黄永玉送我的这张画，纯用白描。他的画展上引人注目的两个长卷——《湘灵变奏曲》和《苏州拙政园》，也纯用白描。听内行说，白描最能见画家的功力，因此我特别高兴。我于画艺绝对外行，故不能评画，更不要说评判画家的功力了。然读黄永玉题画有云：“余画鹭荷，不过借彼写诸? Huang Yongyu sent me this picture, with pure white sketch. Two striking volumes of his paintings, “Xiang Ling Variations” and “Suzhou Humble Administrator’s Garden,” are also purely white sketches. Listening to the expert said that I am particularly happy to see the artist’s skill in white drawing. I am absolutely amateur in art, so I can not comment on paintings, let alone to judge the painter’s skill. However, reading Huangyong Yu’s paintings: "I painted Heron, but by his writing?