CBSE Class 11 Fine Arts Syllabus 2025-26 PDF Download; Check Exam Pattern

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CBSE Class 11 Fine Arts curriculum 2025–2026: On its official website, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Board has made available the curriculum for the upcoming academic year 2025–2026. We have included subject-by-subject syllabuses and PDf download links to help you save time and effort. Students may get the CBSE Class 11 Fine Arts Syllabus 2025–2026 and the corresponding PDF link in this article. We have also sent links to other subjects’ syllabuses to all of you. The syllabus provides a detailed explanation of the chapters, divisions, and subjects covered in the 2025–2026 academic year. Along with many other things, it includes the course outline, project work suggestions, and assessment criteria.

CBSE Class 11 Fine Arts Syllabus 2025-26: Key Highlights

Check the table below to know the key details of the Fine Arts Subjects which is divided into 4 different categories among which students can choose the category according to their interest area. Fine Arts is an important subject introduced by CBSE which helps students to gain insights in their interest area along with the core subjects to study.

Overview	Details
Board Name:	Central Board of Secondary Examination
Class:	11
Subject:	Fine Arts
Parts In Fine Arts	Painting, Graphics, Sculpture, Applied Arts
Subject Code for Painting:	049
Subject Code for Graphics:	050
Subject Code for Sculpture::	051
Subject Code for Applied Arts-Commercial Art:	052
Total Marks:	100 Marks
Theory Marks for every part:	30 Marks
Practical Marks for every part:	70 Marks
Theory Paper Duration:	2 Hours
Practical Paper Duration	6 Hours (3+3)

CBSE Class 11 Fine Arts Syllabus 2025-26: Category-wise weightage

TOPICS: CATEGORIES

NO. OF PERIODS

MARKS WEIGHTAGE

Painting

Relief Printing through Linocut/Woodcut/Paper-cardboard
Portfolio Assessment

100

Graphics

Making of graphic-print through Serigraphy/Lithography/Etching and Engraving (IntaglioProcess) techniques
Portfolio Assessment

100

Sculpture

Modeling in Relief (in clay or plaster of Paris)
Modeling in Round (in clay or plaster of Paris)
Portfolio Assessment

Applied Art

– Drawing

– Lettering and layout

– Portfolio Assessment

CBSE Class 11 Fine Arts 2025-26: Painting Syllabus (Subject Code- 049)

Through an understanding of the many significant and well-known facets and forms of visual art expression in India’s rich cultural heritage from prehistoric times to the present, the second phase of secondary school painting course aims to develop students’ aesthetic sense.

Theory Paper: 30 Marks

Time: 2 Hours

Theory: Unit-wise Marks Weightage of Painting

Units	History of Indian Art	Marks
1.	Pre-Historic rock paintings and art of Indus / Sindhu Saraswati Civilization (Indus valley Civilization) Buddhist, Jain and Hindu Art Pre-Historic Rock-Paintings Study and appreciation of following: Sculptures in Bronze and Terra cottas: Introduction to Method of Bronze casting Study and appreciation of following Seal: Buddhist, Jain and Hindu Art (3rd century B.C. to 8th century A.D.)	15
2.	Temple Sculptures, Bronzes and Artistic aspects of Indo-Islamic architecture Artistic aspects of Indian Temple sculpture Period: 6 th Century CE to 13th Century CE Bronzes Artistic aspects of the Indo-Islamic architecture	15
TOTAL		30

Practical: Marks Weightage of Painting CBSE

Practical Marks: 70

Time: 6 Hours

Part	Content	Marks
1.	Nature and Object Study (Observation Based) Study of two or three natural and geometric forms in pencil with light and shade from a fixed point of view. Natural forms like plants, vegetables, fruits and flowers, etc., are to be used. Geometrical forms of objects like cubes, cones, prisms, cylinders and spheres should be used.	25
2.	Painting Composition (Imagination based) Simple exercises of basic drawing and colouring of human figures organized in attractive visual compositions. Sketches from life and nature	25
3.	Portfolio Assessment (a) Record of the entire years’ performance from sketch to finished product. (b) Five selected nature and object study exercises in any media done during the session including a minimum of two still life exercises. (c) One selected work of paintings composition done during the year (d) Two selected works of paintings done during the year	20
TOTAL		70

CBSE Class 11 Fine Arts 2025-26: Graphics Syllabus (Subject Code- 050)

Through an understanding of numerous significant, well-known facets and forms of visual art expression in India’s rich cultural heritage from the Indus Valley period to the present, the second phase of secondary school’s Graphics course aims to develop students’ aesthetic sense.

