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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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Bhogi kundala muggulu with dots

 Many big muggulu with bright colours adorn many homes during this harvest festival season. It is more joyous because it is celebrated during spring.

The climate is nice and cool in many parts of India.  There is a tradition of wearing new clothes and going to the temple as we do for Diwali 

Drawing muggulu is also for conveying messages through simple art drawn on the floor be it with tiles, cement or mud. 

This kolam has all that are connected with Bhogi and Sanrkanti festival, namely Pot, Pongal, sugarcane, Sun and colours 

There were requests from viewers on YouTube for a small pot muggu .  So I created this 7 by 7 design.  A compact one suitable for small spaces too.

Nowadays space is a premium for rangoli designs, particularly in metropolitan cities.  Necessity is the mother of invention.  Viewers requests kindled my imagination, and I created two rangolis one of which is shared here.
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White Pot muggu
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I liked the bright blue colour when I used it.
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Quality of colours is also important to enhance the beauty of a muggu with colours 
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Muggu tip - Take minimum quantity of muggu pindi for better control over the design and also for continuity of lines.  The more you take and draw the more difficult is to draw perfect lines and shapes. We may have seen rangoli making with thick lines and shapes.  They use all the fingers for drawing.  This technique results in beautiful designs.  However, for kolam the thumb, index finger and the central finger with minimum powder is used to obtain dainty kolam with thin lines. 

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