Song Youxin was born in Don gping of Shandong Province. In his childhood, hewas fond of the arts of calligraphy and tradi-tional Chinese painting, and was lucky enoughto get the chance to learn from great mastersof traditional Chinese painting, and to learn theskills required for painting flowers and birds.To day, th e man y p ain tin g s b y So n gYouxin are regarded by connoisseurs as hav-ing unique and profound moral dimensions. Heis good at painting mountains, waters, flowersand birds, and has formed his own special style.His works have a grand momentum, which dis-play both the traditional skills of painting, aswell as more modern elements. Integrating thegrandeur of mountains and waters in northernChina with scenic landscapes from the south,his painting s display the art style of modernpain ting s as well. His land scap es, th ou ghsimple in pattern, are fastidious about the mix-ture of colors, which, in changing from thin tobrown, sometimes produce unexpected effects. In his childhood, he was fond of the arts of calligraphy and tradi-tional Chinese painting, and was lucky enoughto get the chance to learn from great mastersof traditional Chinese painting, and to learn theskills required for painting flowers and birds.To day, th e man yp ain tin gsby So n gYouxin are considered by connoisseurs as hav-ing unique and profound moral dimensions. Heis good at painting mountains, waters, flowers and birds, and has formed his own special style.His works have a grand momentum, which dis-play both the traditional skills of painting, aswell as more modern elements. Integrating thegrandeur of mountains and waters in northernChina with scenic landscapes from the south, his painting s display the art style of modernpain ting s as well. His land scap es, th ou ghsimple in pattern, are fastidious about the mix-ture of colors, which, in changing from thin tobrown, sometimes produce unexpected effects.