Keyword: «methodological principles of drawing»

When acquiring artistic literacy in drawing, the student needs to master the professional sequence of image making and methodological principles of work. This is necessary to convincingly convey the shape and individual characteristics of the depicted object. Without the basic skills of methodically correct drawing, the student will not be ready for professional artistic activity, for independent creative work. The aim of the article is to propose a developed series of special tasks for performing short-term drawings with various purposes aimed at mastering the basics of educational drawing. The following methods were applied: analysis of special scientific literature; analysis of students' drawings; pedagogical experiment. The meaning of the tasks consists in repeated training aimed at learning the methodological principles of drawing, which include, first of all, the principle of methodical consistency in working on a drawing and other principles that help retain the regular stages of drawing in the mind of the person drawing. The methodological principles reveal the methods of working on a drawing, the main provisions that must be followed in the work, starting with solving simple tasks and ending with the transfer of the ideological intention of the drawing, give understanding of the tasks that should be solved at the initial stages of training and throughout the development of the drawing course. It is proved that the fulfillment of the compiled assignments has a positive impact on the development of professional drawing skills. The use of the developed tasks in the educational process contributes to achieving better results in acquiring artistic literacy in drawing. The theoretical significance of the research lies in the substantiation of the methodology of teaching students the basics of educational drawing. The practical significance lies in methodically grounded tasks, the effectiveness of which is proved by conducted pedagogical experiment. The research results can be used to teach students academic drawing on various topics of the program, ranging from household items to human figure drawing.