Li learned from Ch'i Pai-shih how to make a seemingly simple painting of a very straightforward subject take on greater meaning via the addition of an inscription--for instance, Li's painting of five frogs within the Chinese character for a water well (which looks like a tic-tac-toe board).
在書法方面，李轂摩認為，臨帖學的是書法家用筆的方法，而不是字形。因此，只要整體給人美的感覺的字體，他都願意嘗試。李轂摩的書法，龍飛鳳舞，別具一格。與其說是「寫」，不如說是「畫」來得恰當。