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The author analyzes the creative work of artists of the past and tries to reveal the essence of artistic method in the achievement of expressiveness in the creation of an art image. The works of artists are examined in an attempt to determine the degree of convention of depiction and deviation from the photographic naturalism towards decorativeness. Stylization of form results in a certain degree of convention in the composition and coloristic manner, and also originality in the painting technique (i.e. in the manner of painting). And, most importantly, in the creation of a work of decorative painting it is necessary to decide on the degree of convention in stylization of a real image. And this depends on the level of art taste of the artist, on the degree of his/her skills and on the aesthetic ideas. However, while solving creative problems, conventionalizing the images of the characters and subjects of the image, one may lose all meanings in the image. The necessity of defining the concepts of «decorativeness» and «academism» in painting arose in connection with the appearance of two types of painting, the traditional academic and decorative ones, in the curricula for the future teachers of fine and decoratively-applied art. The concepts of decorativeness and academism should be separated. When performing educational tasks, accurate differentiation is necessary of the forthcoming tasks. Perhaps, it makes sense to depict one setting twice - one in the academic traditions and another, in the decorative one - and, then, to compare the works. In the article it is noted that, despite the opposition and distinctions of the tasks in these disciplines, there takes place interpenetration of techniques in painting. The elements of decorativeness are able to strengthen the emotional perception of artistic work, whereas the knowledge of laws of realistic image (and this is the basis of academic manner) helps creating the works of decorative art. The teacher's task in the course of training is to accurately differentiate the tasks of these two disciplines. The understanding by the students of the difference of the tasks which they face will help to master these disciplines and to solve the creative tasks in the independent professional activity.