Kolam by Sudha Balaji

Those who follow me on social media may have observed that I share more reels than long videos. I was using the existing longer videos to create reels, shorts and was sharing them.  I still do. My ardent followers probably noticed and requested for new designs.   Any number of designs that we have is sufficient if we want to draw a new rangoli kolam daily throughout the year.  So, I shot videos of about 10 patterns that I had created (as I stated elsewhere, I try creating new designs in the afternoon, some of them become public as images or videos).   This post and the subsequent one are on the latest rangoli kolam I shared on Facebook. For those who want to draw with dots, this is a 5 by 5 dot rangoli, we can try freehand too. There are many posts with intermediate steps.  In this post I have shared only the completed images.   I have given the dot grid I have used also for pulli kolam.  Please try. This design was created using a 7 b...

 Refer to the previous post for a few latest rangoli designs. The next of designs are shared in this post.  Please Continuing from the previous post, though I have lots of designs ready, my cameraman (my husband:)) should be available to shoot the videos. He has been busy for a few weeks.  In fact, both of us were busy.  He is cross with me because he says photographers earn a lot from shooting videos and editing them, but I offer him only a cup of tea. It is just a joke.  Yes, editing is also done by him, and he has become quite good with experience.  He uses a high-end camera and software.   Occasionally we shoot videos directly from the mobile for shorts.  May be the algorithm likes it because it knows that the content is original. However, we prefer DSLR for quality and for the ability to accommodate big design s and longer videos.   When we shoot directly from the mobile there are still some restrictions so far as the size of t...

 Margazhi , New Year, Bhogi .Pongal and also Kanum Pongal - a month of celebrations with bhajans, music in Sabhas , special Pooja in temples.   The main attraction for this month long festivities are big , beautiful and colourful kolam designs at the entrances of many homes. This post is about a beautiful and traditional sikku kolam ( some call it chikku kolam ). Others call it neli kolam or kambi kolam.  The following pictures show the step by step procedure to  draw a wonderful kolam which will leave your neighbours and passersby awestruck.  The video for this rangoli was viral on my Facebook and Instagram Pages. By the way all my Pages are called Rangolisansdots.  You may think that the name Rangolisansdots is not suitable for sikku kolam. For those who are visiting the first time, I started in 2012 , primarily with rangoli designs without dots , particularly double line kolangal.  Hence the name :) The dot pattern for this awesome traditiona...