When Au was first doing animal paintings, he would go to the zoo and sit in the same place all day, or even go several days in a row to capture all the moods and postural nuances of, say, a tiger.
原來歐豪年為了畫動物，可以跑到動物園同一個點上坐一天，連去好多次，觀察老虎的各種姿態，他的功力就是這樣一筆一畫的練就。