在山东师范大学美术系担任副教授的张锡杰是一位勤奋而有成绩的中年画家。他专攻写意花鸟,十多年来,对传统文人画认真钻研,从临摹入手,领会和把握写意花鸟画的真谛。他又十分注意写生,研究客观物象的形态和美。更重要的是,他忠于自己的感受,善于缘物寄情。他笔下的花鸟形神兼备,且富有激情。要画好中国画,需要有扎实的造型基本功。写意离不开形象的塑造。但写意花鸟画的造型基本功不等于素描造型,还需要有笔墨情趣。在这里书法起着很大的作用。以书法入画,是中国画的传统之一。张锡杰的画很讲究书法用笔,画面上的点、线、面以及笔触、笔势、笔意,都包含着书法的美。他在墨和色的运用上,也很有造诣,不仅浓淡干湿 Zhang Xi Jie, an associate professor at the Fine Arts Department of Shandong Normal University, is a diligent and accomplished middle-aged painter. He specializes in freehand flowers and birds. Over the past decade, he has studied the traditional scholarly paintings carefully, starting from the copy and comprehending the true meaning of freehand painting. He also paid great attention to sketching and studying the form and beauty of objective objects. More importantly, he is loyal to his feelings, good at fate and love. The flowers and birds in his works are both passionate and passionate. To draw a good Chinese painting, you need a solid modeling skills. Freehand is inseparable from the image of the shape. However, the basic skills of freehand flower and bird painting does not mean that the sketch shape, but also need to have fun. Calligraphy plays a big role here. Calligraphy into the painting, is one of the traditional Chinese painting. Zhang Xi-jie’s painting is very particular about the calligraphy pen, the picture of the point, line, surface and brushwork, gestures, pen meaning, contains the beauty of calligraphy. His use of ink and color is also very accomplished, not only shades of wet and dry