Sofronova Nadezhda

The paper deals with the importance of implementation of sculptural modeling of the human head; the main goals and objectives, focusing on knowledge of plastic anatomy, finding a proportional relationship of all parts and elements of the head, on a phased maintenance of work, on the study of sculptural volume plas-tics, transmission and creation of professional artistic image.

The paper deals with the decorative small sculptures and African totem masks, their artistic and stylistic fea-tures, analysis of the works of sculptors and steps for creating a decorative candlestick based on African totem masks.

The authors examine the motivational commitment to educational and creative activity of students in draw-ing; pay attention to the importance of assignments for the study of the human head and single out the stages of drawing the human skull and plaster heads.