RangoliCorner fan rangoli
A quarter design for the corner of a room, a staircase landing or the foot of a pillar. Because only a quarter is drawn, it needs little powder and very little time.
- Level
- Easy
- Size
- About 30 to 45 cm across (1 to 1.5 feet)
- Time
- About 15 to 20 minutes
- Steps
- 5
- Good for
- Corners, every day, beginners
Colours you need
RedYellowWhiteGreen
Tap Outline to see the design as lines, then print it to practise on paper or to colour in.
How to draw it, step by step
Sweep the floor and wipe it with a damp cloth so the powder grips. Mark the centre with chalk. Only a quarter is drawn, with its centre in the corner. Then follow the pictures. Each one adds one part.
Make a small filled circle in red. This is the centre of the whole design, so place it carefully.
Draw sixteen long pointed petals around the centre, filled in yellow. Mark the sixteen tips with dots first so the petals come out even.
Place sixteen white dots in a ring, one in each gap. Drop a pinch of powder and press lightly for each dot.
Draw a thin white circle around the design. A string held at the centre, with chalk at the other end, keeps it round.
Finish the edge with twenty-four small half-circles in green, touching each other like a lace border.
Tip: Put the centre right in the corner where the two walls meet, and let the two walls act as your straight edges.
Where it works best
Corners are the safest place in a busy house: nobody walks there. Use this design at the foot of the stairs, in the corner of the hall, beside a pillar or in the two corners on either side of a door. Four of them can mark the corners of a room for a function.
What usually goes wrong, and the fix
The fan looks lopsided if the two outer petals do not lie along the walls. Start with those two, then place the middle petal exactly between them, and only then fill in the rest. Keep the design small. A corner design that grows too large begins to block the way. More fixes are on rangoli problems and fixes.
Make it your own
- Change the colours to what you have at home. Any two strong colours and white are enough.
- Make it smaller for a puja thali or a table, or repeat it three times in a row along a wall.
- Print the outline and let children colour it first. It is good practice before the powder comes out.
New to rangoli? Read how to make rangoli and colours and materials first.