Green! Lovely! And with the small peach accents make this a really stand out piece! Those lily pads really caught my eye when this popped up in my inbox (good thing I joined that traditional media group). Not knowing that this was submitted into the traditional media group I would have thought this was a well rendered digital piece esspecially with that lovely backgroud texture.

You've created really lovely space with the lily pads and the dragon fadeing as they go back and down into the water.

My only qualm with this piece is that the dragon is a little flat and doesn't really have that nice effect of light shineing through water (simply fixed, if you want, with a bit of light white charcol pencil or a simple white coloured pencil). And it just doesn't have the overall effect of being under water other than the fact that there are lily pads (slight warping, bubbles, light through the water surface).

I d like the texture on the dragon itself. But what really brought me to this piece was the compsition itself (and the colours too). What with those lovely lily pands and I have to admit I thought the dragon was a girl/mermaid in a green dress.

And look! Even your watermark matches. Even though that seems so small, it really makes a big impact when you have a nice watermark/signature.

Great job!