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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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Rangoli on water surface step by step

 Navarathri , Diwali decorations at home 

The rangoli below uses a technique through which we draw double lines with different colours. Rangoli making on water is uncommon technique. 

 I have made difficult by drawing 2 lines kolam with two colours.  

One of the best rangoli designs if you are looking for difficult methods.  I have explained how to pick rangoli powder for this technique, in case you want to learn. 

If left undisturbed the rangoli stays for a week.  We can use to decorate our homes for Navarathri golu, as a Diwali special rangoli, light lamps around it. 

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Pour water on a clean plate.  Choose the plate size according to the size of the rangoli you need to make.
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Use a sieve and add rice flour .  Rice flour ensures that the rangoli stays above water.and it also gives an opaque background so that the design in visible.

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The sieve helps us to remove solid particles ( which otherwise we may have to break gently with a pin )
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It also helps to spread the rice flour on water evenly.

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Draw the rangoli gently on water , it should be similar to how an insect skims on the surface of water. 

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One of the most traditional water rangoli ideas 

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Drawing small dots on rangoli comes with practice.
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Small white dots make the rangoli more beautiful.
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I have stated in the beginning of the post, that this is one of the most difficult techniques in rangoli making - to best of my knowledge it was "invented" by me.  I was practising double lines on the slab that I usually use for my videos. 

Incidentally, there were some rangoli colours in paper cups nearby.  I had placed them there for adding colours to a design that I had drawn for Blogger or YouTube, I don't remember.  

Suddenly, it occurred to me, why not try 2 lines with colour powder.  Depending upon the quality of the powder the lines were good or not satisfactory. 

Then another thought crossed my mind, why not try with two different colours that I found were of good quality (for the purpose of drawing 2 lines parallelly).  It is important that the colours do not mix while drawing the lines.  I could do it instantly due to my decades of practice.  I was pleasantly surprised with the result.  

I started sharing rangolis with this technique occasionally, in fact quite rarely because the idea should be to show that it is possible to create beautiful kolam with this technique and not to intimidate beginners with such difficult methods. 

This trick has been appreciated and widely welcomed.  I think some have tried it also. 

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