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Paul Kennedy ArtistBorn 1981 - Present

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• Paul Kennedy is an Award winning, Glasgow based
  Artist, he works in a studio in the east End of
  Glasgow.
• He has visited Rosshall to do painting workshops
  with the pupils.
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• Paul graduated from Edinburgh College of Art
  in 2004, since then he has continued his
  development of painting from his studio. He
  paints Portraits

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• .. and nostalgic scenes of Glasgow featuring
  Trams and the Waverley. He paints people and
  places close to his heart from the past and
  present.

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• In 2009 Paul was the Aspect Prize Finalist
  (10,000 prize) with a painting of a boy called
  Springburn Hopes .
• This painting launched Pauls career.

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• Paul used to be a Community arts worker in
  Springburn. You can see the disused railway
  factories in the background. It was an Arts
  workshop for underprivileged kids.
• Most pupils were crazy and just wanted to set
  fire to things! But there was one fantastic pupil
  who restored my faith in human nature

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• Paul Kennedys Artist influence from the past
  is Joan Eardley.

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• In the 1960s Joan Eardley also had a studio
  in the east end of Glasgow and she painted the
  underprivileged kids from the Glasgow slums.

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• Paul likes her loose techniques and freedom
  of painting.

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• Joan Eardley would even stick a collage of
  sweetie wrappers onto the background to look like
  graffiti

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• The children would be cheeky and lively, not
  able to sit still for long so her painting
  technique was quick, messy and expressive, just
  like the children.

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• The children would play in the street all day

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• .. and were often quite scruffy with pale,
  dirty faces.

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• Paul Kennedys Artistic influence from the
  present is Graham Wilcox.

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• Graham Wilcox is a Glasgow based Artist who
  paints portraits in a realistic style. Last year
  he won the National Art Competition prize.

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• When Paul visited Rosshall he painted a picture
  of Mr Levens daughter called Olivia.

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• This is the technique and working methods he
  used

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• 1. Paul worked from a photograph and used Acrylic
  paint. First he drew an outline using a brush and
  watery black paint.

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• 2. Then he blocked in her hair using a wide brush
  and the darkest shade first

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• 3. He blocked in the skin tones with a wide brush
  using the darkest colours first (mauve/purple)

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• 4.Then painted the lighter skin tones over the
  top. He added light red highlights over the hair.
  

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• 5. Using a smaller brush he added more detail.

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• 6. The finished painting.