The Story of DrawingWinner of the Apollo Book of the Year Award 2024 Drawing is at the heart of human creativity. The most democratic form of art making, it requires nothing more than a plain surface and a stub of pencil, a piece of chalk or an inky brush. Our prehistoric ancestors drew with natural pigments on the walls of caves, and every subsequent culture has practised drawingwhether on papyrus, parchment, or paper. Artists throughout history have used drawing as