How to Draw 4 Dots Kolam

Design facts

Dot grid

9 to 1 dots — tapering from 9 dots across the middle down to 1

Structure

Dot-Grid

Tradition

Kolam

Video

3 min 38 s, uploaded 27 June 2019

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Step by step: how to draw How to Draw 4 Dots Kolam

1. Mark the 9-to-1 dot grid.
2. In the centre draw a small daisy of petals around a dot.
3. Around the daisy draw four plump birds in a pinwheel, each with a round head, an eye dot and a small pointed beak pointing towards the next bird.
4. Give each bird a curved wing line on its body and a long pointed tail sweeping outward.
5. At the outer end of each bird draw a diya — a rounded bowl with two leaf shapes on its side and a teardrop flame.
6. Ring each flame with short rays tipped with dots.
7. Colour the birds green, orange, purple and red, the diyas pink with green leaves and yellow flames, the centre daisy pink, and re-trace every outline in white.

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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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