CREATIVE THINKING IN MAKING THE ARTISTIC WORK OF STONE-CUTTING ART

The article is devoted to the creative thinking that forms the artistic idea in the artist’s work in the process of creating a stone-carving art work, in particular. The actuality of the presented study is that is based on the scientific analysis, self-observation of the subtleties of the creative process presented by Aldar Val-eryevich Tuguldurov, an artist, Buryat master of stone carving and expert in stone-cutting art. The article outlines the stages of creative thinking and emphasiz-es the fact that it becomes the most important prerequisite for the formation of a stone-cutter’s professional personality, realization of the artistic abilities, factor of the successful work.