Photo Realistic Self Portrait

I drew my self portrait using only charcoal. I used the grid method so that I could make it as realistic as possible. My project evolved because at first I was going to leave the background white but then I realized that there was a shadow behind me so I lightly shaded it in with charcoal. One thing that bothers me with this artwork is that I did not blend in the charcoal enough where the grid lines were so I have light marks from where I erased them.