It is impossible to become a professional in any area without mastering the basics. This fully applies to the masters of painting. With Fundamentals of Painting V. Mogilevtsev continues a series of books started by the author in 2007 with Fundamentals of Drawing, about the main methods practiced by artists. The clear merits of both the first and second books are the conciseness and ease to understand, strict order in which the tasks are presented, frequent references to the worls art. I dare say that this textbook will be useful not only for painters, but also for graphic designers, art experts and even art critics. N. S. Kuleinokova, Prof. of the Department of Russian Art Repin St. Petersburg State Academic Institute