Transcript Picturing Creation

So, does a beautiful world mean
there is a wonderful God?
Some people say:
But other people say:
• It is a beautiful world. • The world is lovely,
I think someone must
but I think it does not
have made it. I think
prove god is real.
that was God.
• I think the world came
• Surely the world could
to be through long
not be an accident. It
gradual changes.
is full of love. I thank
God for this lovely
planet.
What do you think?
In a Y3 / 4 class, the
pupils made lego
models to show one
day of the story from
Genesis 1.
This is day 3: the dry
land and the trees.
This is day 2: separating
the waters from the land.
Artistic Guesswork
• You have seen Kate Neal’s first five canvases,
showing her vision of the first five days of
creation.
• Kate has not been thinking about science and
religions, or creation and evolution. Her pictures
respond to the text of the bible story for itself.
• How do you think she will paint the 6th day, when
animals and humans were created? Or the
seventh day, when God rested?
Being creative with
the creation story
• We run an art competition for
school RE called ‘Art in Heaven’
• Pupils use Biblical story – and
other faith stories – to show an
insight artistically
• The sacred text sets the
imagination loose
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Here’s another child’s version of
day 2 – painted in the style of
Kate Neal, from the Biblical text.
Day 6: the creation of
humans and animals
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Kate Neal’s pix, on disc and card,
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Spirited Arts web gallery:
www.natre.org.uk/spiritedarts
So, does a beautiful world mean
there is a wonderful God?
Some people say:
But other people say:
• It is a beautiful world. • The world is lovely,
I think someone must
but I think it does not
have made it. I think
prove god is real.
that was God.
• I think the world came
• Surely the world could
to be through long
not be an accident. It
gradual changes.
is full of love. I thank
God for this lovely
planet.
What do you think?
• Special thanks to Wilby Church of England Primary
School’s Creaton Week and Tricia Outram, Headteacher
at Bakewell CE Infant School in Derbyshire, described
her school’s creativity day for RE Today.
• Kate Neal’s ‘Picturing Creation’ on disc and cards, with
teaching book: £24 from RE Today, is an asset to this
work.
• www.retoday.org.uk
• Spirited Arts web gallery: www.natre.org.uk/spiritedarts
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