portraitSun, 03 Aug 2025 18:55:07 GMT75 mins, no undo button. Reasonably happy with it.

Reference: https://unsplash.com/photos/mans-portrait-photography-wCIDfKBMDHE

]]><![CDATA[Girl in the Desert]]>https://authorbenreeves.substack.com/p/girl-in-the-deserthttps://authorbenreeves.substack.com/p/girl-in-the-desertMon, 05 May 2025 12:38:19 GMT

]]><![CDATA[Perpetual motion idea]]>https://authorbenreeves.substack.com/p/perpetual-motion-ideahttps://authorbenreeves.substack.com/p/perpetual-motion-ideaFri, 18 Apr 2025 16:29:00 GMTThe magnet attracts the ball bearing, causing the wheel to turn. As the wheel turns, the magnet turns away from the ball bearing, and the next magnet attracts the next ball bearing. And repeat.

]]><![CDATA[Charcoal studies]]>https://authorbenreeves.substack.com/p/charcoal-studieshttps://authorbenreeves.substack.com/p/charcoal-studiesFri, 11 Apr 2025 18:09:43 GMTCharcoal — somehow forgiving and unforgiving.

]]><![CDATA[The Bard, The Man]]>https://authorbenreeves.substack.com/p/the-bardhttps://authorbenreeves.substack.com/p/the-bardThu, 10 Apr 2025 18:07:27 GMTCharcoal and ink pens on canvas. 30cm x 40cm.

]]><![CDATA[IDKWIA]]>https://authorbenreeves.substack.com/p/idkwiahttps://authorbenreeves.substack.com/p/idkwiaWed, 09 Apr 2025 17:48:43 GMTI made a small zine full of ramblings and doodles. It’s called IDKWIA - “I don’t know who I am”. Three issues, 48 pages each, handed out to family and friends on my birthday. https://idkwia.com/

]]><![CDATA[Passaggio]]>https://authorbenreeves.substack.com/p/passaggiohttps://authorbenreeves.substack.com/p/passaggioTue, 08 Apr 2025 17:31:41 GMTSculpture, photography, vocals by me. Piano by Tom Weatherill.

]]><![CDATA[Digital self-portrait]]>https://authorbenreeves.substack.com/p/digital-self-portraithttps://authorbenreeves.substack.com/p/digital-self-portraitTue, 26 Nov 2024 18:44:20 GMTI painted this in a program called Krita using a mouse. One round brush, one layer, 90 mins.

]]><![CDATA[Birdcage Boy]]>https://authorbenreeves.substack.com/p/birdcage-boyhttps://authorbenreeves.substack.com/p/birdcage-boyMon, 25 Nov 2024 18:33:53 GMTI thought it might be fun to build a sculpture purely with the aim of taking a photograph. I’m not much of a sculptor, I’ve always very much been a ‘bodger’. But I think the photo came out alright.

Alternate version. Album cover?

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