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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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Small rangoli designs for home white kolam

 Small or big is a relative term, we can consider (up to) 7 dots kolam as small. The first kolam shown in two steps uses 5 by 5 dot pattern.

A collection of white rangoli design, chukki rangoli for our daily kolam to adorn the entrance of our homes.

We draw big rangoli designs for the kolam festival season i.e Dhanrumasam.  My sisters and I with our mother created big rangoli designs with dots or without (my mother was a specialist in free hand rangoli designs)

No wonder, I am greatly influenced by her and share lots of free hand rangoli.  After several requests from viewers, I started sharing chukki rangoli designs also.

I think there will be roughly 50% of each type (rangoli without dots and rangoli with dots) in this blog. 

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5 pulli kolam in two steps 
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This is a 7 by 7 dot rangoli | chukkala muggu
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The chukki rangoli in the image below is drawn using 7 by 4 dots

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There were a few requests for offline or online classes.  I have taken once or twice.  One was through a platform for online classes.  The problem was that all those who attended did not have the same level of enthusiasm. 

 While some were attentive, some did not show the interest I expected.  It was my impression; I may be wrong too. 

On one occasion, I took online classes via Zoom meet to some children in the USA.  There were lots of kids.  I was surprised by the energy and enthusiasm they possessed, and I liked their inclination to learn.  They were just not satisfied and wanted to learn lots of designs.

I had to prepare beforehand every week so that I could be ready for the classes.  It was really a joy teaching them.

In this context, I remember my father-in-law narrating how his father's elder brother who was a famous mathematician used to prepare for the classes the next day because there were some students who came prepared with very difficult problems.

 In fact, it was summer in Chennai, and I could not switch on the ceiling fan or air conditioner because the fine rangoli powder would get disturbed while drawing.  It was very hot and stuffy.  Still, I did not mind because the children were so energetic.  The duration of the classes was for a few weeks. 

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