Methods of teaching painting in the open air. Task «landscape» for students of the workshop of landscape painting of National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture

The article reveals the theoretical features of the problem of landscape in the open air as one of the integral genres of fine art. The landscape is an inexhaustible source of reproduction of nature in compositional regularity and ideological plans of the student. The author reviewed and analyzed the main stages of the methodology of teaching landscape tasks in open air for students of landscape workshop of National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture. The proposed method proves the relevance of the preparation, implementation and structuring of tasks to achieve maximum results. Proposed targets are arranged in chronological order, which gives the opportunity to perform phasing of the work over the implementation of the task "Landscape". We emphasized the main goal of the task - high-quality professional training of the student for the implementation of the task set before him – landscape painting in the open air. The efficiency of the method of landscape painting in practice, the sequence of work and the final stage are considered. The attention is focused on the choice of motive for the creation of a peculiar image; each point of the work process is reasoned, examples are given and their analysis is provided . Thus, guided by the laws of landscape painting, the student must capture not only the real landscape, but also to create a new reality; at the same time, all the work must be systematized for the perception and implementation of its image. The author draws attention to the importance of a clear phasing in the work, emphasizing the importance of the task in the open air for the understanding of the basics of artistic knowledge.