Drawing and Painting
The Oxford Dictionary defines drawing as 'the formation of a line by drawing some tracing instrument from point to point of a surface; representation by lines; delineation as distinguished from painting...the arrangement of lines which determine form.' The earliest known drawings date from 30,000 to 10,000 B.C.. They were found on the walls of caves in France and Spain. The earliest forms of drawings can also be seen in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. This form of art still exists today.
Painting is an image (artwork) created using pigments (color) on a surface (ground) such as paper or canvas. The pigment may be in a wet form, such as paint, or a dry form, such as pastels. The earliest known paintings are about 40,000 years old. Tools normally used for this type of art are brushes and palettes but can range from knives to sponges. This form of art also still exists today and some renowned painters are Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh, and Claude Monet.
