Yang stresses that, in terms of technique, ecological painting isn't very different from doing still lifes. In fact, the biggest difference is one of attitude. "In the past, painting was purely art. It didn't matter whether I painted one leaf more or one less.
楊恩生強調，生態繪畫和一般靜物畫在技法上沒有太大差異，不同的是心態，「以前作畫是純藝術，葉子多一片少一片無所謂，但生態繪畫不同，必須把『尊重自然』放在第一位。」