Huang Shen's poetry, calligraphy and painting are called "Three Musts". He came to Yangzhou three times, stayed for a long time, and made close friends with Li (Shan). He is one of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou".
Zheng Banqiao presented a poem saying, "I hope that the ancient temple will break the moss mark, and I am used to writing about the roots of chaos in the wilderness, painting until the spirit floats away, but there is no truth but a true soul."
Huang Shen is also a poetic artist. His poetry is as pure as stone, and the smoke is extraordinary, and there is a book handed down from generation to generation, Jiaohu Poetry Money. Huang Shen studied under Shangguan Zhou in his early years, and his work was meticulous. After Huang, Ni Zan and middle age, the grandfather of Shanshui learned Xu Wei's brushwork and became freehand brushwork, cursive script and cursive script, and tried to indulge in brushwork posture with crazy cursive calligraphy. The weather is magnificent, and it goes deep into the ancient law, but some people suffer from stroke and rhyme.
Huang Shen is one of the representatives of Yangzhou School of Painting. Good at figure painting, steady and neat with a pen. When I first arrived in Yangzhou, someone who knew how to paint seemed to convince him with paintings: "The ancients painted many meticulous figures, and people were used to it. How can I get ahead if I go on like this? " Might as well take the road of freehand brushwork figures. "Huang Shen hearing this, although feel uncomfortable, but he felt reasonable. He immediately returned to his hometown, practiced hard in freehand brushwork for three years, and made great progress consciously, so he went to Yangzhou the next day. Indeed, his paintings are highly appreciated. After a while, someone said, "Your painting is freehand, but the font on your painting is still too straight, and the words and paintings don't match." He got it and went back to the cursive script that he had practiced in Minnan for three years. When he took Calligraphy and Painting III to Yangzhou, the name of the painting had greatly increased. Once a scholar came to buy his paintings. After reading it, he said: "The characters are bold and exaggerated, and the inscription style is vivid and powerful. There seems to be only the year number on the painting, but no poetry articles. "Huang Shen is not the kui is an open-minded person. He returned to his hometown and studied poetry for three years. After four years in Yangzhou, it has been "poetry and painting".
As a painter, Huang Shen's influence on later generations ―― Min Zhen in Qing Dynasty, Su in Guangdong, Li Xia in Fujian and Li Chucai in southern Liaoning all studied under Huang Shen. Qi Baishi also likes Huang Shen very much ―― I took a look at "Huang Ying Piao Hua Ji" in Huang Shen's place, only to know that I am still too much alike, and there is no detached interest. Decided to change from now on. Don't listen if people want to scold; I don't like being praised. ""There were more than a hundred painters in the dynasty, except for gourd ladle, green vine and big polyester, all of them were similar. If I cherish my talent, I can't learn from it. "