Alice In Wonderland Layer Cake

Alice In Wonderland Layer Cake Drawing

This is an Alice In Wonderland inspired layer cake. The drawing is for my 642 Things To Draw Sketch Journal. 

A Panda Bear Family

A Bear Family Drawing

Here is a bear family sketch for my 642 Things To Draw journal. At the bottom of this blog you can also see a timelapse of me drawing it. 

Turtle drawing

A Jar Full Of Pennies

A Jar Full Of Pennies Drawing

I've been drawing a picture everyday in my 642 Things To Draw sketch journal. So far I'm really liking it. I'm going to randomly be posting some of my sketches on this blog. I also post a few here and there on the Notti By Nature facebook page. I'm doing the whole journal in pen. I also bought another 642 Things To Draw journal and I'm going to fill that one with just pencil drawings.

I'm doing this in part to get myself to draw something new everyday that I've never drawn before, which I'm hoping will improve my drawing skills. I'm also doing it because I've been in sort of a creative slump and thought this might get my brain working a bit more. 

This Is My Family

I haven't actually got much to say. I just wanted to share some pictures of my family. These are the people that made me. :) Starting with my mom and dad and going down to my great grandfather. 

Dario And Dorothy

My Mom Before I came Along

Dario, Joan, Dino. My dad, grandma and uncle.

Dorothy, Vernon, Edgar and Sharon

Joan And Fred

Lawrence, mom moms dad.

My Grandma Lena is the one in yellow. my moms mom.

That is my great grandfather Jonathan. He met Walt Disney.

Yoga and Its Benefits

Yoga is a great way to not only find peace of mind, but yoga is also a good way to strengthen the muscles in your body. In fact, the benefits of yoga are many. This blog post will be focusing on just that. Read on to learn more.

Flexibility

One way that yoga can benefit you is by increasing your flexibility. Many people notice improvement in their flexibility after only eight weeks of doing yoga. Not only that, but you'll find you are less stiff and able to move with more ease.

Improved Athletic Performance

Another benefit to doing yoga is that it will improve your athletic performance. Because you are already performing activities that exercise your muscles, you'll quickly find that you are improving in other areas that your muscles are used such as when you play sports.

Meditation

Yet another benefit to doing yoga is that you can learn to meditate effectively when you meditate. Clearing the mind and practicing the breathing exercises can help to increase mental clarity and calmness.

Builds Muscle Strength

Another benefit to doing yoga is that it will help to build muscle strength. By building strength in your muscles you can help prevent arthritis and back pain. For elderly individuals, yoga can help to prevent falls by increasing strength in the muscles and flexibility as well.

Perfect Posture

Lastly, another reason that that doing yoga can be beneficial is because it can help to perfect posture. By perfecting your posture you can prevent neck, shoulder, and other joint pains.

As you can see there are many reasons why yoga can be beneficial. Try it!

Laughing Like A Maniac With Ballons

This is the kind of thing that happens when we get bored in the middle of the night.

The Alaskan Eskimo meets Walt Disney.

In 1953 Walt Disney produced a short documentary called "The Alaskan Eskimo." It won and Academy Award in 1954. Above was the main poster for the documentary. It was filmed in the Alaskan Native village of Hooper Bay, Alaska. The Yup'ik name for the village is Naparyarmiut. 

This is one of the other posters for the documentary. That handsome Yup'ik gentleman is my great grandfather. 

Here is a little bit better picture of him. His english name was Jonathan Johnson. He was born on October 5, 1902 and passed away September 19, 1996.

This is the ivory Donald Duck and sled dogs my great grandfather made for Walt Disney.

This is a personal family picture of my great grandfather with his children. 

Just an FYI the word Eskimo is sometimes viewed as a derogatory term, it means "eaters of raw meat." I personally don't find it offensive, but if you want to be politically correct say Alaskan Native or here is a map of the major tribes in Alaska. I am Yup'ik. That word is said out loud to sound like "you pick."

If you want to see the documentary here it is.