Chris Hemsworth Portrait, Background
Step by Step

As you can see I have started to lay down the background. With large areas like this I have started to use marker pens to add in the first layers. This saves a huge amount of time and also saves my pencils. To fill an area like this could take half hour to an hour to burnish it correctly. This took me under 5 minutes and that includes burnishing my pencil layers on top of the marker. It leaves a really solid look with know tooth showing through. Try it, you won’t be disappointed