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Acrylic Rangoli Making Tutorial

Oct. 7, 2016
You Will Need:

Fevicryl Acrylic Colour Pearl Metallic - Gold 352, Fevicryl Acrylic Colours Sparkling Pearl - Dark Blue 904, Golden Green 911, Fevicryl Liquid Embroidery Pearl - Blue 305, Fevicryl Non Sticky Shilpkar, Fevicryl Fabric Glue, Fine Art Canvas Piece 10

Description :
Make beautiful and attractive rangoli decorations taking inspiration from this article that we have made for you. Diwali spells happiness, joyousness and prosperity and rangoli making most often have that element of austerity and spirit that bring in glad tidings.
 
STEP 1
Take a square wooden MDF placemat measuring 12"x 12" and 8" x 8" and a 2" round coaster. Paint the placemat and the coaster with Sparkling Pearl - Dark Blue and Golden Green. Leave it to dry.
STEP 2
Take the blue painted placemat and stick it on the green placemat with Fabric Glue.
STEP 3
Take a piece of canvas measuring 10" x 10" in size. Draw 4 semi circles on it, of the same size, approximately 1". Cut along the outlines of the circles.
STEP 4
Stick the semi circles around the blue square with fabric glue. Paint semi circles with pearl metallic gold colour. Leave it to dry.
STEP 5
Embed medium sized mirrors on the periphery of the circle using Liquid Embroidery - Pearl Blue. Leave it to dry.
STEP 6
Now take square MDF wooden placemat measuring 4"x 4" in size. Cover the placemat by sticking a jute yarn on it using Fabric Glue.
STEP 7
Paint the jute placemat using Pearl Metallic – Gold. Leave it to dry.
STEP 8
Stick the painted jute placemat in the centre of the painted blue placemat thereby giving you layers. Refer to the image.
STEP 9
Take the Shilpkar - resin base and hardener, mix it thoroughly to make an even dough. Take the ball of dough, roll it further to make thin coils. Stick the coils on the blue painted placemat from the outer edge of the square towards the centre to create three squares in a descending order. Refer to the image
STEP 10
Take the dough and create a design around the centre square by embeding few diamond, round and triangle shaped mirrors on it. Leave it to dry.
STEP 11
Now take your painted round coaster which we have kept aside. Stick the coaster on the jute based square using Fabric Glue.
STEP 12
Enhance the rangoli design by sticking few orange ornamental stones around the periphery of the coaster and also around the semi circles using Fabric Glue. Let it dry.
STEP 13
Take diyas of your choice, paint and place them on your rangoli. Your creative rangoli decoration for diwali is ready. - Rangoli designs For Diwali are meant to bring in good vibes and prosperity into homes so here we have a colourful and unique acrylic rangoli design that you can make with different colour combinations and shapes.