Qi Bai Shi de Xia

Qi Baishi's shrimp picture embodies a high degree of pen and ink skills, which not only shows the unique performance of ink painting and rice paper, but also vividly shows the texture of shrimp, and is one of the most realistic objects in Baishi's works. Qi Baishi once said helplessly: "At seventy-eight, people say that they can only draw shrimps. What a pity! It is true that Qi Baishi can only draw shrimps, which is as ridiculous as Xu Beihong's drawing horses and Huangzhou's drawing donkeys, but on the other hand, it also reflects that Qi Baishi's shrimp painting is really good and everyone loves it.

Qi Baishi's shrimp painting can be said to be a must in the painting world, which is vivid, vivid and full of charm. He used light ink to draw a body with infiltration color, and the shrimp body was crystal clear. Take the vertical point of rough ink as the eye, write horizontally as the brain, drop ink into gold, and use a pen to convey the spirit. The meticulous brushwork on the beard, claw and big claw combines rigidity with softness, concise and vivid, which shows the painter's superb calligraphy skills. The painter writes shrimp from life, but it goes beyond life, boldly generalizes and simplifies it, and is more vivid.