Kolam by Sudha Balaji

  First chukki rangoli is with 5 dots. In case we are trying first time for Diwali rangoli and are looking for a simple design  a small version (abridged version as my children say) This kolam can be drawn independently or as the central design around which we can add free hand designs to get a bigger design the dot grid is 5,3,1. An easy white rangoli design for the ensuing festival season. The second rangoli is with 7 by 4 chukki rangoli The third design is 9 by 5 chukki rangoli.  Add colours to the white kolam to make it even more beautiful.  In my opinion white rangoli are beautiful in their own way. The fourth kolam is w ith dot pattern 15 dots - 3 rows then 13, 11, 9 up to 3 dots. The rose buds are important for this kolam the other patterns can be according to our choice There were a few questions about my "team" because I have many social media accounts for rangoli designs. My team has only two members Sudha and Balaji :) i.e. my husband and I.  His inp...

 This post may answer the queries - how to draw rangoli step by step, how to draw rangoli with dots.  These are interlaced dots i.e the current row of dots is placed between the previous rows.  Mark this post for New Year rangoli or Deepavali rangoli designs. Some information about the first rangoli.  It must be attractive to see but it may be difficult to master for some of us.   What is otherwise a very simple chukki rangoli design for Sankranti one may face problems in ensuring that all the pumpkin ( poosanikkai in Tamil) patterns drawn around the central star design just touch each other.   All of them should just touch each other.  In some or all of them we may face the problem of leaving a gap or overlapping/intersecting (like a Venn diagram).  The main criterion to avoid them is to have dot grid placed perfectly with equal gaps among the dots.   Draw the floral (sometimes called pumpkin patterns in Tamil) starting from o...

Use 7 by 4 dots, draw the lines connecting the dots, draw lines between.  Add patterns in and around the kolam.  I have used lotuses.  We can use lamp designs also for Karthigai Deepam festival   When I start - it appears very simple and the final image is totally different and is a pleasant surprise - this is the feedback from regular followers on Facebook, Instagram.  If you notice I have used 6 lotus patterns for 6 Faces of Lord Muruga.  Use of small dots and shading will make beautiful even a very simple rangoli as is evident from the final step of this rangoli.  Decorate with colour patterns outside.  Also, the dots can be placed with rangoli colours.  The quality of the colours and white kola podi should be that they obey our command. 7 x 4 simple white kolam step by step The dot pattern is 7 by 4 - this variety of dot grid is called udu pulli or interlaced dots and is suitable for more intricate patterns in a dot type rangoli desi...

Place 3 dots in eight directions.  Draw three lines of decreasing length as shown.   We can draw a bigger version of the kolam also.  The step-by-step images are self-explanatory.   Draw diya or lamp patterns because like Diwali Karthigai Deepam is also a festival of lights. This type of dot pattern is quite common in many Pooja room rangoli designs. Draw the set of intersecting lines and place dots as shown. The number of dots placed radially can increase from two to four, five etc.  The more the number of dots, the more complicated the rangoli becomes and hence demands more concentration. If we want to make it more difficult, we can have sixteen dots instead of eight dots in the radial direction. So, to keep it as simple as possible to get an easy Karthigai Deepam rangoli, I have used just three dots radially. The dots must also be placed in such a way that they are collinear. (Internet says that this term refers to points lying on the same straight ...

This very simple rangoli reminds us of a game we used to play during summer holidays . One person draws a line connecting two dots ,  the other person does the same anywhere on the dot grid.  It continues till all the lines are converted into boxes . Whoever completed one box wrote his name or initial inside .  After completing the game we used to count to find out who had more boxes and that person won.   We used to repeat this game in a notebook endlessly.  Those were the days without mobile phones.   We had our old notebooks called "rough note books " or the incomplete note books that were used for this game.  Using a pen or pencil we used to spend afternoons playing this indoor games till the evening.  The dot pattern is 16 dots 2 rows then 14 to 2 on either side. The design is created with only straight lines connecting the dots The outermost dots are connected with step like formation The next layer of dots are con...

Simple rangoli designs for Sankranti | Diwali rangolis with dots This is quite an old rangoli design .  I have added 4 birds in this rongoli because that is how I remember seeing it on a wall of a neighbour when I was a child.   Though the dot pattern is 15 it is very simple because we use only straight lines to connect the dots. The image below shows the final picture after the colours are filled. You may wonder why I upload some images with green glass bangles.  It is our family tradition to wear 4 green glass bangles between two gold bangles.  This has been my trademark! on YouTube. When I changed or removed them, there was objection ( anbu thollai  we say in Tamil) requesting me not to change or remove the glass bangles.  I was moved and pleasantly surprised as to how closely I am being observed on my videos on YouTube.  Since then, invariably I wear them for all my kolam videos on YouTube and Facebook and hence I make it a point to uplo...

Buttterfly kolam rangoli | 9 pulli 1 varisai  Four colourful butterflies in this kolam also called Pattampoochi kolam in Tamil, created by me  The images will give the step-by-step procedure.  If you are looking for a medium sized kolam for Pongal this may be suitable. Butterfly rangoli kolam with colours step 1 Butterfly rangoli designs with colours steps through photos.  Butterfly muggulu with colours was created by me. Initially, I created a peacock kolam with the same dot pattern.  Let me think again, I do not remember which came first the peacock or the butterfly.  Butterfly chukki rangoli image 2 Yes, this is different, here "with colours " means directly drawn with rangoli colours.  I wanted to try a different type of kolam art. Kolam tips - to draw directly with colour kola podi, try drawing lines, the texture must be just right and similar to vellai kolamaavu we use.  Otherwise, patterns may not be continuous and as a result the ...

Diwali kolam designs with dots | 17 dots muggulu This kolam gives a beautiful 3D effect.  If we fill colours at the appropriate places it will give a more beautiful three dimensional effect.  I have added the lotus patterns to make the design more beautiful. The dot pattern is 17 to 9 idukku pulli or in between dots The image shows the first step , using the lines mark the positions of the patterns This gives a clearer view of how the rangoli proceeds Now connect the dots outside the intersecting  lines as shown Further pics show the dots and  lines connect to form a beautiful rangoli with 3D effect One more close up view of the rangoli The dots inside are connected with lines and lotus patterns are added further This post may have information on chukki rangoli big size , chukkala muggulu big , periya pulli kolangal.  Big rangoli designs are popular for Bhogi and Pongal festivals too