Creative thinking as one of the bases for professional skills development in students majoring in "Monumental painting" during university education

The study reviews creative thinking as one of the bases for professional skills development in students majoring in Monumental Painting. Creative thinking of an artist is an essential factor in developing his personality, artistic abilities and the prerequisite for his successful professional activity. It addresses the issue of different types of thinking, the role of the right and left hemisphere in creative activity and the physiological features of the brain. The research describes the stages of professional skills development: reproductive, interpretative, and creative ones. The creative stage is the highest point in the professional skills development. It is impossible to achieve it without the enhanced creative thinking of monumental decorative painter. Professional training at the university ensures the shift in students’ mindset, which contributes to the progressive development of professional skills in monumental painters.