Decoration idea for festivals like Ugadi , Varamahalakshmi Habba
Drawing double line kolam where the lines are distinctly visible comes with practice.
Drawing two lines of different colours simultaneously without the colours overlapping and smudging needs lots of concentration and confidence and these come with practice.
So, I have placed this kolam in the category of a difficult kolam .
This star kolam also is a difficult design though small we need loads of concentration. No wonder some say that drawing kolams is like meditation.
After drawing the star and the six lines near the six edges connecting the lines with more lines as shown in the steps is tricky and we are likely to miss occasionally.
So, this design drawn with double line, double colour may be categorised as a very difficult kolam design.
These challenging kolam can also be drawn for the golu for Navrathri . I have made it more difficult by
drawing rangoli on water with this technique
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how to draw double line kolam
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The first two pictures show how the colours are picked - for this awesome rangoli technique
How to hold the colour in the index and middle finger - important rangoli tip for this
cute rangoli
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| How to put double line kolam |
Draw the triangle. Draw with confidence then we will get it perfectly - unique without chukki rangoli blooms.
Kolam art has reached frontiers beyond the ubiquitous decorations we find at the entrance of many houses. It is now printed on sarees, blouses, return gifts, mugs, bags.
Recently I came to know that kolam designs on cakes are also popular. I think I should discuss with my daughter who is excellent at baking (eggless cakes). This unique pattern may be suitable for decoration on bags.
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| Double line kolam poduvathu eppadi |
Star is drawn with two inverted triangles. We can try for Dasara special rangoli designs. The advantage of using two colours for showing how rettai kodu kalam poduvathu eppadi is that it will be clearer as to how two parallel lines are drawn simultaneously.
I hope these step-by-step pictures will give some more clarity on the method and technique.
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| Double line kolam poduvathu eppadi (Tamil) |
Draw the side lines for this beautiful 2 rekha rangoli that can be drawn on Fridays, festivals
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| How to draw double line rangoli |
Can be used as a Pooja room kolam for
Varamahalakshmi Habba or Navaratri Friday
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| How to put double line rangoli |
Connect the longer lines - focus, concentrate
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| Double line muggulu ela veyali (Telugu) |
Such unique rangoli can be tried for
Dhanteras , Bhai Dhooj also
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| Double stroke kolam designs step by step |
Bookmark it for your Bhogi special rangoli designs, your friends and family will watch in awe
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| How to create double stroke kolam designs |
I liked drawing it, have you tried
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| Double stroke rangoli |
Special kolam tips and tricks
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| Parallel line kolam |
Many viewers on YouTube and Facebook ask me the secret of perfection. The answer is simple. It is just practice
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| Double line star kolam with colours |
I remember a world-renowned sitar vidwan telling us that if he did not practice for one day he was aware of it, if he did not practice for a few days the accompanists became aware of it, he concluded by saying that if he did not practice for a few weeks the audience would know it!
Regimentation supresses creativity. When we have the freedom to explore the results may be stupendous, sometimes.
I think it applies to this technique demonstrated through the images. Purists may feel that traditional kolam art should be practised as handed over from one generation to another.
But then, to the best of my knowledge there are no documentation of kolam drawing methods, types and rules. Rules are there for a few types like Pooja room rangoli, padi kolam and sikku kolam.
I feel for all other types we have ample freedom to explore and discover new techniques, patterns and methods. This is one of them.
In the absence of any documented proof from previous decades, centuries, I may be given the liberty of stating that I "invented" this technique.
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