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Easy rangoli designs - beginners

Though I have drawn all the designs myself personally I am thankful to my family for the inputs, information and help in drafting all the posts so far.  I have used the terms kolam  rangoli quite freely in all the posts. Probably there would have been differences based on classical (!) explanations in the past but today kolams can also be colourful like rangolis both in the free hand and dots type  I find that even the terms rangoli kolam and kolam rangoli are used at  present. The only area where I think kolam are different are in sikku kolam and arisi maavu kolam. Both are beautiful, challenging and can be intricate . Rangoli is muggulu in Telugu and so this post will be useful for those in search of small and simple muggulu for beginners.  This post   may have answers  kutty rangoli /kolam designs The rangoli in the image below is one of the basic designs that can be used for learning.   Form a star with two inverted triangles.   ...
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For Margali 2017 a traditional double line kolam I drew on the first day.  Viewers asked me how I know when to stop a free hand design.  Frankly, I can go on and on. Time and space are constraints

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This is the second kolam for Margazhi or Dhanurmasam drawn at vaigarai pozhuthu.  It is Tamil for early in the morning or dawn.

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The rangoli for the next day - small and simple free hand rangoli (or Rangoli sans dots!).  Since the photos were taken at dawn, they may not be to one's expectation. I wanted them to be as naturalistic as possible. 
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This is a small free hand rangoli I drew for my YouTube video

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Double stroke rangoli with lamps for Karthigai Deepam decoration.  Karthigai is similar to Diwali festival in festivities.  Suddenly, I have jumped to a different month.  I discovered it in the same folder on my computer, so I thought why not share it here. 

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This is a traditional and small padi kolam (rangoli with lines) drawn at the entrance.  Kavi or ochre decoration is used for Fridays and festivals

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One more kolam - it is a month long kolam festival during Dhanurmasam.  This is a variation of the traditional padi kolam

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This is a 15 to 1 dot lotus kolam , big rangoli and simple too | 15 chukki rangoli design.  My habit of using compact grids makes it easy for me to draw relatively big kolam at the entrance.  This thamarai kolam is an example. 

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This a traditional rangoli I drew during Dhanurmasam 2017 - 2018

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For the season, a double stroke or double line kolam on a Margali Friday. There are at least 5 kolangal using 2 lines during this month.  If I hesitate for a few seconds as to what to draw invariably I end up drawn this type. 

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Next a simple free hand rangoli with spiral designs.  How can we create free hand designs without spirals and other motifs. Petite patterns make the rangolis more beautiful, in my opinion that is. 

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Without chukki rangoli - 2 lines technique.

There it is one more of erattai izhai variety.  It is my bread and butter :)
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Peacock rangoli kolam image drawn without dots. 
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          Circular rangoli drawn free hand. I liked the result after adding minimum colours. What about you, did you like it.             
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My mother's favourite kolam for Margazhi and Friday - next, this one is her favourite since she used to draw it at least once or twice in a month. She was a master of double stroke.  I was her student.

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This is a simple irattai ezhai kolam with birds' designs.  For those following my blog and YouTube Channel will notice that I have a weakness for (drawing) double line kolams and birds 

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A simple double line kolam I drew for Karthigai Deepam festival with deepams all around for decoration, beautiful and traditional

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Simple rangoli designs for Diwali, Navratri festivals

This is a combination of modern and traditional ideas in rangoli

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The central design is a small kolam we draw for vasal converted into birds design.  I did not add the crests otherwise they would have become mayil kolam.

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A simple free hand design with colours.  This is a non-descript pattern that I occasionally create.  We never know which pattern is liked by readers / viewers.  There are some who want very simple rangolis.

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This is another entrance muggu converted into a small and beautiful rangoli.  Again, at the centre is a padi kolam decorated with birds and spirals. 

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Can be used for flats or apartments, so small and cute. Paisleys that can be converted into pakshi if required. 
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A variation of the traditional line rangoli.  A small padi kolam as it is called drawn with even number of lines (I use five lines also).  This is the basic shape and the edges have been decorated in colour, can be tried on Friday.

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Start with spirals and complete with birds.  Feathers on the crown make them peacocks

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It is early days for me on social media.  I have been sharing quite a few images and videos drawn a granite slab, I purchased exclusively for my kolam videos.  There were a few requests for sharing the actual kolam, I draw at the entrance of my home. 

 Usually, we draw small and simple kolangal daily at the entrance.  So, I have shared some kolams that I drew during Dhanurmasa.  This is the month when we draw special kolam and colour them too. 

 Since the photos were taken early in the morning (we have to draw kolam at dawn during this month) the lighting effect may not be good.  I decided to share them without any special effects because I wanted the pics to be as natural as possible. Hence no enhancements were used. 

There are 16 pictures in this post. 3 of them are with birds' designs including one peacock.  I have added one kolam decorated with lamps and it can be referred to for Deepawali.  The quality of rangoli colours is good and so I have added some motifs directly in colour. 

There are couple of kolangal with double lines or parallel lines, my trademark :) 

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