here is no knowing when the art of drawing and panting had started. The sketching on the wall of the caves where the ancient beings were living speaks volumes for their creative attributes and artistic temperaments. The cave dwellers have known how to draw different icons and pictures of shapes and sizes. Initially they had started scratching on crust of earth, wall of cave and stone.  They were using the pictography methods to express their thoughts and feelings.
Incourse of time revolution as taken palce in the art. Artists had learn to make color filling it on their creation. Varnishing stones and wood was also an enthusiastic art in the early times which was followed by printings over metal.

In course of time when fabrics were woven by the crafty hands painting with various colors over the cotton and silk were done by the colorists. Invention of paper had given pace to the art making simple and convenient for drawing and painting works. Still today, painting are undertaken over silk, cotton fabrics dyed in multicolor. Canvas is widely used for painting while the most popular materials is paper today over which the work of art are done.