"When painting with ink, one should take advantages of its unique characteristics," Ho Huai-shuo once wrote. The unique elements of Chinese ink painting lie mainly in the vigor and subtle interplay of the brush work.
「既然畫水墨，就要善用水墨的特質」，何懷碩曾為文表示，中國水墨畫的特長在於筆法氣勢融貫、筆墨渾成。