End of Day Dragon

As others have said, the neutral thing is not easy. Either the colours become so muted that they all blend as one value, or you try to bring them out and they stop being so neutral.

Having said that, I'm fairly satisfied with the results.

What I did to make the scene was to have a paper around the same size which I tore the mountain area and other areas to create masks. I then sprayed the various unmasked areas with Tseuniko antiquing inks. The dragon was done seperately, the shapes cut and formed and then addded. I worked metallic crayon into it to try to add the accent.

At that stage I was quite discouraged. It looked like this.
Finally, I started working into the dragon with sharpie markers. That started to help. So, I worked into the rest with marker as well. That gave me confidence to do the stitch. The green blob in the front is meant to be a tree or bush, but I think if I worked it more, I'd have more problems.
The actual piece is slightly more muted than the top photo.

There isn't a big story for the dragon. He is just resting after a long flight at the end of the day.