Huang Chun-Pi was renowned for his treatment of mist and cloud. He once mentioned, "the mist and cloud I depicted are not copied from previous masters. The mist I created have movement, whereas those depicted by previous masters are only sketched by lines. Same with the clouds I have drawn." As Guo Xi once mentioned in his painting, "Water is the veins of a mountain, plants are its hair, mist gives a mountain its colour. From this logic, water is essential to a mountain’s survival, plants make the mountain look beautiful, whereas mist enhances its beauty." Clouds and mists are the crucial elements in Chinese landscape ink paintings. Early depiction of these elements rely heavily on outlines and sketches. From the Late Ming to Early Qing dynasty, four monks started using the depiction of colour, thus enabled the depiction of movement in clouds. Having been trained through copying old masters, Huang was able to gather the best of ancient ink masters and applied to the paintings according to personal experience, thus achieved Huang’s unique representation from his observation. This painted stated, Huang was 68 years old when he painted this work. From a bird’s eye view, Huang was able to represent spatial depth through height, depth and horizontal distance. From this work, mountainous relief amongst the heavy mist was depicted. A river meanders at the bottom right of the panel towards the center, carving deep into the valley. Mists defined the painting into two parts across the mountain. This clever treatment of mists not only provides a clear structure, it also enhances spatial depiction in the painting. To further heightens the humidity of the area, rocks and plants were depicted using different kinds of brushstrokes including fupizhou and zhizhou. Saturated ink was used in the foreground, lighter ink in the middle ground and the lightest ink was used for distant mountains, enhancing the layering of mountains. Clouds and mists were arranged at the bottom of the valley, depicted as uncoloured area. Using light ink to highlight the layering of clouds, creating movement of heavy mists. With careful structuring and skilled brushstrokes, Huang created this masterpiece of misty mountains.