change of plans

It seems that a whole project will be a bit different now. I wanted to do a fairy-tale with out words in the beginning. Don't think it will be that effective now. The text, like the guide through the story help you to get the mood and atmosphere together with the drawing. It is possible to make a fairy-tale with out words, but it needs to be much more detailed and more shots of a story. You will need to draw every single action and many of dialogues to get the whole sense of the story and understanding what is going on.
The text will make the story completed and easier to get it.

Can you tell a story with out words in sculpture? May be, if you get the main idea and characters, the mood and everything together to inspire public. To interest them in those old good fairy-tails.

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Attached Russian illustrations for kids fairy-tales. I still have most of them in my books back in Latvia. Most of them are watercolours and some oil. Watercolour illustrations are my favourite, some of them are very colourful. This is how the watercolours suppose to be used, no? very light effects with rich colour that gives magic fairy-tale atmosphere. However some of them, like the first one, aren't as colourful and magic, but they show you russian world, gives you the idea of what time a years it is, what time a day and the most important people - their expressions and poses.
Colours - this is what i like about this illustrations and watercolour technique. In my childhood books no names of the artists, so the other companies would not steal your best illustrator. Lots of books are not reproduces any more and lot's of illustrators are unknown.

Ivan Bilibin illustrations
Slavic Folklore
Russian Fairy Tales

As folklore comes from many different cultures, one cannot forget the Ivan Bilibin scenarios.
Russian Fairy Tales are strongly influenced by Slavic folklore. They're absolutely stunning.
His illustrations are astounding and among my favorites.
He was born in the suburbs of St. Petersburg, known as Russia's "window to Europe", in August 16, 1876.
He went to Munich to further his education but later travelled in Northern Russia.
His Art came from his interest in the old wooden architecture and became acquainted with Russian folklore.
Later he published his findings in a monograph in 1904.

His watercolors were admired and he got a commission to illustrate fairy tales as a State Document.
He gained acknowledgment in 1899 with his illustrations of Russian fairy tales and these included tales such as The Tale of Ivan the Tsar's Son, The Frog Princess and The Little White Duck.
He traveled to Cairo and Alexandria but settled in Paris in 1925. He died in February 7, 1942.