Alla Prima Portrait: Nicole (Oil 21 x 15)

Nicole sat for us as a model today at VAC Portrait Studio session. That was my first time to paint her. Quite a few of my fellow artists painted her before last summer when I was in New York. According to them, she was very professional, keeping good time and posture. Also, as I saw today, she always gave quite a bit of thought to what she wore before she came to pose. That means she often had the character she wanted to pose in her mind. Nicole is also a musician. Everyone is happy to have her as our model.
Somehow, while I was painting her, some of Gustav Klimt's portraits came to my mind. I regret that I was not bold enough to take a risk and try his approach.