I wish I could say I have this time management thing down. That I could give you good advice on how to find time to create as well as do all the other things we need to do as an artist to be productive… but I can’t. Paint faster? Speed painting isn’t something I have…
Painting like the old masters.
I originally wrote this tutorial and published it on Instructables.com as well as Wetcanvas.com…. Now I have my own website where I can organize all my efforts to share something I love to do. Enjoy
Drawing tips
People often ask me what the secret is to drawing better. Andwhile saying to practice is the obvious and best advice, you also need to retrain your brain in how it sees things. You look at objects differently when you are drawing. Pay attention to the way light plays across objects’ surfaces. How does it…
Appalachian Mountain Talk
Appalachian Mountain Talk Even though I go back to visit in Hendersonville every time I’m back east, I still researched the area my current project is set in. It’s easy to take for granted the things we say and do just because they’re familiar; because every one around us says and does it the same…
Appalachian Culture
My upcoming novella, Dead Dwight: a dark comedy, takes place in North Carolina’s rural Appalachia, an area near and dear to my heart, in the fictional town of Coalhaven. I grew up about 100 miles east of Hendersonville NC, and was introduced to the area by a gentleman my husband met while serving in the…
Dead Dwight exert
Thanks to all my readers that have taken advantage of my two day free book promotion… I hope you enjoy reading The Science of Loving. So what am I up to now, you ask? I’ve just started the first pass edits of my novella Dead Dwight: a dark comedy. I’ll be sending this to test…
The Science of Loving by Candace Vianna
Available at: Amazon She’s a shy researcher obsessed with muscles. She even has a muscle car. He’s the bad boy rock star of the architectural world, perfectly content with his bachelor status, but his tattoo artist sister has other ideas, and when she decides to play matchmaker, sparks fly.
It’s not p@rn if…
“It’s not p@rn if: It’s a documentary; or, it premieres at Cannes,” Les said, ticking off each point with a finger, “doing the nasty’s relevant to the story; or, is accompanied by a really good sound track. Then it’s art…” So says Leslie Jacobs in my book “The Science of Loving” . Yes folks, I’ve…
Candace Vianna Writes 