Here is a book that includes two drawing textbooks A. P. Sapozhnikova: "Course of drawing" (1849 . ) and " Drawing a human figure and composition of paintings " (1889) ). Sapozhnikov's first textbook was published in St. Petersburg in 1834. From the foreword: "... The purpose with which drawing classes are established in most educational institutions is not to make students into artists, but to develop in them the ability to depict visible objects on paper in a clear and correct way. These words reflected the meaning of the Sapozhnikov program, which set the goal in a new way, accustoming students to not mindlessly copy, but think, reason, analyze during work. The author for the first time pays serious attention to drawing from nature, indicates the shortest way to build an image of any object through simplifying its form in the initial stage. The teacher conducting the lesson is recommended not so much to correct the student's drawing, but to explain errors verbally. It is necessary that children, following their own understanding of the oral instructions of the teacher, could correctly draw each new object. The book will be useful to IZO teachers in secondary schools, heads of art studios, teachers of DHS, as well as parents who want to introduce their children to the world of fine arts.