Rangoli designs in this collection , were drawn on a kitchen slab ! All are spontaneous creations. Later I started recording them in a note book for reference ( not for drawing but for sharing on social media )
Rangoli colours _ I get them from Nagpur where my sister lives. She gets them from Koradi near Nagpur ( there is a Goddess Lakshmi temple in Koradi , I came to know from her ). Though I have visited Nagpur many times, I have never had the opportunity to have a darshan there. As the saying goes - to have darshan of God ( or Goddess ) we need Her/His blessings. The rangoli colours are sold in several shops there. There are a huge collection of colours. The texture is just right that we can draw lines using them.
Compare the muggulu above and below. The second one - after drawing the outer pattern I filled with the brownish colour and filled it with patterns as shown. The second one is drawn on the slab without any colourful background. If you observe , more the patterns ( small and intricate ) we draw the more beautiful the muggu turns out to be.
Now the kolam above is really a beauty. Isn't she. She how colours , spirals and small lines make the design awesome. You don't have to draw big muggu to attract attention. Small is beautiful too.
What is a simple design turns into a unique one due to use of pink colour and border. The rest is only leaves and floral patterns.
Occasional use of leaves ( nature is an easy theme to be followed in free hand rangoli drawing. The photo above shows an example. The muggu below is part of a bigger one I have shared elsewhere.
When we draw lots of petals as I have in the rangoli below it is preferable to use thin lines. Around the floral petals drawn radially , patterns can be drawn according to our imagination however keeping in mind that they should be congruous with the central design.
Another free hand rangoli in the image below , one of the thousands I have shared in this blog. After all I have to do justice to the name Rangolisansdots
Quite a few viewers watching my muggulu videos were confused as to why I use the name Rangolisans dots which literally means Rangoli without dots. I started sharing only muggulu without dots then ventured into dot designs because there were several requests for those type too ( obviously )
