"2025-26 ISC 12th Grade Art Syllabus: Get the Syllabus in PDF Format Without Cost!"
The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) has released the syllabus for Class 12 Arts for the academic year 2025-26, and it is now available for free download on the official website. The syllabus includes topics such as Drawing or Painting from Still Life, Drawing or Painting from Nature, Drawing or Painting of a Living Person, Original Imaginative Composition in Colour, Crafts 'A', and Crafts 'B'.
The ISC Class 12 Art course is divided into two main papers: Theory Paper and Project Work. The Theory Paper carries 80 marks, while the Project Work/Internal Assessment carries 20 marks. The Theory Paper is further divided into sections, where Section A usually contains short and long questions based on the syllabus topics, and Section B may include project-related or application-based questions.
The Theory Paper Part 1 consists of short questions focused on fundamental factual knowledge and understanding of the syllabus, while Part 2 includes five long questions, each carrying 12 marks. The Project Work typically includes a case study, local history, field visit, book review, or film review, and should be approximately 2000 words.
The syllabus for Paper 1: Drawing or Painting from Still Life involves a group of objects, both artificial and natural, such as cut flowers, fruits, vegetables, a growing plant, and domestic or other artificial objects. Paper 2: Drawing or Painting from Nature is divided into two separate sections, A and B. Section A focuses on the structure of natural forms, while Section B requires a subject to be set for drawing or painting outdoors. Paper 3: Drawing or Painting of a Living Person offers two alternatives, one for a full figure and another for a study of the head but may include the arms and hands. Paper 4: Original Imaginative Composition in Colour is a test of original work, where candidates are required to execute a composition based on a list of alternative subjects given a week before the examination.
Paper 6: Crafts 'B' is restricted to school candidates and requires at least one and not more than two examples of Craftwork executed during the school year in any one craft from eight categories, such as pottery, sculpture, cloth or rug design, dyeing, embroidery, mosaic, collage, puppet or marionette making, prints, and local crafts. Paper 5: Crafts 'A' requires the design and execution of items such as the page of a book, book cover, or endpapers; a notice or pictorial poster; a card such as a Christmas card, or invitation card, or an emblem; a patterned paper for a specific purpose.
The syllabus for ICSE Class 10th for the academic year 2025-26 is also available. Both the ICSE Class 10th and Class 12th Arts syllabus for the academic year 2025-26 are available online and can be downloaded for free. It is advisable for students and educators to refer directly to the official syllabus PDF to get the exact topics, subtopics, and instructions relevant to each arts subject.
[1] Official CISCE Source
Engaging in education-and-self-development through the ICSE Class 12 Arts course, students will be required to focus on learning various drawing and painting techniques, as well as crafts, in their pursuit of imaginative compositions and examinations. The Theory Paper, carrying 80 marks, is divided into sections, with Section A focusing on short questions based on the syllabus topics, while Section B may include project-related or application-based questions.
