Valentine Special - Hearts

I thought of doing a small dot kolam and placed 4 dots in two rows and proceeded. But instead of drawing a sikku I formed a heart shape at the corners, that's the turning point of my kolam. As I said earlier I neither prepare nor rehearsal before drawing a kolam. It all happens - Shhh... I shouldn't blow my own trumpet. Well its not a Valentine's Day or love in the air. Still many hearts in my kolam.. Whenever I try to draw a kolam on a Valentines's Day, I get stuck, can't move beyond the basic design at the centre. But today hearts are emanating from nowhere!!! The hearts have some magic spells I suppose, so many smileys are popping out of my keypad.

Forgot to add, the kolapodi(white rangoli powder) I have used is sent by a very dear friend of mine, who sent me all the way from Mumbai. She sent me 12 colour powders which I have started to use after January. I was amazed to see the neatness in the packing, though I know about her patience and perfectness she exhibits in her kolams. The powders were packed intact and reached the destination without a pinch of powder out of the pack. Thanks my dear friend for your encouraging words, tutorials and the thrust when I loiter around without drawing kolams. I will share a video tutorial of drawing kolams using flower petals, you might be wondering what's new, Sure will share thesecret tips she shared with me. The texture of the kolapodi is so soft and bright in colour.

How to draw I placed 4 dots in two rows and two dots on either sides. Then added four cross lines, instead forming a knot I formed four heart shapes. Filled the hearts with powder. Then enclosed these hearts within a big heart shapes. Again 8 filled hearts on the next layer. Now the my favourite element, Yes the addition of Paisleys, then added some lines inside to fill the paisleys which looked empty. I don't like to leave an element with void space as I feel it may give a deserted look on a whole display. So I try to fill with some basic elements such asDots - either a circular pattern or just arrange in a line,Lines - wavy, curvy, straight depending upon the outline.