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Pre-historic drawings
Drawings have been found that date back to 30,000 to 10,000 BCE. -
Ancient Egyptian drawings
Ancient egyptains decorated their temples, walls, and tombs with carvings and drawings of everyday life, gods, and religious practices, from as early as 3,000 BC -
Ancient Greek drawings
Ancient Grecians used their drawings, but instead of putting them on walks or paper, they used them on their artifacts and pottery. -
The Middle Ages
Throughout the Middle Ages, which dated 400-1400 CE, drawings were mainly produced to express religious message nod stories from the bible. During these times, drawing became a preparatory stage in creating paintings. -
Tablets
Tablets were slabs of wood, slate or wax that were used before the invention of paper (1,100 CE) People could draw and sketch on tablets to prepare for their future paintings that they would produce. -
modern drawing
Today, drawing can be used for artistic practices, or even in science or many careers. Careers like Architecture, design, or even the medical field put drawing skills to use. Many currently use contemporary or edgy styles of drawing. -
Hieroglyphics
Egyptian hieroglyphs were a formal writing system used by the ancient Egyptians that combined logographic and alphabetic elements. Egyptians used cursive hieroglyphs for religious literature on papyrus and wood. A standardized form of hieroglyphs developed rapidly in the earliest years of Egypt’s Early Dynastic Period (2920 BC-2575 BC)) -
Renaissance
During the Renaissance, which was dated from the 14th through the middle of the 17th century, drawing became recognized as a respectable art because of the rise of the use of paper. Drawing also became important to scientists to record their knowledge. -
Baroque Period
During this period, which dated from about 1600 to 1750, new styles of drawing were introduced. Artists began to use water colors, and ink wahses. Many artists focused on portraying movement, expressions and feelings in their dawings. -
1800s and 1900s
During this time, drawing moved away from tradition and began to transform into different movements like impressionism, Cubism, Expressionism, and Fauvism. These were very diverse and interesting new ways of art that many around the world caught on to.
