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Title: Paul%20Kennedy%20Artist%20Born%201981%20-%20Present


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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.
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