Court Artist

Hi HS11!
To confirm my answer to Peggy's question, a "court artist" actually does exist:-) See info below.
As this Friday, May 1st is a day off school and uni, please tell me how many of you are going to be present and absent next Saturday, May 2nd.
Have a great week!
Siobhan

http://painting.about.com/b/2006/04/18/careers-for-artists-court-artist.htm
Careers for Artists: Court Artist
Tuesday April 18, 2006
In courtrooms where cameras are not allowed, such as the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui for the attacks of September 11th, the media relies on a court artist to portray scenes from the trial. The way the artist presents someone will impact how the public judges them. Dana Verkouteren, the artist for Moussaoui's trial, has been a court artist for more than 20 years. According to a report in CBS Verkouteren "sees him as a complex subject of art ... 'When he’s relaxed, he strokes his beard. He has very soft lines for eyes, but he scrunches them down a lot'." In the US, court artists are allowed to take art materials in with them, but in the UK artists have to draw from memory outside the courtroom. To get an idea of what being a court artist is like, read this interview with Glenda Brigham, a court artist in Australia, and this one with Julia Quenzler in the UK. Or take a look at the websites of court artists Elizabeth Cook and Vicki Behringer.