Easy dot rangoli design #30: an 11×11 grid of dots, 85 of them coloured, with four lines of symmetry. Good for a doorstep, a Diwali corner or a school competition.
Mark an 11×11 grid of dots with chalk, about 4 to 5 cm apart for a doorstep. Then you'll fill:
Use rangoli powder, coloured rice, flower petals or diyas for the dots. The white stars look best in rice flour or chalk.
Work outwards from the centre, one square ring at a time. Every ring is the same on all four sides, so finish one side and copy it to the other three.
Put one white dot in the very centre. Everything else grows out from here.
Ring 1 is the square of 8 dots touching the centre. Place just four white dots, one on each corner of the ring. The gaps let the next ring breathe.
Place 16 dots: 12 red and 4 pink. Start with the middle dot of each side, in line with the centre, in pink. The four corners of this ring are red. Then fill in each side so it mirrors the others.
Place 12 marigold dots. Then fill in each side so it mirrors the others.
Place 20 dots: 12 peacock blue and 8 red. The four corners of this ring are peacock blue. Then fill in each side so it mirrors the others.
Place 32 dots: 28 red and 4 pink. Start with the middle dot of each side, in line with the centre, in red. The four corners of this ring are pink. Then fill in each side so it mirrors the others.