Since ancient times, artistic creation is closely related to real life. Without the prototype or phenomenon of life, there is no source and inspiration of artistic creation, that is to say, all the little things or things that happen in life are the providers and prototypes of artistic materials.

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I remember that when I went to the museum to see Qi Baishi's art exhibition, I was attracted by the lifelike animals and plants painted by Mr. Qi Baishi, and the most important painting of Qi Baishi was shrimp painting. Qi Baishi summed up the extremely simple painting method of shrimp, which made his shrimp painting different from the real shrimp. The eyes of the real shrimp look very small, but he draws the eyes of the shrimp with a thick ink horizontal pen, which is very spiritual; The real shrimp has many legs, so he cut and simplified the complicated part and drew only five, which is more vivid. Therefore, the shrimps he painted not only make people feel that they are full of vitality and swim for food, but also make people realize the vigorous and powerful brushwork and the dark artistic beauty with different shades of wet and dry.

According to long-term observation, the painter turned the shrimp in life into an artistic image, which is inseparable from the characteristics of the object. However, due to the painter's exaggeration and choice, the viewer's lively impression of shrimp is stronger, and its "beauty is similar but different" gives people a feeling of beauty.