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This is when the earliest know time of drawing.
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Around this time our ancient ancestors used drawing to decorate the walls of their temples and tombs by carving scenes of daily life and other things around 3,000 BC
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Through the middle ages drawing were produced primarily to express religious messages and stories of the Bible. Monks would use drawings and paintings to illustrate Bibles and prayer books.
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Around this time drawing began to take the form we recognize today. In Italy, drawing became recognized as a respectable art form because of the rise of the use op paper.
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During this time a new style of drawing was introduced. This style was more livelier drawn with flowing lines. At this time, artist started using water color and ink washes.
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During this period innovation defines the advancements in art form of drawing. Pencils were first manufactured early in the 1800's and quickly became the most preferred drawing tools.
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Ingres and Goya were pioneers in using the newly manufactured pencils and evolving the subject matter of drawing .