Maybe I wasn't clear. Let's say you have a painting in front of you. It is a moderately complex watercolor for example. I don't paint (except houses) so I may realize that a talented person painted the watercolor but not have a clue as to how the artist did it. So, I call on a specialist who can point out what the artist did by using clues left behind like brush strokes and color patterns...things like that. If I then asked another specialist about the painting, I might get some differing details because that expert's experience and knowledge is a little different from the first expert.
well watercolors are pretty simple things. there aren't many layers, they are pretty much just colored in drawing so as far as a watercolor is concerned, you might actually get away with that.
However if it were actually that simple in regard to more complex artworks like oil paintings and the working of marble sculptures, we could easily copy the greatest works of art, Leonardo DaVinci's, Rembrandt's, Van Gogh's... imagine being able to decipher every stroke of a Van Gogh painting... the weight of the touch the length of the stroke the layers of color upon color...
but that's why really nice original artworks get such a high price, because it's never been done, it's literally impossible to make a perfect copy, to know exactly how something like that was made.. if it were possible we would have a world full of forgeries. The ability of the individual artist is everything and is unique, always.
You can really only ever view the finished work and take your best guess.
When we use the rocks and knowledge about how things work in order to get a glimmer of what a master painter God really is, we can really only take our best guess which utilizes only the materials and methods we are familar with. Assuming God does not have more knowledge, different methods, or a fuller palette than us is foolishness.
