Design facts
Step by step: how to draw Innovative new year big flower pots kolam | 20-2 dots rangoli designs chukkala muggulu
- Mark the 20-to-2 dot grid — rows tapering from 20 across the middle to 2 at the top and bottom points.
- Above the centre draw three round flowers with notched petals and open round centres — one in the middle and two above it to either side — and run a shaft up between the upper two to an arrowhead at the top dot.
- Below the centre mirror the cluster — one flower in the middle, two below it, and a shaft ending in an arrowhead pointing down to the bottom dot.
- Across the middle rows write "2020" in large angular numerals with double-line outlines.
- In each of the four diagonal spaces between the numerals and the flower clusters draw a butterfly with spread, dotted wings, a striped body and curled antennae.
- At the left and right ends of the numerals draw a small sprig of leaves with spiral curls.
- 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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