lady drawings in the style of John Currin

Well, more like an attempt to draw in the painting style of John Currin. I've been a drooling fangirl of Currin's since I happened upon his work in college. I love his technique and his cheeky subject matter.

I based these pencil drawings off of Currin's "Heartless" painting. I couldn't find a super reputable site that had the painting on it (and the rights to show it, I assume), but you can search for it here. ;)

I have a sketchbook with grey paper, so when modeling a figure, I have to try to boost the contrast a lot, for my own personal taste. I could go back in with a white colored pencil. But I don't wanna. I don't think these scans & tweaking in Photoshop do the original drawing justice. There is too much contrast in the dark areas.

This lady kinda freaks me out. Her stare is very vacant.

Close up. The grey paper has a lot of pulp (hairy fibers?) in it.