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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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Special rangoli design for Dhanteras

While rangoli themselves are beautiful, when  drawn with parallel lines are even more beautiful. 

 Drawing the rangoli lines in parallel - simultaneously can be used for smaller and bigger designs. 

You may have observed that drawing 2 stroke designs is my weakness :) :) I just love to draw them.

For this technique the trick is to take rangoli powder is taken between the index and middle fingers. 

Using the thumb, the index and middle fingers allow the rangoli powder to flow between the middle and index fingers (one line) and on the outside of the thumb (second parallel line). 

 The distance between the middle and index fingers depends upon how comfortable we are in drawing 

When we use two different colours instead of while, the result is a rangoli with parallel lines of two different colours. 

 If drawing parallel lines in rangoli is difficult, drawing two different colours is more difficult.  

For drawing double lines of two different colours, we can try once we are comfortable drawing 2 lines with white rangoli. 

What is important is that we should try not to be conscious of the fact that we are using two colours else the colours may mix or smudge.  Just draw it confidently.  

Contrasting, bright colours are usually good.  Pick the first colour with the middle finger and hold it with the thumb. 

 Now using the index finger pick the other colour.

Hold both colours with the thumb and push with the thumb so that one line falls between the two fingers and one line falls outside the index finger.

 Dhanteras special rangoli design
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How to draw double lines in rangoli for special occasions

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How to pick the two colours for drawing the lines 
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Important tip.  Carefully pick the colours depending upon the line or pattern so that we get continuous lines of the same color throughout. 

 Else the lines may interchange.  For example, one part may be yellow, and the next part will become orange.  Hope I have tried to convey clearly this tip.

Anyway, please give your feedback.  This special technique that is rare because it is difficult.  You may also want to know some easy rangoli hacks  after trying this complicated rangoli technique.

If you are looking for Dhanteras rangoli aesthetic and attractive you can try this difficult technique

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