Painting

This page contains the CBSE Class 10 Painting syllabus for the academic session 2026-27, as prescribed by CBSE curriculum.

Arts can broadly be classified into the Visual, Literary, and Performing Arts. It involves innovative and imaginative ways of expression in different forms using a variety of material and media.

NEP 2020 helps students to utilizes various aspects and forms of art and culture as the basis for learning concepts across subjects. A part of the thrust on experiential learning, art-integrated education, embedded in classroom transactions, not only creates joyful learning but helps in imbibing the Indian ethos through the knowledge of Indian art and culture.

Art in School Education addresses the Goals and Competencies for every student to find diverse ways of persisting and solving problems. We not only create an artwork, but also enjoy the experience of viewing and responding to many forms of cultural expression. When they create artwork together and work collaboratively, they recognize one another’s strengths and develop deeper connections with the world around them. Such a process nurtures empathy, appreciation, cooperation, and trust, all of which are fundamental for developing social and human values, such as ahimsa, love, compassion, friendship, and peaceful co -existence. As a common language, the Arts bring people together and lead them to develop acceptance, understanding, and mutual respect.

Art classes involve three important processes —making artwork, thinking creatively in the Arts, and appreciating all forms of artistic expression down the ages. This immersive experience of producing art improves cognition, leaving a positive and long-lasting impact on the development of aesthetic sensibilities, expression, imagination, observation, crafting skills, creativity, and students’ overall confidence in their own abilities.

Through Art students should be able to connect with their culture and appreciate the diversity of artistic expressions. For an effective Art Education programme, schools must aim to achieve:

Art Education deals with developing creativity, aesthetic sensibilities, cultural literacy which familiarizes them with significant events, figures, and works of literature, that have shaped a society and had a lasting impact on its development. This is done through the knowledge of various forms of Visual Arts

Artistic processes, such as ideation, creation, presentation, response, review, and making connections, ensures development of cognitive, affective, psychomotor, socio- emotional, and language while learning the Arts as thinking, making, and appreciation processes are fundamental to Art Education.

Thinking processes refer to a wide range of cognitive activities while working in the Arts. The first is the process of generating ideas and innovating while creating artwork.

The second is understanding and applying the elements of various Art forms (point, line, shape & form, colour, shape tones, texture, space.)

The third is inquiry and critical probing into art practices and aesthetic experiences.

The fourth is to attempt newer, reasonable interpretations while working in the Arts.

The fifth is to connect the Arts with other knowledge as well as one’s own experiences.

Making processes are related to the execution and production of artwork. These processes engage the mind and body for expressing ideas and feelings. This includes use of materials, tools, and other resources. The making processes also focus on exploring techniques, refining skills, and practicing creative improvisation while producing artwork.

Appreciation processes begin with the exposure to a wide range of art forms, artists, and their practices through structured Art sessions or through the local environment and culture. This develops an awareness of how the Arts communicate a variety of expressions. Furthermore, the process reveals how these expressions are interpreted differently by every individual. While viewing Art, one also needs to consider the social, historical, and contextual background of an artwork and its viewers. Responding to art also requires the ability to describe aesthetic experiences and share personal interpretations or viewpoints. The capacity to assess artwork and develop aesthetic judgement is also an important part of the appreciation processes.

All these processes are interlinked and cannot be addressed in isolation if a meaningful and complete art learning experience is desired.

Students after studying 'Painting' as additional subject will be able to:

Understanding and appropriate use of:

Painting from Memory – Simple composition in water/poster/pastel colours on given subjects based on sketching from life and nature. It may also be in abstract/semi- abstract/folk art forms.

It includes: