Kolam by Sudha Balaji

 I have tried this beautiful rangoli making technique using the traditional method of drawing kolam.   The main difference is that in kolam we draw the design and then fill with colours whereas when we draw sanskar bharti rangoli designs for Diwali. We fill the colours first and draw the patterns with white rangoli powder.  The two images show sanskar bharti rangoli designs for beginners.  Using colours like green, pink, red with patterns like lotus, spirals the rangoli has been created.    I have added more patterns outside also. The influence of kolam can be seen of course. The usual method of filling the colours in the semi-circles or circles is draw the pattern with a piece of chalk tied to a thread.  Then fill with a tea filter.  I have made semi circles directly with the colours themselves as we usually do in kolam designs.   The picture below demonstrates how. The image below shows how we can use this technique for a corner ...

I usually share traditional rangoli on social media. There were several requests for rangoli tips for beginners including easiest methods of drawing for festivals like Dhanteras, Bhaj Dhuj, Lakshmi Pooja and of course Dipavali.  I started sharing designs with tools available at home  bangles , old CDs, spoons.  etc.  The advantage is we get the simplest rangoli in the shortest possible time.  They are also perfectly symmetrical.  Later many on social media started trying their own versions.   After trying these simple rangoli hacks , please also read the post on a  complicated rangoli technique  that is rare  Quick Diwali rangoli hacks  How to make easy rangoli for Diwali - next step  Rangoli tricks for Diwali - next image  Two rangoli designs above and below showing the step by step procedure to create these simple rangoli design that can be made use of for Diwali festival decoration at home. Idea for anoth...

Small n quick innovative rangoli   design for beginners I  belong to the traditional school of kolam .  Many youngsters inspired by my videos write to me that they also  want  to create kolam designs for festivals like Diwali and Sankranti and request for simple methods so that they can decorate for the festivals while learning to draw these traditional techniques. So I started trying various options using tools available at home.  This is one of them. Use a procircle - a geometric instrument Fill the circles of various diameters with rangoli colours After filling the colours Remove the procircle gently so that the filled colours do not get smudged Using a match stick or tooth pick create floral designs Place dots inside the flowers,  white may be a common colour At the centre also use bullets and tooth pick  or match stick to create multi colored flower Rangoli is ready for display for Dhanteras , Bhai Dhooj r...

Creative ideas in this already creative art are always welcome.  As they say , necessity is the mother of all inventions.  So the number of people who want to draw rangoli is growing by leaps and bounds ( it is my guess ) based on the feedback I receive from the channel on YouTube.   Occasionally for their benefit I make some   rangoli designs that apply non traditional methods but are easy to follow, learn and make and are symmetrical , in fact perfectly symmetrically.  For these we can use objects that are commonly found in all households.   Some of them are waste old Cds , glass bangles that we wear.  They are arranged into some specific patterns.  For this we need to apply our imagination Creative rangoli designs with colours for Diwali | CD , bangle rangoli designs technique Summer camps art and craft ideas  Place a CD and bangles around the circumference.  Due to the diameter of the CD and bangles we may...