Chapter 2: How To Fill-Up Designs

How To Do Fill-Up Design # 1

Make a dot and draw three consecutive semi-circles around this dot. They don’t necessarily need to be semi-circles.
Circles must be drawn according to the finish line just like the figure below. Once you have learned this, you are done with the first fill-up design.

Make a dot and draw two consecutive semi-circles.
Then draw small semi-circles above those.
Now, draw two more semi-circles around these small semi-circles and draw curved figures with dots above that. This is new for you. Just draw a curve and in the end of the curve, put a thick dot.

As usual, you start with a dot and from that dot;
Do the last step of figure 2, i.e. curved line with a dot.
Now, all you have to do is draw double wavy lines. This is something new but not to worry, it is very easy. Just draw elaborate semi-circles.
Next, draw semi-circles which are called grape design.
Again, draw one wavy line and then finish the design by putting a curve with dots which is also called peacock design. It is called a peacock design because usually when we draw a peacock, we put this design three times on its head to complete the diagram.

Next, we are moving on to something different and interesting. Draw a small triangle and shade it fully.
Then leave some space and draw a curve and on top of it draw cone shaped figures fully.
Draw small dots in between the cones. Draw double wavy lines and on top of the outer wavy line
Draw the grape design and the fourth fill-up design is ready.

This is a block design. You will be using this very often as it is the basis of mehndi. Draw parallel straight lines diagonally from left to right, leaving small gaps.
After you are done with this, repeat the same but from right to left. Now, you will have bisecting double lines.
Shade alternative boxes. For example: If one box is shaded, the next box should be white.
Now, keep a dot and put a circle around the dot in all those boxes which are not shaded. You will get a concentric design once you are done with all the steps.

Put a big curve and then from the end of this big curve start a small curve.
After leaving small space or gap, start a big curve exactly parallel to your previous big curve
From there draw a small curve and join the end of the previous small curve. The tip should be very sharp.
Repeat the same by doing an outer layer. Layers are very important in mehndi because it gives a highlighted look to your design.
Now start doing your grape design on top of the outer layer and in the intersections, giving you a peacock design.
Now, the inside part is blank, we have to fill it up.
Repeat the second fill-up design inside the blank part.
Then in the space between the small curved lines draw double straight lines
And on either side draw diagonal lines to fill-up that portion, with this, your 6th fill-up design is over.

This is called Manga design. To do this, draw a C shaped figure first and in the bottom of the figure, draw a slanting figure and a twist in the top so as to finish the figure.
Next, in the middle of the Manga, draw double lines.
On the right side of the double line, draw a nicely spaced peacock design
And on the left side of the Manga, fill-up with one of the “second fill-up designs”.

This is the last fill-up design in Bombay style mehndi. Draw a large dot and place two straight lines and then put a cone design above it and in between the cones, keep dots.
Draw two more straight lines and add the coil design. Coil design is done by putting many circles but with only one start and end point.
Now, repeat the second and first step respectively to finish drawing the design.

Here are the designs which you have learned so far.