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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA -- When is the last time you used a No.2 pencil? If it's been a while, you may be surprised to find that one area artist uses pencils almost every day. And it's her passion to show the ...