More research into stylised frames

Looking into illustrative books, I noticed their use of textures to story tell, specially nigh time set ones. I would like to experiment with textures for my animation before creating it.
One particular style I really enjoyed the story book 'The house in the Night', picture drawn by Beth Krommels.

I really Liked her use of colour, using yellow and white to contrast to the black, 

what I most like is her use of texture, which creates the scene truly. It is much more expressive then realistic.
I tried to create a response to her work with my own drawn frame, where as hers looks hand drawn, I did my version digitally.

Although I used a lot less white, and far less etched details, I feel the hatching/lines on the lamp, desk, scissor blades and pencil works well. It defiantly creates a more dramatic and cold atmosphere, suiting to the ending shot.

for my animation I would defiantly like to add textures, mainly to the pencil and blade of the scissors to get that night/uncanny touch.