Penny Raile:

Unimportant Things About Me

•As a child, I did not like gathering eggs on the farm because the hens were mean.
• I played the Doris Day part in “Pillow Talk” in a high school play.
• I played defensive line woman on my girl’s football team in high school - real football, not powder puff.
• I ate dinner at a restaurant next to Vice President Bush’s table in Fort Smith, Arkansas surrounded by secret service agents.
• I played the French horn and the cymbals in my high school band – horribly.
• I was the Sports Editor of my high school paper.
• When I moved to California, I lived in Malibu. I now live near Skid Row.
• I did not finish kindergarten.

101 Things in 1001 Days

THE START OF MY LIST 1 Go to Paris and shop flea markets, thrift stores and garage sales 2 Go on a holiday trip with my entire family 3 Do stretching exercises five days a week for one month 4 Write the second edition of the Raile Family History 5 Finish the Harry Potter series 6 Create “gorilla art” 7 Make a map of every place I have been 8 Elaborately decorate my loft for Halloween 9 Invite at least four guests for dinner at the same time and everyone wears red 10 Go to Yosemite Park 11 Host a pajama party 12 Go on at least one date 13 Turn the big room into something whimsical 14 Change jobs 15 Keep a better diary 16 Set-up a trust fund 17 Write my life story 18 Create a web site to sell things 19 Make things that I am willing to sell 20 Send an admiration letter to RK 21 Visit New York 22 Attend Artfest in Seattle, Washington 23 Visit Watts Tower 24 Send out secret friend packages 25 Create a margarita bar and a coffee bar in loft 26 Read five books that I should have read in high school 27 Create five photo studies

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My Blood Type Is Coffee

I saw this saying somewhere, so I thought I would make my own poster.

February 26, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Fish on a Stick

Fish and sea shells. I cannot remember which old books I founds these in. I need a better tracking system for all my collage elements. I know they are copyright free because of their age.

February 24, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Dictionnaire Universel d'histoire Aaturelle

Elements from Dictionnaire Universel d'histoire Aaturelle: atlas (1861)

February 21, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (2)

Natural history collage

Natural history of the animal kingdom for the use of young people (1889)

February 19, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (0)

French Grouping

I have been playing around with groups of things. This is my "French Grouping."

February 18, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Histoire naturelle des poissons

I was looking at Histoire naturelle des poissons color plates and just had to do something with them. So I created "charts" of Fish Faces and Fish Eyes. The close up of the eyes are a bit creepy yet fascinating to me.

FISH FACES

FISH EYES

February 13, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Ostrich with a pearl earring

Art Journal Caravan 2014...Prompt: Create a digital collage using the Renaissance art period as your inspiration. I wanted to have a little fun with it.

Credits: Girl With a Pearl Earring by Jan Vermeer
Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli
Background paper by Kim Crothers

February 07, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (0)

I joined Tangie Baxter's 2014 online Art Journal Caravan to create digital collages. This is going to be the cover of my new journal. We receive 52 "itineraries" throughout the year filled with prompts and inspiration. I love doing digital collages and have found her class well worth the time.