My Mother and the Twig - Portrait

I've been thrilled by the art being posted on Steemit and I didn't have a good answer when asked why I haven't posted any myself. Gotta do it sooner or later right?

This is a portrait I did of my mother. I wanted to draw her personality as much as I wanted to draw her. This is a combination of photography, charcoal, and Photoshop. I didn't have much of a plan on the final outcome: I just sat her down in front of a sunny window, put sticks in her hair, snapped a picture, and experimented from there.