Tatyana A. Sorokina

Students of artistic literacy should be able to draw a human figure, freely depict the movement of the figure, its anatomical and spatial location. This is necessary for artistic and creative work in future. A graduate will not be ready for professional activity as an artist without the ability to draw a figure. The purpose of the article: to propose a developed series of assignments for sketching a naked human figure, with various specially designed tasks. The following methods were applied: analysis of special literature; analysis of students' sketches; pedagogical experiment. The aim of the assignments is to make sketches of a naked human figure, starting from simple movements and going on with more complex movements of the figure. First, it is proposed to make a sketch with a static counterpoint of a standing figure, then move on to a sitting human figure in dynamics, the dynamics is expressed by turning the shoulder girdle to the pelvic girdle so that there is twisting of the body. Then the tasks become more complicated with sketches of a human figure in a supine position without an angle, then in a complex angle, while it is recommended to be at a sufficient distance from the model in order to avoid distortion of proportions in the sketches. And the series of assignments ends with the task of depicting a graphic artistic image of a figure in a sketch. To solve this task, it is recommended to organize a thematic setting. It was revealed that the developed assignments have a positive effect on the development of skills for sketching a naked human figure. The use of assignments in the educational process allows us to achieve higher results in mastering artistic literacy in drawing. The theoretical significance of the article lies in justification of the methodology of teaching students to make sketches of the human figure. The practical implication of the study lies in the proposal of methodically based assignments, the effectiveness of which has been proven in the process of pedagogical experiment. The results of the study are ready for use in the educational process when teaching students academic drawing in the section of drawing the human figure.