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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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Parrot kolam designs with dots step by step images

Kolam for Pongal 2019 |  Muggulu for Sankranthi 2019 

A very beautiful kolam called kili kolam in Tamil.  The beauty lies in connecting the dots with curved lines to form the neck and tail.  Once we achieve this, it is child's play.

This kolam when I drew for the video to be uploaded on my YouTube Channel it was difficult because I had to get the tails as perfectly as possible on all sides. Drawing each kolam is a different experience and gives a new experience too!

The pictures show the step-by-step procedure for this awesome rangoli.  I have added as many pics as possible so that everyone can follow easily.  This is a classical rangoli for Sankranthi or Pongal when we try to show off our artistic skills through such designs. 

Usually, I draw all the kolam standing or sitting from one side only.  This is not easy because we have to visualise all the patterns, connecting the lines with the dots from one side.  Somehow, I am comfortable with this technique in most kolams. 

There are also step by step pictures for simple mayil kolam with pulli and with steps  in Rangoli sans dots.

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The dot pattern is 15 to 8 - idukku pulli
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This chukki rangoli 15 to 8 can be drawn for Dasara , Deepavali if we want to have a grand rangoli with colours
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Gili rangoli with dots can be tried for Bhogi or Sankranti when we want to display our rangoli making skills.
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One of the best rangoli designs in kili kolam variety, many steps have been shown for easy understanding.
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As shown in the image below, connect the dots to form the parrots with a single line.  It is little difficult and comes with practice.
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15-8 chukkala muggulu designs is quite a common dot grid in rangoli art
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pakshi rangoli designs usually include parrots , peacocks 
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Good quality colours are also needed to make a rangoli with colours awesome.
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Among the bird kolam with 15 dots it is ranks among the best for the test in dexterity
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White rangoli is nearing completion
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It is better to start such big kolam designs at the centre.  Choose a pattern that expands radially from the centre as shown in the pics above. 

Once the central design is fixed, we can draw the parrots using the remaining dots and it becomes relatively easier to mark the positions of the birds vis-a-vis the centre. 

The beauty is enhanced if we draw the lines without joints as demonstrated in the gallery of images above. 

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