All About Pam. . .
. . . Carriker, that is. In case you don't know, Pam Carriker is an artist who has been taking the mixed media world by storm the last few years. According to her blog, Art at the Speed of Life, Pam has a lot going on right now and into the near future.
To get a taste of her style, go to the Stampington & Co. Blog called Somerset Place to look at Pam's tutorial on making a portrait with Shiva paint sticks. It's amazing how little dots of color can blend together to form a striking portrait with subtle shading. Scroll down to see the tutorial. For some reason, the blog posts do not start at the top of the page.
Carriker also announced that Stampington's The Shoppe at Somerset will soon carry a new line of stamps based upon her portrait linocuts featured in the latest issue of Somerset Studio. Carriker is also the featured artist in the latest issue of Art Journaling magazine.
I've never met Pam Carriker, but I first heard of her a few years ago when she wrote an article called "Art at the Speed of Life" for Cloth Paper Scissors magazine. I've re-read the article several times, and it helped me get past that fear of putting paint on paper. Although we like a lot of the same colors and both of us use under-journaling and script stamps in backgrounds, Carriker's style is different from mine--to the extent that I have a style. Nevertheless, I used the techniques in her article to create several painted backgrounds. I later used copies of one of the backgrounds to make cards that were published in the Summer 2011 issue of Take Ten. The important thing is that you can learn from anyone, even if their art style is very different from your own.
Carriker has since expanded her CPS article into a book of the same name, has launched several product lines, and made an instructional DVD. I can vouch for the excellence of both the book and the DVD, but have not had a chance to try any of the other products. Other than cardstock, I'm not buying any new art or craft products now.
It's nice to see that someone who has worked very hard has found success in the art world. I look forward to hearing more about Carriker in the future. Oh, and did I mention she teaches classes? Look here for details.
To get a taste of her style, go to the Stampington & Co. Blog called Somerset Place to look at Pam's tutorial on making a portrait with Shiva paint sticks. It's amazing how little dots of color can blend together to form a striking portrait with subtle shading. Scroll down to see the tutorial. For some reason, the blog posts do not start at the top of the page.
Carriker also announced that Stampington's The Shoppe at Somerset will soon carry a new line of stamps based upon her portrait linocuts featured in the latest issue of Somerset Studio. Carriker is also the featured artist in the latest issue of Art Journaling magazine.
I've never met Pam Carriker, but I first heard of her a few years ago when she wrote an article called "Art at the Speed of Life" for Cloth Paper Scissors magazine. I've re-read the article several times, and it helped me get past that fear of putting paint on paper. Although we like a lot of the same colors and both of us use under-journaling and script stamps in backgrounds, Carriker's style is different from mine--to the extent that I have a style. Nevertheless, I used the techniques in her article to create several painted backgrounds. I later used copies of one of the backgrounds to make cards that were published in the Summer 2011 issue of Take Ten. The important thing is that you can learn from anyone, even if their art style is very different from your own.
Carriker has since expanded her CPS article into a book of the same name, has launched several product lines, and made an instructional DVD. I can vouch for the excellence of both the book and the DVD, but have not had a chance to try any of the other products. Other than cardstock, I'm not buying any new art or craft products now.
It's nice to see that someone who has worked very hard has found success in the art world. I look forward to hearing more about Carriker in the future. Oh, and did I mention she teaches classes? Look here for details.
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