Why can't I draw over my text?

Question

I want to create brush strokes ontop of my text, put it appears behind the text, not on top, why?
Please help.

Answer 1

The reason why it did not work, is because you had the bottom layer selected which is below the text. All you had to do is create a new layer as Screenprinterladie suggests. You will find the new layer icon at the bottom of the layers panel next to the trash can. And make sure the new layer is above the text and is selected while trying to draw. If for any reason you accidently fill the layer with a color so the layers below can not be seen, you can make sure that layer is select, hit ctrl-a to select all then the delete key. This will remove everything from that layer. This could have been done to the bottom layer and move above the text layer, but the layer is locked and to unlock it all you need to do is drag the padlock to the trash can.
So to recap the last example from whats in the attahcment, all that was needed to be done was drag the padlock to the trash can, then ctrl-a to select all then the delete key (this would remove the white and what was drawn before) if you wanted to keep the drawing, then select color range is required. Then finally drag the layer above the text layer.
In practice it is much quicker than reading all the steps involved.
So best thing to do is practice, practice, practice then ask when you are stuck. Good luck and have fun...