1) purchase special black art board,
2) sketch with pastel sticks,
3) scan,
4) repeat #2 &3 four times,
5) draw w/metallic ink & paint pens,
6) scan,
7) add colored pencil,
8) repeat #5-7 several? times,
9) print color-adjusted, previously drawn scanned fantasy heron,
10) position & glue heron,
11) scan,
12) work on heron w/colored pencils & adjust background,
13) scan,
14) repeat #12-13,
15) hang in RW Common House,
16) lose for 3 weeks,
17) find returned to my CH cubby, 18) add dappled shadows,
19) scan,
20) glue on fine pieces of embroidery threads, & touch up with colored pencil after glue dries,
21) scan & publish here.

BTW, I left out a few steps for the sake of brevity!