Freehand Flower Kolam -4

A freehand kolam with a simple and small 8 petalled flower at the start. Actually, I always flounder for a base design in the freehand kolam. Though I don't pre-plan and freehand kolams are at the spur of the moment, still starting has a pause to recollect the design, but nothing crosses my mind either star or eight petal flower takes the centre stage for the main show.

I am always a bit lethargic to think about start design and requested(was it so? I doubt the tone of requesting) a friend of mine to send some designs for the impediment which I didn't want to face. She drew 4 designs for me, thanks to the mobile technology where communication is not an issue even if we live in different locations on the globe.

With a glance on the paper, I proceeded on my canvas. Her design was much prettier than my version, still tried to do justice to the original. She just drew the enclosed portion of the swirls, beyond to that it was my input. Let me take the credit to the whole kolam as I have just added some minarets and petal shapes to her version. I can't extend beyond 2'-6" due to space constraint.