What does Qi Baishi's Begonia Dragonfly mean?

Look at "Lotus Dragonfly". In early autumn, the lotus leaves in the pond turned yellow, the lotus roots grew out, and the red lotus was still there. A light dragonfly rushed into this quiet picture, and this moment was permanently preserved by the old man Baishi. Although the lotus leaf is not green, it has no sense of ruin. On the contrary, this "Qiu Si" has a special interest. That lovely dragonfly stretched and swooped down with two pairs of transparent wings, light and naive. It is impossible for a master to observe such a bug in such a subtle way, but it can be easily shown at the bottom of the pen.

Work and writing, red and black set each other off, the whole picture is vivid and full of vitality.

The whole painting is clumsy, light, thick or thin, accurate in strength, unique in taste and full of stone spirit; The ink is rich in color, alternating with shades, real and virtual, rich in layers, and black and red set each other off. The lotus is painted with vermilion and rubbed lightly to draw the crystal clear texture of the lotus. In terms of composition, the safflower sticks out from the "green leaves", and when it just blooms, a lotus petal falls and is scattered. The upside-down top is covered with a comfortable lotus, sketched with a virtual pen, stained with light ink, and lined with two pointed lotus flowers in the distance, alternating with reality. The lower part of the giant leaf is hidden in the red lotus and painted with a thick piece of surface. The ink color is rich and distinct, and the virtual and the real are born together. The lotus pole is drawn from the bottom left of the painting, and a huge lotus leaf on the right counteracts it, like an open one.

Green umbrella and lotus leaf break out of the picture, leaving only two-thirds of the lotus leaf in the picture, giving people the feeling that there is a huge lotus pond in front of them. Several poles vary in thickness and length, cross each other, and occasionally show sharp loads, giving people a real situation. The whole picture is full of red flowers and ink leaves, full of vitality; Lotus leaves are in order and dragonflies dance. Buds bloom among lotus leaves in the field, and there is a feeling of "a little red in the green". The dragonfly on the left is the finishing touch. Qi Baishi once said: "Every remaining painting is both a bug and a bird, and flowers and plants naturally have works to make them angry. Draw an ordinary flower, but you can't draw a lotus.