The Tulip is indeed an elegant and beautiful flower to base anything on. I love the drawing over the Sky to begin with because something about the drawing overlapping the border catches they eye. As if exceeding the boundaries is so jarringly unexpected.
With regard to textures, I don't know how famliar you are with layer blending. It looks as if you are :O). I often find textures/backgrounds on pixabay and then experiment with different blending modes and layer opacity to get the effect I want.
But ssh, don't give away my secret that I spend time on my illustrations ;O)
Thank you for dropping by @meesterboom.
Appreciate hearing you enjoy the drawing.....the way it is.......it always appears a mess to me.....^__^
.....yet as you say.....out of the lines.....and that is what bleujay desires to communicate.
The principle is.....Control with abandonment and abandonment with control.....something like that.
Thank you for the information about pixabay.......I shall have a look.
Yes....all these fun creations take time.....one of the fun things about yours is they talk and squeal....so very humourous.
There is a certain something in the first image....which seems to find you from time to time.........do have a look.
All the best to you and yours.
Cheers.
Ha, I want sure if it was a stray petal but on closer look it could very well be a sky fish!!