Aeneid Doodle (Cont.): Creative Platypus

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Take two on yesterday's drawing of Aeneas visiting his father on the fields of asphodel. I've switched the medium from oil pastels to chalk pastels. This is that nice French set some friends sent me for Christmas. The chalk is easier to blend, but far easier to blow away or smudge and doesn't adhere to the paper as readily. The overall effect is finer than the oil pastels but, at this low technical level, I don't think the difference is too great.

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