Remember the joy of getting a fresh new pack of colored pencils when you were a kid? The artistic possibilities! You were going to make masterpieces with those things, weren’t you? Unfortunately, ...

SAN RAMON — Like overwhelming thirst, colored pencil artist Ranjini Venkatachari’s passion for her art form is unquenchable. The Santa Clara-based artist’s vibrant, precise works trace their lineage ...

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The lowly pencil is not an elite or showy artistic medium. It doesn't have oil paint's gravitas, or plaster's endearing gauche. Instead, the pencil is accessible, plebeian and utilitarian. If put in ...