Hiking and driving options are limited in Yosemite in the wintertime, but the crowds are much smaller. From December to February, only 9 percent of the park’s 5 million-plus annual visitors show up, according to park visitation statistics. Yosemite’s winter weather can be cold, especially at the higher elevations. The Yosemite Valley is at 4,000 feet elevation and even if it snows. The Yosemite Ski and Snowboard Area is at Badger Pass. It includes a terrain park along with beginner and intermediate slopes, making it a good place for kids and others just learning to ski.

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This portraits was drawn from a photograph, just sketched it in and rendered it. The main advantage of these drawings is you can add complex shading and hard and soft lines with pencil that you cannot achieve with a pen. When properly used, graphite pencils and charcoal pencils can create emotionally powerful black and white drawings.

julia roberts

julia roberts

Diana Frances

marilyn monroe

kathrine hepburn

audrey herpburn

lauren bacall

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The name Harley Davidson has become iconic that even people that know nothing about motorcycles associate it with classic bikes. Harley Davidson is not the name of a person, but two people. In the early 1900s William S. Harley and his childhood friend Arthur Davidson began putting engines on bicycles in a backyard shed. Harley Davidson owners are proud and preoccupied with image, sound and performance. I would like to become one of them and have a similar machine as shown in pictures.

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