Alla Prima Portrait: College Student Lacey (Oil 21 x 15)

It was Punta Gorda VAC's portrait studio day. Today's model was Lacey, a student from College of Southern Florida, education major. Lacey was a very nice girl. She usually wore glasses. I really didn't mind whether she was with or without glasses. Either way I was going to paint the way she was. However, some artists felt it was better if she didn't wear glasses. I didn't catch what she said but she seemed to physically feel uncomfortable with her eyes if she didn't have glasses on. When some of us asked if it was possible that she didn't have them on at least at the beginning. She was so nice that she decided to simply sit there without glasses for the whole period even though I noticed later they turned kind of watery.