Pan Tianshou is good at freehand brushwork of flowers and birds, landscapes, figures and finger painting. All forms of calligraphy are ok, especially long calligraphy. The seal cutting technique is strange and dangerous, with sharp knife method and unique face. His painting benefits from his calligraphy. He studied Zhong and Yan in his early years, and later learned the essence of Wei and Jin inscriptions and ancient seals. He can also write poems and has a good seal.
I usually paint, write poems, inscribe and print. I am very serious and particular, and I am never careless. He is also proficient in painting history and painting theory, and has written History of Painting in China, Gu Kaizhi, Listening to Poetry in Tian Ge Pavilion and Talking about Silk Screen Printing. Also collected "Listening to Tian Ge's Painting Essays" and so on. This holistic cultivation makes him look vigorous and beautiful in painting, whether it is Zhang Yu's masterpiece or the whole sketch. This work is written in ink and wash, with strong ink color, rich dry and wet shades and elegant style.
Pen and ink skills
Western Europe and the East have different regions, different races and colors, different lifestyles, temperaments and customs. Westerners say that there is no ink color in nature, but Chinese paintings use ink color to express objects, and ancient painted pottery in China is expressed by ink color. Wu Changshuo often painted peonies with ink and red, giving full play to the effectiveness of ink, which made the color change very complicated and the contrast was strong, reaching the incisive level.