Lessons on Te Reo at our school has been based on Maori myths and legends. Including The Creation story, a story of how our world was created. Our story that we inquired was not the original but it was and was retold by Peter Gossage, who to me, is also a very creative illustrator.
Our activity afterwards was to choose a god. You could pick between: Tu, Tangaroa, Haumia, Tane, Rongo, Tawhimatea the sons or one of their parents who are Ranganui, the sky father or Papa, mother earth. We had to be creative and design a different version of the particular God you picked from your perspective. There could be feature that wasn't in the book, but whatever we did, the syndicate couldn't imitate the God in the book.
The Maori God I chose to draw Tane, or also known as Tane Mahuta. How I thought of this assignment was that it was a very fun but still wonder why we are doing it. Though it isn't complete yet, I think it's fit for The God of Forest.
This is my god. Now it is complete.
I love your piece of Art work Abigail. It is very effective, especially with the colours you have used linking to the idea of forests. I also like the shape of his face and eyes, they make you look at that area of the artwork first. We thought we would make a display on the walls of all the gods we have created. Creating artwork as a response to a story is about learning to express opinions and personal thoughts we have formed while reading the story.
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