The school's three co-founders all started out with a solid grounding in ink-wash painting, spent time studying in Japan, and mastered the Western art techniques of sketching, life painting, shading, palette and perspective.
創派三位大師都是先學水墨，扎下深厚的功底後再負笈東瀛學畫，對西畫素描、寫生、光影、色調、透視等技法充分掌握後而得。