RBSE SS Drawing case studies
RBSE SS Drawing · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The RBSE Senior Secondary Drawing qualification is the Class 12 art elective awarded by the Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan (BSER/RBSE), usually taken alongside other Class 12 subjects by students in the Arts stream. It is intended for candidates who want a board-recognised school-level credential in drawing and painting, whether as a stepping stone to art college, design courses, or simply as a documented practical skill. Assessment mixes a written theory paper on art fundamentals, Indian and Western art history, Rajasthani and folk traditions, and colour theory with a practical component in which you draw and paint - still life, memory drawing, landscape and design work - under supervision or as a submitted portfolio. Because the practical half rewards steady, repeated practice far more than last-minute cramming, the sensible preparation plan is to draw daily from observation, keep a dated sketchbook, learn a small set of colour and perspective rules well enough to apply them, and prepare concise written answers with named examples for the theory sections. The RBSE SS Drawing case studies are 5 cases and about 2,668 words.
1Three Materials, One Lamp
Your drawing exam gives 3 hours for a still life. The setup is a clear glass tumbler, a brass spoon, and a matte terracotta cup on mid-grey cloth, lit by one 60 W lamp at 45° upper left.
587 words, about 3 min2The Vanishing Hills
You are in a 90-minute outdoor sketching exam at a hill viewpoint. You have A3 cartridge paper, 2B and 4B graphite, and a limited watercolour set: ultramarine, yellow ochre, burnt sienna, and sap green.
539 words, about 3 min3The Vibrating Poster
A school notice-board poster must be 60 cm × 45 cm, painted in gouache, and read clearly from 5 m. The message is "Save Water".
481 words, about 2 min4The Bus Queue from Memory
In a memory-drawing exam, you are shown a photograph of a bus queue for 8 minutes. The photograph is then removed.
539 words, about 3 min5The School Wall and the Phad
You are asked to design a 3 m × 2 m mural for a school corridor based on Rajasthani folk traditions. The committee wants something that looks authentic but also carries a local water-harvesting message.
522 words, about 3 min