Kolam by Sudha Balaji

While rangoli themselves are beautiful, when  drawn with parallel lines are even more beautiful.   Drawing the rangoli lines in parallel - simultaneously can be used for smaller and bigger designs.  You may have observed that drawing 2 stroke designs is my weakness :) :) I just love to draw them. For this technique the trick is to take rangoli  powder is taken between the index and middle fingers.  Using the thumb, the index and middle fingers allow the rangoli powder to flow between the middle and index fingers (one line) and on the outside of the thumb (second parallel line) .    The distance between the middle and index fingers depends upon how comfortable we are in drawing  When we use two different colours instead of while, the result is a rangoli with parallel lines of two different colours.   If drawing parallel lines in rangoli is difficult, drawing two different colours is more difficult.   For drawing double line...

  How to draw 2-line rangoli  Pick two pinches of while kola podi with index finger and central finger, push both with the thumb such that the powder falls between the middle finger and index finger (first line) and outside the index finger (second line). The lines should be discrete and should not smudge as can be seen from the images. Simple rangoli designs without dots for Dhanteras too.  The rangolis are simple but the technique of drawing parallel lines comes with practice.  What better occasion that the festival of lights to try something special  Green glass and gold bangles combination worn by me has become popular on social media, it appears. " I like your karakamalam with green and gold bangles " Rarely, when I changed the glass bangles with those of a different colour "This is not Sudha Ma'am's hand?"   It is our family tradition to wear green glass bangles.  On rare occasions I used to change them with red glass bangles but after the ...

  A collection of 7 simple rangoli designs for seven days of the week that can be drawn at the entrance.   Simple kolams that I create in the afternoon listening to old Tamil songs   (Mornings are reserved for devotional songs including Venkatesa Suprabhatham,  Vishnu Sahasranamam , Abhirami Thirupadhigam , s ongs on Sai Baba , Raghavendra Swami, Maha periyava ,  Murugan - takes 3 to 4 hours and evenings for Kanda Sasti Kavacham 🙏🙏 ) reach the blog or as videos on social media.   Many designs are still there in the several notebooks I have only some are shared  One of my followers sent her feedback through email  "Hello Mam... This one is inspired by your latest post on YouTube and FB... My mom who is 82 years old is a big fan of yours... she watches all your posts... selects and gives me the execution to take it to the vasal... If anything can be done in pooja room she will do herself.   I tried posting this thank you...