South Indian Floor Drawing - 5

In South Indian Floor Drawing -4, we drew a simple kolam which contained 9 separate closed loop. In this hub we can see how the same kolam can become a bit complicated.

Fig. 1 above shows the kolam which we drew in the hub "South Indian Floor Drawing - 4". except two loops, one circle and a square loop, other portions have been grayed. The two loops shown white in this figure, can be connected together to make one single loopmas shown in the figure 2.

 There are 4 sets of circle and square loops in this kolam and these can be connected in the same way as shown in the figure 2. However the connections can result in two different layouts. Figures 3 and 4 shows these two options.

 Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 show the full Kolam pattern with the peripheral loop also incorporated in the pattern shoon in Fig. 3 and 4.

Kolam patterns shown in Fig. 5 and 6 have been acheived by connecting small circles with the squre loops. Small circles can be connected to the peripheral loop also. Fig. 7 on the right side highlights the peripheral loop and the small circles.

 Fig. 8 and 9 show two ways of connecting small circles to the peripheral loop.

 Fig. 10 and 11 shows the completed kolam patterns with the square loops also in place.

These patterns can be further developed in complexity by connecting the remaining loops together. In the Fig. 12 and the Fig. 13 the red dots indicate the locations where further connections can be made.

 Fig. 14 and 15 show the kolam patterns with all the possible connections made. All separate loops have been connected and the patterns now have one loops each. This mees the patterns can be drawn with a single line.