AJ in charcoal

Okay well this is Angelina Jolie: my first portrait in charcoal. I dont hate it, but I dislike it a little.
Charcoal is really hard to draw with, so I'm going to follow an advice from a friend: Pratice shading in graphite and get good at it before going into charcoal.

This might be the last drawing with charcoal I do for a long time until I get more used to shading with graphite.