Artist Ya Ming (1924-2002) is known for a bold and cursive style. I was not aware that his work also has a lot of spare and sparse compositions, with lots of white space for the soul and contemplation, as seen in the following link.
Ya Ming's mastery of white space.
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Fi2Au8-jTF_RCsw7rLtsPQ
The third painting in the above site is a good exercise for a simple framing of a marsh, with lots of empty spaces, where a recluse is keeping quiet and cool in a boat. It looks simple but requires brushwork sequencing to achieve the layering and density of the marsh grass groves. Also important is the rendering of the grass in a irregular and non-repetitive manner. Note also the flock of birds in the distance.
My version of the picture is as follows:
