Late in life, Li was invited by the Ministry of Education to take on apprentices in the traditional fashion to pass on his art. Huang Kuosu, a woodcarver who began to establish a reputation in recent years, has become one of his most accomplished disciples.
李松林晚年受教育部邀請，以傳統學徒制傳授藝生，近年嶄露頭角的木雕家黃國書，正是他的得意門生之一。