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Side Profile Man Beard Hair Charcoal Portrait Drawing by Kai Lun Qu

Side Profile Charcoal Features

🧔‍♂️ Bold shapes, bold beard—master value in side profile. In this 1+ hour charcoal portrait demo, Kai Lun Qu walks you through the dramatic side profile of a subject with a striking red beard—perfect for exploring edgework, value, and form.

You’ll learn how to:
🎨 Build depth using confident charcoal value structures
✏️ Emphasize key features with intentional edge control
🧠 Think critically about what to highlight—and what to simplify
📐 Turn form in profile to create a strong, dimensional read

A great exercise in dramatic lighting, facial structure, and the art of omission.
🕒 Runtime: 1+ hour
🔒 Available exclusively to Pro Artists Club members

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Meet your instructor

Kai Lun Qu

Kai Lun Qu is know for his alla prima paintings filled with expression and painterly strokes that evoke deep emotions. His unique blend of traditional style with a contemporary twist is a result of two extremes: a formal training in China’s most prestigious art academy, China Central Academy of Fine Arts and intense studies with renown contemporary painters like Daniel Keys, Tim Rees and Michelle Dunaway in the United States. 
In 2018, He was featured in Southwest Art Magazine, 21 under 31: Young Artists to Watch. 

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