Posted: Dec 18, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 18, 2020
Before COVID-19, Lauren Foster-MacLeod would typically make rough sketches in the courtroom, then fill in the detail at home. Now, thanks to Zoom, she can do it all at her own desk.(James B. MacLeod)
If Lauren Foster-MacLeod is drawing your portrait, your life may have taken a turn in the wrong direction.
For the past 10 years, the freelance artist and illustrator has been a courtroom sketch artist in Ottawa and Gatineau. Media outlets including CBC hire her to hand-draw images from trials and other court appearances, which they use to illustrate stories online, in print and on TV.