First image The rangoli starts with a plus and expands with semi-circular patterns and petal like designs
. It has a simple two-line border filed with blue rangoli powder on which red dots are added. All the four edges have spiral patterns.
The rangoli is filled with different colours yellow, green and blue. The remaining space that is black can also be filled with some colour of our choice,
only thing it is to be done carefully. The rangoli with colours filled is available in Dusshera rangoli
Second image - This kolam / rangoli also uses floral petals as motifs. The basic kolam is drawn with spiral patterns as shown.
The outermost patterns are based on floral petals and are used to decorate the kolam.
Third image - In the rangoli the central design is drawn by drawing intersecting lines and forming the parallelogram like patterns.
The edge of each one is expanded with floral designs with two petals. The gaps between the petals are filled with free hand designs. The central design is further enhanced with circular patterns of various colours.
Finally, the colours are filled up as shown to obtain the image shown above resulting in a colourful (green, yellow, blue) floral pattern at the centre. The rangoli has two floral designs, the innermost one with petals of two colours and the outermost one filled with pink colour.
The rangoli has been filled completely with pink outside the central design. This takes some time and demands patience also.
After filling the gaps with pink floral petal motifs in orange have been added. On the outside the places between the petals has simple patterns. A simple design for all occasions and festivals.
Fourth image - This rangoli is also with a circle as a theme with petals inside radiating from the centre. I have added triangular patterns around the circle.
Though it is quite simple till this step, filling up the colours inside needs a lot of patience.
You may observe that I have used two shades of pink for the petals inside
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| Amazing small kolam |
2) Simple rangoli kolam for Pongal
You may wonder, how I get so much time to draw so many designs. Actually, I practised on a kitchen platform made from granite. I usually spend a lot of time in the kitchen in the morning.
So, while waiting for something to get cooked, I practice with white kola podi on the counter. Of course, we mush wash our hands after using kola podi during cooking. Adding colours, I do at night, before cleaning the counter.
The result hundreds of designs in white and colour. Initially, I took only photos. Later I started to add them to a blog.
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| kutty kolam with colours |
3) Simple rangoli kolam for
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| New and easy rangoli design |
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Small without chukki rangoli
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Circular rangoli small and cute
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"You never disappoint your fans!
Simple rangoli designs created at ease " This is one of the most encouraging comments I got for one of my videos on Facebook. I reiterate that spend time in the afternoons creating, attempting new designs, This, I have been doing from 2012, when I started my rangoli journey on social media. Of course, before that I created designs for my own satisfaction
Quite a few viewers say that they watch my rangoli kolam videos to see how I complete a simple or basic pattern. Even my husband who shoots the kolam videos says that the final design is not what he expects it to be. He has been my videographer for more than 10 years so he thinks he has some idea as to how I will proceed. Frankly, sometimes or shall be say most of the times, I do not know. After decades in kolam art, there must be thousands of combinations of designs in my mind waiting to come out that I think the combinations of designs are drawn spontaneously.
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