Fundamentals of Drawing

Jul 9, 2026

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A teaching aid on mastering drawing through a structured, step-by-step method grounded in the Russian school of drawing. It focuses on overcoming fragmentary observation by requiring regular, systematic practice through sketching, so vision and perception become integral. The manual presents an algorithm of work and explains the sequence of stages for drawing the human head and figure, supported by training tasks and classical-art examples to develop form depiction.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages74

Reading Time1 h 54 min

AccessFree to download

What the Book is about and How to Use it

Two main problems for young artists

The three-part structure and training tasks

How the stages and commentary are organized

# V. a. mogilevtsev fundamentalS Of dRaWInG St. Petersburg V. a. mogilevtsev # fundamentalS Of dRaWInG teaching aid St. Petersburg ББК 85.1 М 74 Approved by the Department of Drawing of the I. E. Repin St. PetersburgState Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture,Russian Academy of Arts Reviewers: O. A. Eremeev Professor, Head of the department of drawing of the I. e. Repin St. Petersburg State academic Institute of Painting,Sculpture and architecture, head of the personal studio,People’s artist of the Russian federation, full-fledgedmember of the Russian academy of arts N. S. Kuteinikova Candidate of art History, Professor of the department ofdrawing ofthe I. e. Repin St. Petersburg State academicInstitute of Painting, Sculpture and architecture, Honored artist of the Russian federationAcademic Editor: E. A. Serova assistant Professor of the department of Russian art of theI. e. Repin St. Petersburg State academic Institute of Painting,Sculpture and architecture V. A. Mogilevtsev М 74 fundamentals of drawing, teaching aid, St. Petersburg,aRtIndeX, 2007 – pp. 72, ill. This teaching aid written by one of the leading professors of the department of drawing of theI. e. Repin Institute is a profound generalization of the teaching practice of drawing in his personalstudio at the high school of art. The author shares the method he uses for drawing the human figureand head expounding his view on the sequence of various stages of depiction of form. This treatisemay be useful for the young artists trying to improve their skills at depicting the human form. Thework reminds one of the infinity of art, its development and perfection. The present teaching aid isunique in its own way among the numerous publications on the methods of teaching drawing skills.The author expresses his own views based on firsthand experience of training future artists. O. A. Eremeev, Professor, Head of the Department of Drawing of the I. E. Repin St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculptureand Architecture, Full-Fledged Member of the Russian Academy of Arts drawing is the most important, determinative, one might say, component of the artistic process.Its self-dependent artistic value is hardly attainable without preliminary, at times long practice,comprehension of drawing methods. The aid written by V. a. mogilevtsev, one of the most experiencedpedagogues ofthe department of drawing ofthe I. e. Repin Institute of the Russian academy of arts,is aimed to help a young artist to master the skills of drawing the human head and figure. manyyears’personal experience of teaching enabled the author to create a clear distinct system of work ona drawing. It is of crucial importance that the practical part of the book successively uncovering thestages of work finds its substantiation and development in the reproductions of works by the celebratedmasters. no doubt the given aid will be popular with those who aim to unearth the mysteries of theworld of art. N. S. Kuteinikova, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Candidateof Art History, Professor of the Department of Drawing of the I. E. RepinSt. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture andArchitecture 4art ltd 199034, St. Petersburg, 17 liniya V. O., 4-6www.4-art.org © 2010 4art ltd © 2007 V. a. mogilevtsev © 2007 aRtIndeX Publishing House Awarded with a Silver Medal by the RussianAcademy of Arts, 2008 Recommended by the State EducationalInstitution of Higher Professional Education«St. Petersburg State University» as a teachingaid for students studying painting disciplines. Drawings, schemes, photographs: V. a. mogilevtsev Design, layout: aRtIndeX Translations: 4art ltd Printed in Russia. first edition. Reproductions are the courtesy of the followingmuseums and used with the permission of: The State Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia; The State Russian museum, St. Petersburg, Russia;The art Res

FAQs

What two key problems does the manual say every fledgling artist must solve?

To overcome fragmentary observation and to learn expert, gradual development of a drawing.

How does the manual recommend solving the problem of fragmentary observation?

By practicing drawing and making sketches with regular, systematic training.

How is the book organized to teach figure drawing?

It has three parts: the first and second develop drawing sequences using head and figure practice tasks, and the third compiles classical-art materials to learn figure drawing.

Jul 9, 2026

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