Wordless Wednesday: Specifics of my Art

Considering the white areas to be the "negative space," i would fill that in with some of my favorite doodles.  

On the image, i've written out my process.  However, between my not always legible handwriting and the improperly scanned image, you'll find it hard to read.
So, below i've listed some of the details of working this design. Please note:the numbers are the order of working, and the letters give a rough idea of my thinking.
  1. Ink Lines
  2. choose designs to fill in (more ink)
A. i attempt to space the colors and designs evenly across the composition. one way to use this is called The Rule of Thirds.*
B. Sometimes i start with some IDEA of which motifs and colors i'd like to use, but not always.
  3. black pencil / shows up grey
  4. lt blue pencil
  5. dk green pencil
  6. purple pencil - the darker purples are from going over the area again & again  with the same pencil.

C. Sometimes i change the ideas as i go along: In the background of the plaid, i'd wanted to use purple, but when i got to the lines and green stripes, i decided a little pink shading would be better.
  7. At this point i'd thought i'd add dark blue, but this looks like enough.
  8. Last i added the pink.  Again, i'd thought to add more, but this looks like enough to me.

 * See also https://www.copyblogger.com/rule-of-three/  for an idea of the concept in wider contexts.