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By LEE BIRD
Rappahannock Newi Contributing Writer
Before a rapt group of artists, would-be artists and fascinated viewers who filled the Library’s meeting room to capacity and spilled over into the children’s section, Sperryville’s own portraitist, Ned Bittinger, displayed his skills by undertaking to paint a portrait of Judge Douglas Gmsburg in two hours. The occasion was the Library’s First Friday Series program on Nov. 3.
In the course of setting up his equipment, adjusting the lights, and squeezing gobs ofyoiI paint on to his palette, Mr. Bittinger explained his general approach to painting a portrait. By the time he had finished his preliminaries and smeared a medium, flesh-toned background on the blank Canvas where the face was later to appear, 15 minutes had elapsed.
Was it possible to complete the picture in the short time remaining? As John Trott said from the audience, quoting a line from Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, “The suspense is terrible; I hope it
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