I just watched the Beholding Salvation video, with the result that I now want my art to be more religious in nature. Specifically, I’d like to try my hand at portraying Christ. But I’m still not very good at rendering humans (in any medium, really), which leads to this question: should I still try to make art depicting the Savior and other religious figures, even though they’re not very good artistically, or should I practice first until I get good enough?

Thus far I’ve been leaning toward the latter, almost afraid to make the Lord look lame. And with my current skills, it would be almost laughable. And yet, on second thought, much of the earlier art — 13th and 14th centuries and such — is quite within the realm of my abilities. :)

I don’t know. Thoughts? After watching the Beholding Salvation video, I think I’m starting to change my opinion. Maybe the thought really is what counts. Sure, we should try to make the art as good as we could, but should our current inability prevent us from worshipping our Maker through art? Probably not. (Though if it’s not very good, there’s no need to make it public, I might add. :))

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