Qi Baishi Chickens Out of Cage Drawing Axis

[Qi Baishi Chickens Out of Cage Painting Axis]

“Chickens Out of Cage Painting” axis, modern times, Qi Baishi painting, paper version, ink brush, 67.2 cm in vertical direction, 32 cm in horizontal direction
The self title of this painting is “Three Hundred Stone Seal Millionaire White Stone Old Man Likes to Draw and Open the Cage”, with the seal of “Qi Da” Zhu Fang
The picture depicts a bamboo cage with 5 chickens emerging from the cage. The depiction of the bamboo cage is casual and straightforward, using a rough brush that absorbs the momentum of calligraphy to build a straight framework of the bamboo cage, and using the intensity of the ink to express the three-dimensional feeling of the bamboo cage. The gate of the bamboo cage has been opened, and five chickens are pecking and playing outside the cage. Render the shape of a chicken in moist light ink, and slightly point out its head and wings in thick ink. Although it is freehand brushwork, its form is lifelike. With only a few strokes, it reveals the charming simplicity and exquisite taste of the chicken
The overall composition of the painting is refined, and the strokes are old-fashioned and simple, yet full of childlike innocence. In the simplicity, it can be seen that the painter has a profound skill in freehand bird painting.