Appreciation | Qi Baishi's "Flower Book of Fading Mud Claws": Emptying and Washing

"Flower Album of Fading Mud Claws" is a work created by Qi Baishi in 1945, and qi Baishi's most admired people in his life are Qingteng and Bada, and the origin can be seen from this set of albums.

In the picture of "Flower Book of Fading Mud Claws", Qi Baishi incorporated daily scenes into his pen and created a large-scale freehand flower and bird painting sketch. Orchids, ink chrysanthemums, vines, bamboo shoots, lotus kingfishers... Under Qi Baishi's pen, they have obtained a fresh artistic life, giving people a fresh and clear feeling. It can be seen that Qi Baishi grasps the picture and controls the pen and ink very accurately and in place, and the pen and ink also shows the characteristics of clean and smooth, simple and plump, especially its more water, which adds to the mood of moisturizing, emptying and washing the picture, giving people a fresh and bright feeling.