Theory Paper: 30 Marks

Time: 2 Hours

Theory: Unit-wise Marks Weightage of Graphics

Units	History of Indian Art	Marks
1.	Pre-Historic rock paintings and art of Indus / Sindhu Saraswati Civilization (Indus valley Civilization) Buddhist, Jain and Hindu Art	15
2.	Temple Sculptures, Bronzes and Artistic aspects of Indo-Islamic architecture	15
TOTAL		30

Note: The Syllabus of Graphics (Theory) for Class XI is the same as that of Painting (Theory) for class XI given earlier.

Practical: Marks Weightage of Graphics CBSE

Practical Marks: 70

Time: 6 Hours

Part	Content	Marks
1.	Relief Printing through Linocut/ Woodcut/ Paper-cardboard: To make Linocut/Woodcut/Paper-cardboard print on 1/4 Imperial sheet on a given subject Syllabus for Relief Printing (Linocuts/Woodcuts/Papercardboard Prints). 1. Printing methods and materials. 2. Characteristics of printing inks, solvents, and years. 3. Registration methods. 4. Simple, colour printing techniques. Finishing and mounting of the print	50
2.	Portfolio Assessment (a) Record of the entire year’s performance from sketch to finished product (b) Three selected prints (either from Linocuts/ Woodcuts/Papercardboard prints) from the works prepared during the course. (c) Four selected prints based on Indian Folk Art	20
TOTAL		70

CBSE Class 11 Fine Arts 2025-26: Sculpture Syllabus (Subject Code- 051)

By teaching students about the many significant, well-known facets and forms of visual art expression in India’s rich cultural heritage from the Indus Valley period to the present, the sculpture course, which is offered as an elective in the second phase of secondary school, aims to develop students’ aesthetic sense.

Theory Paper: 30 Marks

Time: 2 Hours

Theory: Unit-wise Marks Weightage of Sculpture

Units	History of Indian Art	Marks
1.	Pre-Historic rock paintings and art of Indus / Sindhu Saraswati Civilization (Indus valley Civilization) Buddhist, Jain and Hindu Art	15
2.	Temple Sculptures, Bronzes and Artistic aspects of Indo-Islamic architecture	15
TOTAL		30

Practical: Marks Weightage of Sculpture CBSE

Practical Marks: 70

Time: 6 Hours

Part	Content	Marks
1.	Modeling in Relief (in clay or plaster of Paris) Modeling in relief on given subjects from life and nature	25
2.	Modeling in Round (in clay or plaster of Paris) Modeling in round on given subjects from life and nature. Handling of clay and its techniques, pinching, coiling, rolling, etc.	25
3.	Portfolio Assessment Record the entire year’s performance from sketch to design study of textures to finished product. (baking or use of plaster of Paris) Four selected pieces of works prepared during the course by the candidate Three selected pieces based on Indian Folk Art (Sculpture – Round or Relief)	20
TOTAL		70

Note:

The candidates should be given one hour-break after first three hours.
The timetable should be framed in such a way that it allows students to work continuously for a minimum of two periods in a row.

CBSE Class 11 Fine Arts 2025-26: Applied Art-Commercial Art Syllabus (Subject Code- 052)

The purpose of the Applied Art (Commercial Art) elective in the second phase of secondary school is to help students develop their aesthetic sense by introducing them to a variety of significant, well-known facets and forms of visual art expression in India’s rich cultural heritage, which dates back to the Indus Valley period and continues to the present.

Theory Paper: 30 Marks

Time: 2 Hours

Theory: Unit-wise Marks Weightage of Applied Art- Commercial Art

Units	History of Indian Art	Marks
1.	Pre-Historic rock paintings and art of Indus / Sindhu Saraswati Civilization (Indus valley Civilization) Buddhist, Jain and Hindu Art	15
2.	Temple Sculptures, Bronzes and Artistic aspects of Indo-Islamic architecture	15
TOTAL		30

Practical: Marks Weightage of Applied Art-Commercial Art CBSE

Practical Marks: 70

Time: 6 Hours

Part	Content	Marks
1.	Drawing Drawing from Still-Life and Nature, medium- pencil monochrome/colour.	25
2.	Lettering and layout Lettering: Study of lettering of Roman and Devanagari Scripts identification of some typefaces and their sizes Layout: Making a simple layout with lettering as the main component	25
3.	Portfolio Assessment Record of entire year’s performance from sketch to finished product Four selected drawings in any media done during the year Two selected works in chosen subjects done during the year. Two selected works based on Indian Folk Art	20
TOTAL		70