Some of the artists teaching this year are participating in a little blog hop this weekend to kick things off! Check out the Interweave blog to see a list of all participants!! Just click on the badge below to take you there!

Last year I even had a chance to take a couple of workshops myself! One was with Dawn Sokol.Kari McKnight Holbrook (my roomie:-), Dawn Sokol, Jen Cushman and I in Dawn’s class. I think she forgave us for sitting in the back row and being the ‘naughty’ kids in class;-) Be sure to check out Dawn and Jen’s books when you visit their blogs.

I got to meet the lovely Dea Fischer! She came to find me while I was signing books and I’ll be doing that again this year on June 2 from 5:00-6:00 so I hope you’ll bring your book (I’ll have a few there as well), I’d so love to meet you! Be sure to check out Dea’s new video at Interweave!

I also had the pleasure of sitting in on my BFF Joanne Sharpe’s class-what a lot of fun we had-even though she made me come to the front of class and demo some ‘PamPastels’. You just never know what is going to happen at a live retreat! That’s what makes them so fun!! There is nothing like the live interaction that takes place at these retreats.

This year I’ll be taking more pictures! I have a tendency to get caught up in the fun and forget to take very many-lol!

Also this year, I’ll be teaching 4 new workshops!

This workshop is full so I look forward to seeing you all for some journaling fun!! But I do have space in my other 3 workshops.

Chip Off the Old Block

I’m very excited that Speedball has sponsored this workshop and will be bringing lino cutters for the whole class! They also sent me some shared use class supplies to make the most of our carving experience!

If you’d like a close up look at some of my linocuts and what I do with them, check out my article in the latest issue of Somerset Studio!

Also look for my new line of stamps inspired by my carvings to come out in July!

Facing the Thermofax

Ever wonder about using a Thermofax screen on paper instead of cloth? Well in this workshop we’ll explore printing on 3 different substrates and adding a mixed media twist to them! You’ll also go home with your very own Thermofax screen designed by me!

Sketching Without Pencils

I’ll also be bringing some of my new products with me! This class will explore techniques using liquid graphite. Along with other goodies, you’ll go home with your own bottle of my Liquid Pencil Sketching Ink!

Worried about drawing your own face? No need, these were created using my Portrait Sketch Stamp to lay a map to work from. Work from the stamp or on your own!

For more detailed information on these workshops check HERE! Hope to see you there!!

Wow! It’s hard for those of us behind the scenes at ARTFUL GATHERING to believe the day is finally here!! We’ve been busy for months working on our workshops, shooting, editing,  turning videos into DVD’s, writing up handouts, gathering awesome raffle prizes, and getting the classrooms all set for you!

I hope you’ll consider joining me for my brand new online class! This is the only drawing faces class that I’ll be teaching live or online in 2012, so don’t miss the chance to participate in a real time online setting and then also have the opportunity to revisit the workshop through the DVD and handouts anytime you like!

June 2012 Artful Gathering

Still Pursuing Portraits
Pam Carriker

A few years ago, a couple hundred students began a journey with me called Pursuing Portraits. I don’t know about most of them, but for me, my pursuit of drawing and painting portraits continues on. I’ve moved from cute, stylized faces to more accurate, realistic portraits. That is where my journey has taken me and along the way I’ve learned, through teaching numerous workshops, how to dissect a face and demonstrate easy ways to make a ‘face map’ to guide the artist in creating a face with the correct proportions. For the first time, I would like to share all of this with you! This workshop will cover creating portraits from sketching to painting, with some fun new mediums thrown in for even further exploration. So you didn’t take Pursing Portraits the first time? This class is brand new, and will benefit both those who took my first workshop and those who did not.

Daily exercising of the ‘sketching’ muscles is highly encouraged as in lessons 1-3 we will explore drawing a face from front, side, and ¾ views. Mapping, shading, various pencil techniques, and an easy method of transferring sketches to rapidly improve drawing skills, will be demonstrated through videos. PDF downloads of worksheets will accompany each of these lessons so we can practice without fear. We will work in journals to enhance the atmosphere of learning and to see our growth. Creating faces takes practice and if you put in the time I can guarantee you will see improvement and growth in your work.

When we have practiced our hand at drawing, we will then move on to painting portraits using a variety of mediums. Water soluble crayon, my new Liquid Pencil Sketching Ink, and acrylic paint will all be explored in our journals. This 8 week workshop will include over 100 minutes of video instruction, PDF download worksheets, video and written instruction on drawing a face from full on, profile, and ¾ views, shading, water soluble crayon, Sketching Ink, and acrylic paint techniques. Everything you need to get started or to enhance your journey as you continue your Pursuit of Portraits.

Workshop Fee:  $110.00

A DVD of all of the video lessons (over 120 minutes) will be available for purchase. $25.00 shipping included in the US and $35.00 shipping included outside of the US

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Final Destination Blog Visit!

Our last and final blog destination belongs to and this is the final location where you’ll find the last TWO words left in our secret word collection.

Pick up the last two words here.
Bring ALL your secret words here.

Stampington & Co has a blog-did you know? It’s full of tutorials and how to’s from guest artists one of which I’m thrilled to be this month! I’m sharing a tutorial on  Shiva Paintstiks and how to create a non-messy ‘oil’ painting. I hope you’ll stop by and check it and the other wonderful tutorials there and don’t forget to sign up to receive email notifications so you can keep up with Stampington’s latest~

And for the Happy Dance…I’ve been sitting on a secret for some time now and it was just reveled in the May issue of Somerset Studio…

Yes! My happy dance for a line of stamps coming out very soon with Stampington & Co!!! You can check out my article about my “Lost Journal” (remember the journal I lost last August during our move?) and get a little sneak peek at some of the inspiration behind the designs for my new stamp line! If you’re interested in carving your own lino blocks check out my upcoming classes at CREATE and Art Unraveled.

This has been an exciting couple of weeks and I’m completely honored to be the Profile Artist for the spring issue of Art Journaling. I was in the inaugural issue of this publication and many since and I’m so glad they’ve now made this a quarterly magazine! There’s so much inspiring journaling going on all around us.  If you are of a mind you may want to submit a journal of your own to Art Journaling. You can find all of the information on their website