Tropical Rain Forest Toucan - Step One

This is an illustration that I created primarily for art licensing.  I started by working out a pencil drawing using various pieces of reference material from my scrap file.  Once the drawing was worked out to my satisfaction, I transferred it to illustration board.

I then used a kneaded eraser to remove most of the pencil from the illustration board, leaving only faint lines to guide me.  Next, I painted in the black areas using acrylic paint.