How did Walt Disney first develop an interest in drawing and painting?

Walt Disney first demonstrated an aptitude and interest in drawing and painting while living on a farm near Marceline, Missouri, during his early childhood, where he experimented with crayons and watercolors.1

As he grew older, his interest in the craft developed through formal and supplemental education. While living in Kansas City, he studied cartooning through a correspondence school and attended classes at the Kansas City Art Institute and School of Design. Later, while attending McKinley High School in Chicago, he continued to refine his skills by creating drawings for the school newspaper and pursuing further studies in cartooning, with the initial goal of becoming a newspaper cartoonist.1