step 1 of 5
Sorry for the poor quality of the photo's!
Started with a rough sketch of the head.
step 3 of 5
Added the axe and darkened the outlines more
step 4 of 5
The body at the background.
step 5 of 5
Started to 'colorize' the image. Used a 6B pencil for this and a tissue. Used the tissue to smudge