In the ink paintings of flowers and birds by the painter Cai Maoyou, not only stay in the depiction of the aesthetic objects of the main body of flowers and birds, but more is the expression of his own inner soul, consciously re-filtering the objective world into the thoughts and thoughts of his subject himself, and the beauty of the flowers and birds in his pen is more the artist's exposure and externalization of his own thinking. In the first work of "Spring Dance", it shows the release of its unique artistic conception. From its freehand brushwork to the picture management: from simple and simple lines to the thick and dry and wet changes of pen and ink. The painter has developed the skills of pen and ink, with unique artistic characteristics, creating a "literati painting" ink freehand flower and bird painting style that belongs to the painter, tasting the trend of the swaying leaves of the picture, quite experienced, moving the brush, there is a kind of cursive, which can make the viewer move. This work draws on the indulgent and concise painting style of the Southern Song Dynasty, mostly using natural objects full of natural objects, and expressing the fun of spring dance with vigorous and longitudinal and empty pen and ink.
In the painting "Scenery People Unconsciously Have written the Plum in the Back Garden", Xianhe uses a strong brush to paint the contours of the structure with heavy ink, and renders it with light ink, which appears to be solid and full of wings, real and vivid. The background of the branches is mostly written with the center flanker, the light ink hook dot dyes the white plum, the free fly is rough and spicy, the thick is thin, and there is no lack of neatness, the momentum is strong and the painting style has its own temperament, reflecting the unique appearance of the ink flowers and birds he made. However, his ink freehand paintings are not sketchy brushes, do not seek to resemble the accurate shape of the painting, and the generic varieties are arguable, and in his brush shape, he is also sometimes supplemented with a more detailed outline to present the outline.
Flower and bird painting depicts flowers, grasses, insects, fish, birds, animals, etc., as well as the world of various landscapes and forms of nature associated with them. Its main features are to rely on the material to speak the mind, borrow the scenery lyricism, through the depiction of objects, so as to express the painter's spiritual world and true feelings, in order to achieve the artistic realm of scene fusion and material integration. The painter Cai Maoyou's flower and bird paintings are mostly made of ink freehand, and the conciseness of literati paintings corrects the cumbersome and fine forms that appear in previous flower and bird paintings. This painting "Jing Si", its works are colored and elegant, and the posture is quiet. With thick and light ink color to divide the flowers and birds, surrounded by small flowers, the leaves are dragged upwards with fresh water ink, showing their growth trend, and the delicate silk bird claws are outlined with a fine center, which is in stark contrast with the leaf tendons, and the picture space is advanced layer by layer, showing cai's ink flowers and birds with elegant color, warm and clear feeling.