“He was a beautiful pagan god with the voice of a serial killer, but that didn’t make him any less god like. It just meant rather than dying in some dank basement or isolated cabin, I’d die bound on an altar as part of some gruesome sacrificial rite. Exsanguinating while he stood over my naked…
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Candace Vianna… Hey I’m a celeb now! I just completed my first author interview. How cool is that.
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written. I started artistically late in life. My parents cautioned me to stay away from art related careers. They advised me to pursue a serious occupation that would lead to a “real job and a stable career,” which I did by becoming a … Candace…
Mathews Tattoo from The Science of Loving
Hey everyone… I’ve had a lot of inquiries regarding Mat’s (the male protagonist in my romance novel, The Science of Loving) tattoo, so above is the line drawing I created for the cover. I’m hunting through my files to see if I can find the color version, but I think I may have flattened it…
Getting caught dangling, splitting and splicing.
It’s been a long week folks. One of the drawbacks to being a debut indie author is poverty, which means no copy-editor… So I had to pull my book after getting caught with my participles dangling in public (Talk about embarrassing.) Now that I’ve spent the week whipping those puppies into submission. We’ll try this…
When to let go…
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…
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.
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