Were it not for Jeff Kandyba, the world would have never seen Taylor Swift in court.
The 27-year-old “Wildest Dreams” singer managed to evade the paparazzi for several days during her trial in Denver. “A person like Taylor Swift, who is very pretty, who has perfectly proportioned dimensions on the face, is actually much harder [to draw],” Kandyba, who has been sketching in Colorado courtrooms since the 1980s, told Fox-31 Denver. Swift’s eyebrows have “a really distinct arch,” he added. Prior to Swift’s testimony, he researched photos of the pop star online as part of his preparation. “It made me very nervous going into it,” he said.
“That’s why I did practice sketches ahead of time, just to figure out the nuances in her face.”Kandyba added, “Everybody’s got little idiosyncrasies about them that you want to pick up on.”
“It’s hard. Some people are just much easier to draw than others. If you give me somebody with a beard and glasses—bingo—got it.” Unlike a portrait, where subjects stay still, Kandyba must observe a person who can move freely and create a still image in his mind. “I’m always drawing people in my head and they always look way better in my head than they do on paper,” he said.
Many of his drafts have been criticized on social media. In a previous interview with Westword, Kandyba explained why his sketches don’t necessarily resemble Swift in real life. “I’m probably sitting 35 feet away from her looking through binoculars—and if you’ve ever tried to draw anything looking through binoculars, it’s not the easiest thing in the world. You…
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