Kolam by Sudha Balaji

Important Rangoli tip Filling  up rangoli with colours of our choice or suitable to the motifs or patterns used.  Filling rangoli with rangoli powder also comes with practice because care should be taken to ensure that the colour of  one pattern or design does not spill into the other.   However, if it happens, it can be corrected.  For example, if we fill a rose with pink colour and we inadvertently spill green meant for the leaves, on the pink petals, that can be corrected by adding pink again over the spilt green colour. Drawing neat and beautiful curved lines makes the rangoli very attractive though it is a very simple rangoli design .  Colourful curved lines parallel to the white design can be drawn to get a colourful design. Or leave it plain and simple. These rangolis can be used as apartment kolams as they are called in Tamil Nadu.  Apartment kolam are s mall rangoli designs drawn at the entrance of apartments due to constraints in space....

The first rangoli is a unique one created by me.   Observe how simple it is to create birds in rangoli kolam art.  The birds resemble ducks , don't they. All intricate details that are required in drawing or painting or not required here.  A simple free hand design to represent a bird will suffice.  To further improve the rangoli the birds are shown carrying fruits.  Fill the rangoli with colours as shown in the image.  It will suffice if we draw colourful lines inside the rangoli design.  A floral design with birds is ready for use.  One of the easiest and best ways to make birds patterns ! It is not necessary to fill the entire rangoli with colours  in these types of rangoli.  That is the beauty of this traditional art form.  We can depict birds and flowers quite easily .  It is not necessary to draw them with  a piece of chalk and then drawn with rangoli powder.  We can represent Nature through simple images ...

A collection of simple muggulu designs on gadapa or side designs for your reference.  What I have shared is what I learnt from my mother.   She insisted on drawing wriggled lines on both sides of the straight lines on the door step  If you are searching for   a) gadapa muggulu latest designs or  b) main door gadapa muggulu designs You may find these images useful. We have a tradition of performing Pooja to the doorstep or doorway with flowers , haldi and kumkum  It is believed that Goddess Lakshmi resides there. Any Pooja requires drawing of rangoli designs .  We need suitable rangoli for the space available due to the narrow width. Some draw with chalk or use stickers but  I draw the traditional way with white muggu pindi .  This is my preferred method.   Two versions of the floral designs - one lotus and another simple floral petals.  Decorate with kaavi if it is according to your tradtion. Gadapa muggulu designs fo...

A collection of small n easy rangolis for daily use or if you are looking for such type of designs for Diwali or other festival you can book mark these patterns  I had shared a quick and easy rangoli trick for creating a colourful design with paper cups, thought it  will be very useful for those who want to celebrate Diwali with a unique rangoli but are not familiar with the traditional method  One of the comments for that video really made my day  "Needed this for so long ma'am .... and yes the rangoli with cups is sure going to make a hero in my new office ... will share something  when I do something you are teaching ....so proud to see a person at your age so tech savvy and utilising it for something to share knowledge " 1) Easy simple rangoli kolam 2) Easy rangoli drawing for Diwali - butterflies 3) Easy diya rangoli 4) Very small rangoli designs without dots 5)  Very small and simple rangoli design without chukki

Two of the constraints that we face at present are time and space . Many live in flats and particularly if the entrances of neighbours  are very close space to draw our daily rangoli becomes a premium.  Similarly time is also a factor in many homes because both husband and wife are office goers.  So a few very small rangoli designs in this post for our vasal kolangal. Browse this website for hundreds or thousands ( I have lost count !) of simple to difficult rangoli designs and techniques.  We can have some order for drawing our daily rangoli designs.  For Friday a small padi kolam with kavi . On other days we can draw small rangoli even with 2,3 or four dots with decorations inside and outside  We can also reserve couple of days for free hand kolam .  I do not draw sikku kolam on Fridays and festivals.  I prefer to use only kola podi to create kolam at the entrance.  Some how it gives me a sense of satisfaction  doing it the tradition...

We may be looking for easy rangoli for Margazhi due to lack of space, the problem faced in cities or because we are drawing kolam for the first time and would like to join the month-long celebrations of Margazhi known for kolams also.   I have shared five simple rangoli .   The 3rd to 5th rangolis are smaller than the previous two.  You may try all for the ensuing season.  1) Beautiful without chukki rangoli   2) One more small rangoli without dots  3) A very small and cute kolam for Margazhi , why not  This gallery who is for those who get intimidated by big rangoli or who do not have time due to other reasons to draw complex kolam for Dhanurmasam.  We have to follow the tradition of drawing kolam daily in the morning, particularly during Margali.   It can be a small kolam too One more small pulli illatha kolam  I will add some more ideas to this collection.  Here is one more of the many images on this website. If you wan...

  How to draw small kolam  First 4 by 4 dots kolam . The design is explained in just two steps.   For our daily purpose kolangal. All are white rangoli designs with one or two steps  First one is without chukki with one intermediate step, the second design is a 4 by 4 small chukki rangoli .   We need lots of kolam for our daily entrance decoration. Going down the memory lane, we sisters used to sit around our mother to learn kolam for the month of Margazhi.  Invariably these kolam are big.   Big rangoli without dots were also drawn by us.  There was no limit to the size because we could expand the design  to decorate the entire courtyard which was spacious.  When I started this blog there were requests for small kolam  due to the space and time constraints most of us face in today's fast paced life.  So, I started creating kutty kutty kolangal Some ideas are shared here. kutty kolam images  kutty kolam with dot...

While we would like to maintain our tradition, save our heritage , nowadays time is an important factor   Many of us are working and have to balance personal , official life.   Consequently the need for quick and easy kolam.  We can try big and elaborate designs for festivals and functions and reserve small kolangal for our daily use. Also nowadays most live in flats and the space available to draw kolam is restricted.  This is also a reason why small and simple kolams are in great demand. The pictures give some ideas on how we can create beautiful designs with just three dots.  Sky is the limit when we let our imagination run riot .   It is possible to create beautiful kolams using the samllest dot grids.  Hope the above pictures prove it. One important point to be noted is that small kolams that are drawn with dots can also be drawn without dots.   However many of us find using dot grid to draw kolam useful and we are comfor...