Expressive means of drawing and sculpture in the experimental model of integrated learning

Introduction. The article describes one of the many aspects of the experi-mental model of integrated learning in the training of teachers of fine arts, designers and specialists in the artistic processing of materials. this aspect consists in the study of the expressive means of drawing and sculpture. Materials and methods. This study was based on the work carried out at the Lipetsk State Technical University at the Department of Design and Artistic Processing of Ma-terials, at the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation, at the L.A. Smyk Secondary School No. 4 in Lipetsk. Integrating plastic disciplines based on their points of contact, special atten-tion is paid to the preservation of their specific features associated with the practice of the corresponding types of fine art. Each of the types of fine art has its own set of characteristic expressive means. Results. The experiment revealed that understanding and operating the entire arsenal of expressive means positively affects the quality of training of specialists in the field of design, artistic processing of material and teachers of fine arts, in various aspects of their activities. Discussion and Сonclusions. As a result of the experiment, it was revealed that stu-dents on the basis of an integrative approach to the study of drawing and sculpture have learned to extrapolate the acquired knowledge, skills and abilities to their educa-tional and creative process of artistic and project activities. This allowed a broader and multifaceted approach to the implementation of creative tasks of design, layout, pro-cessing of artistic materials, grotesque identification of an artistic image, to a more meaningful analysis of works of fine art, their imaginative understanding. In practice, the integration approach contributes to a more versatile penetration into the stylistic and figurative embodiment of the artistic image. This study does not exhaust the topics of an integrative approach to the process of teaching artistic disciplines. It showed the effectiveness and expediency of conducting further developments in this direction.