In the masterpiece pao yi (embracing one), Grace Tung writes down a passage in small characters as a foil to allow two large characters to stand out conspicuously, and to prevent the canvas from being empty and void of meaning.
通常在揮筆之前，她都先打好草圖，將字體與筆法構思好，預先安排好構圖位置，覺得滿意了，胸有成竹才落筆。有時候一次就寫成了。