The present invention provides an AMOLED pixel driving circuit and a pixel driving method. The AMOLED pixel driving circuit utilizes a 8T1C structure, comprising a first, a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth and a sixth, a seventh and an eighth thin film transistors (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8), a capacitor (C1) and an organic light emitting diode (OLED). The AMOLED pixel driving circuit, by directly gaining the second thin film transistor (T2), i.e. the drive thin film transistor, can effectively compensate the threshold voltage of the drive thin film transistor and stabilize the current flowing through the organic light emitting diode (OLED) to ensure the uniform brightness of the organic light emitting diode (OLED) and improve the display effect of the pictures. The unnecessary irradiance of the organic light emitting diode (OLED) can be avoided to reduce the electrical power consumption.