Kolam by Sudha Balaji

Big kolam with dots for competitions, festivals, functions  This rangoli or muggulu are suitable for New Year , Sankranti muggulu or Pongal kolam with dots when we draw big and beautiful designs 17 dots kolam designs - birds rangoli designs for competitions Kolam designs with big  dot grid are commonly used during Margazhi  season.  One such common kolam  , my kolam is slightly modified when compared with the original version.   The theme is using a pair of birds on all four sides with the remaining dots being used up with some simple patterns like flowers, leaves. I have retained the original birds but have modified the other patterns.  We can also have  nestlings too in this kolam.  The dot grid is 17 to 1. 17 dots kolam designs - birds rangoli designs for competitions step by step with a few images , it is simple with repetitive patterns  on all four sides and as usual the remaining dots  If you are looking for 17 dots rangoli kolam , 17 to 1 dots rangoli , 17 pulli kolam images or

Medium size kolam  designs for New Year , Bhogi and Pongal festivals  Kolam designs above 15 dots may ( can ) be classified under an intermediate category, they are neither small nor are they very big.   They can be  drawn for festivals like Margazhi, Ugadi or at the entrance of kalyana mantap ( wedding hall ) .   One such design below.  It is with a 15 dot to 8 dot grid ( The dots are idukku pulli type - meaning that after a row of dots is placed the next one is placed between the previous row of dots and below ( or above ).  Consequently, the number of dots reduce by one in each row - 15, 14, 13, 12 till 8 dots in this case.   I have shared the plain and white kolam.  White kolam designs are beautiful in their own way and are widely used in Tamil Nadu, daily.  In the kolam with colours I have chosen to hide the ribs drawn on the floral patterns by adding the colours.  We can also add the ribs again after filling the colours. There us  image represents an intermediate step of t

 Rangoli sans dots as the name suggests is all about rangoli without dots.  Some of the designs created by me few years back are shared here.   Free hand designs test our imagination. While white kolam can be drawn for daily purpose rangoli , we can draw the colourful ones for festivals like New Year. If you are looking for simple rangoli designs without colours for beginners that are new too these rangolis  may be the ones you are looking for.  Obviously most. kolam drawn by me are new particularly without chukki type  because they are all created by me . Some of them spontaneously others are recorded in many notebooks .  " Every time you come up with something new and different "  This is a sample feedback from one of my social media accounts.  The reason is I spend my afternoons practising , creating  Addition of colours have been shown in the images below.  The background has not been filled.  If time permits choose  a suitable background. 

  Simple rangoli motifs or patterns A collection of easy motifs that can be used in rangoli or kolam . The first image shows the patterns I regularly use in the free hand kolam I draw and share.  It is not a comprehensive collection. Spirals, paisleys , floral petals of various shapes, leaves , tendrils , flower designs , birds , dots , small lines are some of the common patterns. I have shown the close up of some the motifs used in the other images shared in this post.  In free hand rangoli we have patterns drawn  invariably on the periphery of the rangoli .  At the centre we can use the flower designs.  Congruity in selection comes with experience. Floral petals can be with one , two or three lobes.  We can also have clover shaped patterns.  The options are infinite. One pic shows how to draw bird motifs with single line and 2 line technique.  We can represent complicated ideas through simple patterns.  The feet of Lord Krishna or Goddess Lakshmi are drawn in rangoli kolam.  One of t