Lady in progress

Just could not get a handle on this.  I loved the angle of the head but for some reason I had a lot of trouble with capturing it.  When I get that way I start to handle the charcoal (paint, ink...) like a weapon instead of a scalpel.  As much as I don't like this drawing I share it to show that, more often than not I'm merely trying to figure it out.  When it works, well that's just icing on the proverbial cake.