rangoli dots 15 to 8 with colour

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.

One image represents an intermediate step of the kolam design after drawing the 7 floral patterns.  The design at the centre and the patterns connecting the dots between the inner designs and the outer flowers are drawn.

Kolam tip - The distance between the dots can be chosen according to our convenience depending on the space and time available.  

The more the distance the larger will the kolam below and hence occupy more space and will take more time to complete and  add colours.. 

15 to 8 chukki rangoli with colours and steps 

white kolam without colours

One of the issues in rangoli making is drawing continuous curved lines.  Lines straight or curved drawn without joints look beautiful, Once we get control over our wrists, keep them supple drawing long continuous lines , particularly curved lines is child's play.

Kola podi or white kolam powder is easily available in Tamil Nadu and states of southern part of India.  I get many requests from other states where it is probably difficult to get it at the local vendors.  We can get online of e-commerce sites like Amazon.  Also, there are websites selling rangoli powder including white. 

I am glad that many persons, after watching rangoli videos, reels on social media, have taken interest in this simple art from (beautiful, creative - we can add any number of adjectives for this art) and want to try it at home.  

The beauty of rangoli art is that anyone can become an artist once we get control over our fingers and wrists.  For me it calms the mind when I draw it early in the morning.  It is like meditating early in the morning when there is divine silence.