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Pet Portrait Series: Moody Dog

🐾 Capture the soul of a pup—with big brushstrokes and bold heart. In this 2.5-hour demo, Kai Lun Qu teaches you how to paint a “moody dog” with expressive brushwork, strong values, and painterly freedom. 

You’ll learn how to:
🎨 Use simplified shapes and decisive mark-making to create fur, mood, and form.
🖤 Build strong value structure so the dog’s form reads clearly—even in dramatic lighting.
🌪️ Translate personality and attitude into painterly gestures—not just detail.
🧠 Work alla prima (wet-into-wet) with confidence, making choices that serve the character and composition.

Ideal for artists who want to explore animal portraiture, loosen up their stroke, and bring more life & presence into their work. Runtime: 2.5+ hours

  • Kai Lun Qu

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  • Fundamental

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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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