Design facts
- Dot grid
- 14 to 2 dots — tapering from 14 dots across the middle down to 2
- Technique
- Kolam, Muggulu
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- 5 min 26 s
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Step by step: how to draw 2022 New Year Rangoli 14x2x2 Dots Kolam | Design for Festival Aarti of Muggulu
- Mark the 14-to-2 dot grid — rows tapering from 14 across the middle to 2 at the top and bottom.
- Across the centre write "HAPPY" on the top line, "NEW YEAR" beneath it and "2022" on the third line in double-line capital letters.
- Place four small round flowers among the letters of "HAPPY" — one before the H, one between the two Ps, one between the P and the Y and one after the Y.
- Above "HAPPY" draw two large mirrored flowers side by side — three rounded scalloped outer petals behind three pointed inner petals filled with spiral curls, the stems angled in towards the lettering.
- Below "2022" draw the same pair of large mirrored flowers, turned downwards.
- Beside each end of "2022" draw a heart with a small leaf at its top, and add three spiral curls round its outer side and below it.
- Fill the outer petals of the four large flowers with a light white wash and re-trace all the outlines in white.
Further reading
- Venkatraman Gopalan & Brian K. VanLeeuwen, “A topological approach to creating any pulli kolam, an artform from South India”, Forma 30, 35–41 (2015). doi:10.5047/forma.2015.005
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