Unsatisfied with the narrowness of that approach, he soon sought to establish a firm foundation in traditional drawing while testing his creativity with new themes.
他初期學的是惲派的工筆花鳥白描法，未久，因無法滿足老師依樣畫葫蘆的教學方式，而常常自己尋找新題材練習，嘗試創作，奠定了其傳統繪畫的穩固根基。