Drawings by Students of the Faculty of Painting I.E. Repin Institute

"Theoretical generalization of experience of teaching drawing in a personal studio, as well as short studies - sketches, as they are called in our professional environment, are of great interest for mastering the profession of an artist. 'is is especially important that in today's real-life circumstances, these necessary and recommended curriculum assignments are o"en ignored. 'is work is important because today's students are facing many tempting sources that substitute a serious in-depth work. 'e teaching aid Academic Drawings and Sketches, prepared by Professor V. Mogilevtsev, brings us back to the great traditions of Russian art. Confucius once said that it is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. I think that the experience of the author in organizing and conducting classes in academic drawing will be very useful in the preparation of artists and of course, will be gratefully received by students, teachers and all artists, aspiring to become art masters depicting their inner and outside world."

O.A. Yeremeyev, Professor, Head of the Department of Drawing of the

I.Repin St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, Full-Fledged Member of the Russian Academy of Arts

"The teaching aid Academic Drawings and Sketches will certainly become a signi*cant contribution of the Department of Drawing of the I. Repin Institute of the Russian Academy of Arts in the methodical science of training drawing, as it is very capacious and impressively shows the status of this academic discipline for today. 'e project proponent and author of this book Professor V. A. Mogilevtsev managed to *nd and select an extensive illustrative material, to classify and accompany it with an interesting explanatory text. Content, volume, form and general composition of the book make it easy to use and very useful for students and teachers of higher and secondary art education, for art historians and people interested in history and dynamics of the methodology of teaching academic drawing in one of the leading art schools of Russia and Europe."

V.V. Pugin, Assistant Professor of the Department of Drawing of the

A.L. Shtieglitz Academy of Applied Arts, Honorary worker of higher special education

"Drawing is the most important, determinative, one might say, component of the artistic process. Its selfdependent artistic value is hardly attainable without preliminary, at times long practice, comprehension of drawing methods. 'e teaching aid written by V. A. Mogilevtsev, one of the most experienced professors of the Department of Drawing of the I. Repin Institute of the Russian Academy of Arts, is aimed to help a young artist to master skills of drawing a human head and a *gure. Many years' personal experience of teaching enabled the author to create a clear distinct system of work on a drawing. No doubt the given aid will be popular with those who aim to unearth the mysteries of the world of Art."

N. S. Kuteinikova, Candidate of Art History, Professor of the Department of

Drawing of the I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation

Academic Drawings and Sketches. Textbook Supplement / Nabroski i uchebnyj risunok. Uchebnoe posobie - nidottu, Englanti, 2020