Art Lessons From God! is a discussion group and web publication produced by Kreative Kingdom, Inc. (a non-propfit organization). Our purpose is to help Artists and Designers discover their purpose by discussing those same questions from their point of view:
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 This my first message post so I'l try to be brief. Acouple of years ago I got it into my head to do Biblical Illustrations in a fantastical style like the old time illustrators (Frazetta, Boris, Jeff Jones, etc.. I use primarialy oil paint, sometimes I use acrylic but not that often. I post my paintings on a blog www.jeremiahbriggs.wordpress.com and then I apply a lesson that God has taught me that inspired the paticular piece of art that I just posted. Sometimes I give art lessons on painting or drawing that I post as well. I believe that my own personal lessons from God will be of value to others as well. It seems to be working OK I'd like more traffic but don't know how to get it.
Hi my name is Seth im new to this site I asked God to lead me into my purpose and He showed me this site
I want to pose this question to our “inner circle” of ALFG members first just to get your take on it:Should Christian Art Students Study the Nude Figure? This question especially came to mind when I learned of how Gordon College, a Christian college in Wenham, MA, recently modified it’s Art program when they developed a curriculum that includes the study and rendering of the undraped human figure. As many of you know, a Figure Drawing curriculum using undraped models is not unusual for most college and university Art programs. Gordon College Art Department representatives say that the rationale is to work respectfully with the human figure attempting to bring honor and glory to God in the process. They base this, in a Christian context, on a time-honored professional practice, holding the belief that the human form is the crowning achievement of God in Creation - worthy of the artists’ expert knowledge, and comparable to the scientific knowledge of the human body in medicine and biology. Gordon representatives state: “If you can accurately and expressively draw or paint or sculpt the human form you can draw anything”.So what is your take on this?
I've recently been reading "Imagine- A Vision for Christians in the Arts"; a
book that many of you may be familiar with by Steve Turner . Steve comes out of
the gates with a concept that unfortunately is not uncommon: that a lot of
Christian contemporary art is of poor quality, yet a great deal of art created
by non-Christians is of good quality.His point is that many Christian artists use their redemptive experience as the
sole driver in their artistic expression, forsaking basics like training,
exploring creative culture and old fashioned practice the way that many (not all
but many) non Christian artists do.Here's how Turner breaks it down:1. Talent: You're Born With It. Every artists starts out at the same point with
being blessed with God-given talent and ability.2. Skill: You Have Control Over It. That's what's within your control. You have
the ability to grow and perfect that God-given talent through the natural.
Classes, training, school, tutorials. Not all artist do it, but those that
perfect their skill command attention and a voice whether they are Christians or
not.3. Inspiration: You Look For It. From people, from experiences and, for the
Christian artist, from the Spirit of God Himself.Where the Christian artist gets in trouble is that they start with #1 (Talent),
run with #3 (Inspiration) inspired by their own redemptive experience, but
forsake a lot of #2 (Skill, or the further development of it) and don't pursue
sharpening their skills to compete for the attention of today's audience.I've seen this frustrate the likes of the independent Christian comics artist
and others that are inspired to create a project to reach the people of today,
but fail to bring the quality up to that which the people of today have come to
expect.What are your thoughts on the issue?
 i recently renewed my membership with CIVA (i generally do so every 2 years so that I can be in their bi-annual artists' directory - hopefully that will one day lead to more connections to other artists of faith). as part of that purchase, i ordered the last few issues of their magazine, CIVA SEEN. in the introductory essay of issue vol IX.2, there is the following statement:"all art is either spiritual or decorative"personally, i love these kinds of absolute, polarizing statements. i love it when people actuallytake a position. that creates opportunity for discussion. then again, i think that the more one argues (and by argue, i mean "to make clear"; implying a process of reasoning), the more truth emerges. those kinds of statements position and place us, and force us to examine [exactly] where we stand on an issue, or what we think or believe about certain ideas. and what we don't.naturally, i am interested in many of the concepts and tensions raised by this statement: ideas around art, faith and spirituality; the sublime; notions of Truth and Beauty; the fear of kitsch and use of the colloquial and commonplace; audiences and community; art's use and function; the connecting between creativity and spirituality. i think this statement circles around many of these ideas, and hints at the tension between communicating something and the way in which we do that, without saying one is more important than the other (though we might disagree). the more i think through this statement, the more i think it is touching on something quite substantially important regarding the content and purpose of art. do you agree with the above statement? why or why not? (please feel free to comment here or at my 'blog)
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