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About Ranjini Venkatachari
Ranjini is a fine artist working primarily in the medium of colored pencil. She has been working with this medium for more than 12 years and draws inspiration from her rich cultural heritage. She works out of her home studio in San Ramon, California. She also teaches colored pencil classes locally and all across the US. Her colored pencil art has been juried into several National and International shows across the US & UK, like the Salmagundi Annual non-member exhibition, Leading masters of Contemporary Realism (International guild of Realism), California State Fair, Women Painters of Washington and Colored Pencil Society of America’s International shows and UK color pencil society International show.
Ranjini’s works has also been published in the Strokes of Genius 4&5, American Artist, International Artist, American Art Collector, Southwest arts magazine, Ann Kullberg’s COLOR Magazine & Art Guide Northwest. Ranjini is a five year merit signature and a Lifetime member the Colored Pencil Society of America (www.cpsa.org). Ranjini is the brand ambassador and featured artist for Koh-I-Noor USA colored pencils. She also runs her own school in San Ramon where she enjoys educating the young minds with various art forms.
ARTIST STATEMENT “Inspired by the finer nuances of simple everyday subjects, I embody my work with a variety of moods by using expressive color and dramatic lighting. Although I prefer to work in a realistic style, I like my art to be a passionate interpretation, rather than a replication of what I see. Light, Color and design excites me and I try to demonstrate how life extends beyond the subject limitations. Although I work on a variety of subject matter, I enjoy working on Still-life genre the most using Origami models and reflective surfaces.”
DRAW Reflections is a combination of thousands of hours of experience and an absolute encyclopedia of numerous colored pencil techniques. Every artist has something new to teach you in this volume stuffed with unique and valuable methods. Each and every step-by-step reveals fascinating ways to handle color, light, shine and sparkle. You will refer to this book again and again for the rest of your drawing career!
Ranjini offers easy colored pencil lessons for beginner to intermediate artists using primary pencil techniques. This book has large, step by step images and easy to follow instructions that take you through each layer of rendering objects in colored pencil.
Ranjini's artwork is featured in this collector's edition of Ann Kullberg's 5th volume of CP Treasures. Available for purchase through Ann Kullberg's website!