The history of drawing is a long one, and has been around since the existence of the human race. The earliest drawings are those found in France in Spain dating back to 30,000 to 10,000 B.C.. These drawings were found on the walls of caves (Refer to image 1). There are various speculations as to the purpose of these early drawings, with no finite answer.
image 1: An early cave painting in Lascaux, France
Naturally, like most things, drawing too has evolved over time. During the early years of drawing paper was not available. When paper did become available during the 1100s it was expensive. Drawing (or art in general) has been through many trends over the years, like the baroque period, neoclassicism, romanticism, realism, and others.
One notable era of art would be the Renaissance (beginning from around the 14th century and lasting until the 17th century). During this time there was an increase in drawings. This was mainly due to the fact that paper had become more readily available an art had been reborn as a cultural movement. Art was used to study things such as light, nature, human anatomy and so forth by many artist such as Leonardo da Vinci (Refer to image 2).
image 2: A da Vinci drawing study
Nowadays art has melded with technology to create various products, like animated movies, special effects, commercials, designs for various things, and so much more. This also means that art as become more ambiguous, meaning that art can be just about anything. Still, despite arts many stages of evolution, it is still thriving.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Heilbrunn Timline of Art, Retrieved from The Heilbrunn Timeline of Art (14 October 2011)
Mules, Helen B.,The History of Drawing,Retrieved from The History of Drawing (13 October 2011)
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