Keyword: «higher art and pedagogical education»

The article includes basic principles of artistic, creative and educational methods of the plein air work for the art students, describes some features of graphic cityscapes painting.The author argues that plein air practice as a part of higher educational process is a good way in the development of artistic personality. The author also describes potential difficulties of the plein air process pedagogical organization and practical artistic mistakes of students work and their perception of nature.