Hello all. I am working on this illustration for creative composition class. I am going to render it today, but I am wondering how I can use contrast to high light the squirrel and lizard as main focal points? In the lesson it was mentioned to use hi and lo contrast to push the focus. I was thinking I was just going g to try and darken most of the other noise like the snail. Bee hive, mushrooms etc. Initially I was going to make the squirrel very dark, and the lizard light. I am working traditionally ATM so I don't want to do a lot of edits, and I need to finish this piece today, so I do not want to re work the composition or those things too much at this stage, although I can see a few errors already.
Also I am working in black and white pencil.