Advanced #9

Here is another advanced kolam. The whole kolam is just one stroke, so pick where you want to start and follow the line! For the dots, it's 1-2-3-4-5-16-15-14-13-12-11-12-13-14-15-16-5-4-3-2-1.

 

Advanced #8

Woohoo! Finally getting back into posting more kolams...I'll try to be more regular, promise. This one's actually a favorite of mine...It's really large, so I decided to upload the paper version instead of trying to spend hours perfectly drawing it on the computer. Hope that doesn't upset anyone :).

 

 

Please ignore the crooked dots people, I've never been too good at aligning the dots perfectly. This kolam involves four rows of 12, 4 rows of 4, and 4 rows of 12. Use the four rows of 12 to make a square with each side having four rows of 12, and add the "T-shapes" to each side (you would have already done it for the first side). Hope that makes sense, but the dot arrangement is not too complicated if you look at the picture closely. Once you get the dots, all you do is pick a corner and start looping! It's a pretty fun pattern to draw, since all you do is the same motion over and over until the kolam is done! In addition, you need to draw the rounded squares in the middle of the rows/t's/edges of square, but I would save that for last.

 

I'll upload more soon people! Sorry for taking a long break.

 

Advanced #7

This kolam is the same pattern repeated multiple times. The number of dots on each row goes as follows: 4-3-4, 8-7-8, 12-11-12, 16-15-16, 16-15-16,  12-11-12, 8-7-8, 4-3-4. Some of the dots didn't show up on the picture, but follow the rules above and you should be set!

Advanced #6

Another advanced kolam!

This kolam is a dot kolam, and is a bit harder than other kolams. It consists of a 1-5-5-7-9-13-13-15-13-13-9-7-5-5-1 (that's a mouthful!) grid. These are how many dots go on each row. The kolam consists of three patterns; two of the patterns, in fact, are only used once. Although it looks complicated, this dot kolam is easy to draw after figuring out the patterns. Enjoy! 

Advanced #5

Another advanced one!

The pattern on this one is pretty simple. It's over-under-over, then under-over-under, etc. The other pattern loops around the remaining dots. There are two outside loops, two middle loops, and two center loops. The remaining dots have circles around them, except for the four pairs of dots that have 8-shapes around them. Simple! 

Advanced #4

Sorry for the delay in posting! It's nice to get back into the art of drawing kolams.

 

This kolam is a 11x11 square grid, and consists of 4 loops and a circle. Start at the top left at follow the line; soon you will discover the pattern. Have fun trying this new one!

Advanced #3

This kolam goes: 2-4-6-8-10-12-14-16-18-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2. It's mainly straight lines.

Advanced #2

Finally another advanced one! This one is one stroke, except for the center clover.

Intermediate #17

 

This kolam is arranged in the order: 2-2-6-6-10-10-14-14-10-10-6-6-2-2.

Intermediate #16

This intermediate kolam is arranged in the order 5-6-7-8-9-8-7-6-5.