How to Draw Rangoli Step by Step

Rangolis adorn all homes during festivals and auspicious functions. But many of us are not sure where to start. And the question stands as to ho to make rangoli designs that look nice?

Here’s a simple step by step guide to help you get started. You may want to try a few designs on paper before trying them on the floor. We have detailed two styles of creating rangolis here, the Four quadrants method & the Grid method.

Place the paper on a table or on the ground, where you will find it easy to draw and work.

Now choose an easy and small rangoli design from the internet. Start the design by drawing a cross on the paper like a plus/cross sign keeping it symmetrical. This will give you four equal quadrants, basically draw something like this.

Always start from the centre and draw on to one half/side of the paper. Now repeat the same pattern on the other half. The plus sign helps to keep your pattern symmetrical. Using the pencil, make light strokes so that you can easily erase it if necessary. Try to keep the design small & simple for the first few times before attempting the complex ones.

Once you finish the pattern using pencil, use white chalk to draw over it.

Now fill in with crayons/coloured chalk/coloured sawdust or any other material you feel comfortable with.

You can try our next method once you are a bit more confident about show your drawing skills.