Jesus Christ - Pen/Pencil/Digital drawings

STRICT ROMAN CATHOLIC UPBRINGING

I was brought up strictly Roman Catholic...having been baptized as a baby; and, also, confirmed in my youth. 

Way back in those days I was, quite literally, forced to go to church every single Sunday(my mum was Roman Catholic; and, I am an only child coming from a single parent family).

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YOUTH/ADULTHOOD, REBELLION

As an adult, however, I pretty much rebelled; and, decided to go entirely my 'own' way, instead.

1> I didn't feel it was necessary to go to church every single Sunday to pray; as you could pray absolutely anywhere you are...by, simply, staying in at home/or, indeed, anywhere on the streets.

2> I didn't necessarily tend to believe in the Roman Catholic way of thinking, anymore; that there is only 'one' religion/and, therefore, 'one' way of thinking about and doing things. In other words, I felt it was perfectly ok to go and visit 'any' church to go and pray; including, Church of England/Protestant/Jehoviah Witness/Hari Krishna/Buddhist/Hindu/-etc.

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MAKING JC THEME MY OWN

Nevertheless, a lot of Roman Catholic Christian iconography tended to stay with me...after looking at it for most of my life; especially, I could never forget the theme of 'Christ on the Cross'; I noted, too, that many great artists whose works I both very deeply respected and admired had also drawn/painted this same theme, such as: Michelangelo/Da Vinci/Picasso/Dali/Redon/-etc.; believe me, this list really could go, endlessly, on and on and on: Titian/El Greco/Van Gogh/Gauguin/Matisse/-etc. So, I too could never quite resist the thought of making this same theme mine.

Over the years, I really don't know how many times I must have tried drawing 'Christ head/hands/feet/Christ on the Cross'; but, it must have been over 100+; each time, I'm trying to 'refine' it down in order to get 'one' to work out just right.

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WHAT DOES CHRIST ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE...?

My own personal feeling is...that nobody truly knows what Christ looks like; but, we have handed down to us a kind of 'conventional' look...that nearly everyone else tends to, rather slavishly, copy/imitate.

As far as I'm concerned...Christ on the Cross could be drawn as being either yourself.../or, a woman/or, semi-abstract/pure abstract/-etc.; so, in essence, it's up to the artist themselves exactly how they choose to depict Christ.

All of that said and done; for the most part, I tended to go along with the conventional look...mainly because I wanted people to 'buy' my art...as opposed to totally ignore it; but, I certainly wasn't afraid to to draw Christ any way I damn well pleased.


Imaginary drawings...


















    






Copying from reality...




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