After a big success of publication on academic drawing ("Fundamentals of Drawing", ISBN: 978-5903733018), a leading art professor at the Russian Academy of Arts, Prof. V.A. Mogilevtsev has managed to create yet another important book on art fundamentals. This teaching aid follows the same structure as its predecessor, while offering a complete overview on academic painting, a discipline that is built on traditional art education. The result of the author"s four years of hard work is this well-illustrated book with excellent visual explanations that include tables, studies and paintings by old masters. The Fundamentals of Painting presents a classical system of teaching while illustrating each stage of work in very laconic, straight to the point text. // Great reference. // Classic "old masters" approach, time-tested methods. // Teaches basics for a strong foundation for future art. // Instructional text, studies, paintings and reproductions from old masters. About Author: V. A. Mogilevtsev is a leading professor at the Painting Faculty of the Repin Art Institute (Russian Academy of Arts), where he"s been teaching senior students since 1995. In 2011, the Academy awarded Professor Mogilevtsev with Gold and Silver Medals for his teaching achievements and for the teaching aids Fundamentals of Drawing (ISBN: 978-5903733018) and Academic Drawings and Sketches (ISBN: 978-5904957018).