Even before the war, a student of secondary school, M. Nazarchuk showed a penchant for drawing. His talent was noticed by the artist Rydnevsky, who graduated from the Kiev art school before the revolution. In time, Rydnevski moved to live in Yelsk, where he painted icons, made murals in local churches. Professional artist Rydnevsky gave his student the first knowledge in the art of drawing and painting.
In August 1947, he wrote a letter of enrollment and was accepted into the Minsk Art School. From 1947 to 1952 he studied there with V. Volkov, V. Mozolev, V. Tsvirko, A. Shevchenko.
From 1955 to 1961 he studied at the Belarusian Theater and Art Institute in the already familiar to him teachers V. Volkov, V. Mozolev, V. Tsvirko, and A. Kozlovsky. He received the qualification of "artist - painter." Thesis - the painting "Seminar in the field."In 1952 - 1955 he worked as a teacher of drawing, painting and composition at the Vitebsk Art and Graphic Pedagogical School.