While rangoli themselves are beautiful, rangoli drawn with parallel lines are even more beautiful. Parallel lines in rangoli can be drawn in two ways - drawing them simultaneously or drawing them separately. Drawing two lines separately so that they form parallel lines is simpler for smaller designs. Drawing the rangoli lines in parallel - simultaneously can be used for smaller and bigger designs. If you have been following Rangoli-sans-dots you would have observed that rangoli with parallel lines is my weakness.
I have already explained how this is done. Just to have a recap - 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 with the process.
This post is based on a video in my YouTube Channel on how to draw parallel lines of two different colours. The result is a rangoli with parallel lines of two different colours. If drawing parallel lines in rangoli is (relatively) difficult, drawing two different colours is (relatively) more difficult. There are a few rangoli designs that I have drawn using this method in Rangoli-sans-dots - some sikku kolam, Hridaya kamalam and free hand designs.
Since the video on this subject is quite popular in my Channel - Rangolisansdots ( and I am pleasantly surprised ) I thought of adding the method through a series of photos here.
For drawing double lines ( in this case I have not used straight lines ) of two different colours, once we are comfortable with drawing double lines with a single colour and that is usually white, we can try this. The most important factor is that we should not try to remember that we are drawing two colours i.e we should try not be conscious of this fact as we may falter because we will be worried whether the two colours will mix.
Choose two convenient colours - contrast is usually good or white and any other colour. I have used yellow and orange so that the visibility is better in the images. Pick the first colour in this case yellow, with your middle finger. Hold the rangoli powder with your thumb so that it does not fall. Now with the other finger i.e the index finger pick the other colour i.e orange in this case in such a way that yellow is close to the gap between the fore finger and middle finger and orange is a little away from yellow. This is shown in the third image. Then hold both the colours with the thumb. Push the rangoli powder as is done in the normal double line type - allow the yellow rangoli powder to flow between the index finger and middle finger and push the orange colour with the thumb so that it falls on the outside of the index or fore finger. The result two lines as shown in the final photo.
This method should be initially used for drawing simple designs with a few straight lines before we venture into other designs. I have tried some rangoli using this method including the Hridaya kamalam and a simple sikku kolam. Videos of these rangoli are on my channel Rangolisansdots. Do try it and give your feed back in the form of comments. If you have difficulty please follow the video "how to draw parallel lines in rangoli " from my channel. That may be helpful in trying this variety of rangoli designs too.
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