Tag Archives: mixed media art

Lost and Found

July 24, 2022 By in art at the speed of life, art every day, artist, birds, feathered nest, mixed media art, mixedmedia, original art work, painting, pam carriker, portrait Tags: , , , , , , , 10 Comments

Found 16×24 mixed media acrylics

Finished this piece a few weeks back and it’s in a gallery show right now. The bird was inspired by a picture that a neighbor took, and you could clearly see it had something in its mouth. I have it holding one of the pearl buttons from this woman’s dress and if you look closely you can see the loose threads where it fell from. Hope you are enjoying summer, it’s sure hot in Texas! I will share my oil paintings in a future post. Trying something new and loving it.

Best,

Pam

Starting Over

March 14, 2022 By in art at the speed of life, mixed media, pam carriker, portrait Tags: , , , , 10 Comments

‘Shades of Gray’ series, acrylics on 9×12 hardboard panel

I’ve been working on paintings for an upcoming Pop Up Art Show where I live. It’s been motivating to commit to doing some events which is pushing me to get in the studio on a regular basis. I’m thoroughly enjoying it.

One thing that still bothers me greatly is that I’ve lost so many of my contacts because of FB and Instagram deleting my pages. I’ve thought long and hard about what to do about it and I still don’t know for sure but I do want to be able to share and see others art so I have created a new Instagram account, @pamcarrikerart. Starting over from scratch is really discouraging at first I have to admit, but I’m going to just put stuff out there and hope to gain back my following. I chose to just do instagram because it’s a better forum for just sharing and seeing art. I hope to see you over there as well as here:-)

Gone

January 22, 2022 By in art at the speed of life, mixed media, mixed media art, pam carriker, portrait, portraits Tags: , , , , , , 54 Comments

Current WIP

Yesterday I was banned from all of my social media accounts. I have no idea why. I received an email informing me of this with no explanation except that I had been ‘reported’ and because I ‘violated community standards’ I was banned not only from my personal page, but my business page and instagram.

I honestly have no words right now. I keep my personal page limited to just sharing with family and personal friends because I don’t believe in mixing art with politics, religion etc. Everyone has the right to their own beliefs.

I’m devastated by the loss of all of my photos both personal and chronicling my art career and I wasn’t even given a warning so no way to save them or to let anyone know why I’m gone. This is not right. I’ve been wanting to leave Facebook because of the extreme censorship that has been going on for awhile but I stayed because I love to keep up with family and friends and being able to share my love of art with others.

I’m writing this to those who follow me here so some of you at least know what happened. I will be working to find another forum and will update when/if I do. I guess it’s time to just post here for now.

Blessing to you all,
Pam

BIG News!!! Christmas Comes Early!

December 3, 2014 By in art at the speed of life Tags: , , , , 14 Comments

I have some awesome BIG NEWS to share with you! My new book, Mixed Media Portraits with Pam Carriker has had it’s release date moved up and will be in-house at the North Light Shop on January 20th!!! And it’s now on sale there!!! That’s two months earlier than the original release date!!! I’m beyond excited!!! Oh and more good news is that it’s on SALE today at the North Light Shop-HALF OFF the cover price!!!!

The book is a nice fat 160 pages, they upped the page count to include even more instruction and eye candy. It would make a great Christmas present, just saying:-)

And if you’ve already ordered it from Amazon  you’ll be getting it way earlier than the original release date, likely the first part of february rather than late March!!!

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Mixed Media Portraits with Pam Carriker

November 9, 2014 By in art at the speed of life Tags: , , , , , 6 Comments

I’m so excited to share the cover of my new book with you!

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Mixed Media Portraits with Pam Carriker is now available on amazon for pre order and will be releases in March of 2015.

Book Description:

Set your portraits apart from the rest!

Portraits can be an intimidating subject. But not with Art At the Speed of Life author and workshop instructor Pam Carriker as your teacher. She helps you take on faces one quick sketch at a time for faster, easier, more enjoyable drawing and painting. Not your average book on drawing the face, Mixed Media Portraits With Pam Carriker shows easy ways to draw more realistic faces in your own signature style. The goal is not an immaculate finished portrait, but a continually growing collection of personal, expressive sketches that you can use and reuse in your mixed-media work.

Inside you’ll find:

An easy-to-learn face-mapping technique that allows you to draw faces from your imagination, without a model or photo in front of you
Mini-demonstrations breaking down each facial feature
Simple color combinations for mixing both realistic and out-of-the-ordinary skin tones
15 step-by-step projects featuring original ways to use your portraits as starting points for mixed-media masterpieces
Tons of expert tips, from selecting the right pencil for the job to creating self-portraits, working with reference photos and using transfer techniques
In the true spirit of mixed media, this book is all about combining, layering and experimenting in your pursuit of portrait nirvana. It will get you out of your comfort zone and into the habit of making faces that are truly and uniquely your own.

This book was a labor of love. I’ve spent the last few days going over the final author review and I’m so thankful to North Light for allowing me to create the book I envisioned.