Julia quenzler biography
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Meet the artists behind THOSE Wagatha Christie court sketches: Sketchers whose depictions of Coleen Rooney's legal showdown with Rebekah Vardy have delighted the nation rättegång say 'the famous look so different in court'
The nation has been gripped by the twists and turns of the Wagatha Christie förtal trial between Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney over the past week.
From shocking revelations to catty exchanges and floods of tears, the battle between the two women has dominated the headlines and taken over social media.
Yet one of the most popular talking points of the trial has nothing to do with what the two women have said - but instead how they have been depicted by the court sketch artists covering proceedings.
From comparisons to potatoes, boxing stars and art from the s, social media has been awash with hilarious commentary on the sketches.
Some of the depictions of Wayne Rooney have led to the ex-Manchester United star being compared to Henry VIII, boxer Tyson Fury and
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Inside Story: Captured for posterity
ELIZABETH COOK
Cook says she has been fascinated by faces from a young age. She grew up sketching everybody she could, from her family to whoever was sitting next to her on the bus. In the days when she used to stroll along Devon's beaches selling her portraits to the bathers, she never imagined spending her adult life staring down the likes of Harold Shipman and Kenneth Noye.
Cook discovered her niche when she went to listen to a local murder trial in Devon and sketched the protagonists on the back of an envelope. She didn't know then that it is against the law to draw in court. A journalist saw her likeness of the man on trial and used it in the news that evening. Cook now has contracts with Sky News, ITV West and Press Association, and her illustrations are used in the national and international press.
"I've been to the trials of rapists, babysnatchers, murderers, paedophiles, drug dealers and muggers. It can be very depressing." She is
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Priscilla Coleman
When justice is served, it is often Priscilla Coleman who captures the scene, in her gloriously detailed courtroom sketches. With a sharp eye and even sharper elbows, the glamorous Texan, 68, has been muscling her way into courtrooms for five decades, documenting everyone from infamous murderers and political scoundrels to warring WAGs. In pastels and in watercolours, Priscilla has been known to knock out 10 sketches a day, drawing entirely from memory, often on a pavement in east London.
Penny Martin: What is your routine before leaving for court?
Priscilla Coleman: First, I find my phone, figure out where am I supposed to go, and then hop in the shower, depending on what time I get the call.
PM: Who could be calling?
PC: ITN, Channel 4 News or, nowadays, my agent. It’s always been spontaneous in television and news, even when I was in the States. In the s and s I was art director for KTRK-TV, the ABC affiliate in Houston, Texas. In those days I did grap