Behind the Scenes: Sketches From A Courtroom Artist

Our flip cams caught up with Ed Freska who was doing courtroom sketches today for Tom Beres & Tom Meyer's coverage of the first two defendants in the FBI/IRS federal corruption probe into Cuyahoga County government officials -- J. Kevin Kelley and Kevin F. Payne -- they pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court.

Since cameras weren't allowed in the courtroom, we have to rely on sketch artists to paint a picture of the expressions, moods and emotions of those involved as the proceeds happen.

Ed Freska got his BFA in Industrial Design Cleveland Institute of Art in 1969. He worked for two years as an auto designer at Ford when the Cleveland Plain Dealer offered him a position as picture editor. Ed was also syndicated with the Los Angles Times OpEd group.

He eventually established Freska Graphics and worked as the editorial cartoonist for the Sun News group in Cleveland.

See how those images go from rough sketch to being watercolored into the images you see on the air.

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