Start here: how to hold the pen
Ten minutes on grip, speed and pressure. Everything else in this section assumes you have done this once.
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A ladder, not a library. Each lesson is short, asks for a specific amount of practice, and names the one it leads to next. You need a pen and some paper; two of them want a compass.
Straight lines and circles without a ruler
Two drills, twenty minutes, and the reason your circles close badly.
Dot grids: your first kolam
A 3×3 grid, one unbroken line, about fifteen minutes. The oldest drawing lesson there is.
Dividing a circle: the root of every mandala
Six, eight and twelve divisions with a compass. Half an hour, and after it the geometry families stop being mysterious.
Building a girih pattern from the five tiles
Draw the tile set, lay it out, then draw the strapwork across it and rub the tiles out. Forty-five minutes.