Спасти Кощея

(перевод с украинского языка - Anhelina Krikheli)

SAVE KOSCHEI

Series «Fairy-tales for family reading»

Founded in 2017

 

Translator – Veronika Pisarieva

 

Can a simple drawing lesson at art school reverse the life of a girl who doesn’t believe in magic and miracles? For sure it can! In a short time she is going to take a journey to a fairytale forest. She has no idea what’s coming for her in a forsaken Koschei’s house, full of wonders, what to expect from Gorynych and whether she should be scared of them or they are scared themselves.

 

 

The series «Fairy-tales for family reading» was founded in 2017. It will include fairy-tales about timeless values, good and evil, real friendship and sincere love which are recommended for reading with parents. The doors to the wonderful world of these stories are opened to adult readers as well, since sometimes they need miracles even more than children…

 

Chapter 1

Every afternoon an absolutely special light came streaming in one of the big round classrooms of an art school, as if a curious sun with all its rays was trying to find its way to students through windows and see what colours they were putting on canvas. That’s why the lessons were scheduled for this exact time. Light and shade mean as much for an artist as for a wizard. 

Quite a few children gathered in a room – both small girls and boys and high schoolers. Some were buzzing around with brushes looking for inspiration, others were standing in front of the blank canvas, having their pencils behind their ears or in the hair. In a word, the working process was under way in a usual, at first glance, art workshop.

From time to time the teacher showed up here and there, glancing captiously at canvases and making critical remarks, and erased the lines and colors with one of his brushes. Sometimes he simply ran his finger over those fragments he thought least favourable, pointing out the mistakes and suggesting better, more appropriate solutions.