Huang Chun-Pi was renowned for his waterfall and clouds subjects. Waterfall and mist scenery created through the "12 ways to portray mists and clouds", invented by Huang, is familiar to the modern viewers. However, apart from waterfall paintings, there is a certain number of paintings derived from ancient scrolls. This particular style of paintings spread throughout his career. This painting, made by the 75-year-old artist, is a typical example.

A shore with high-rise trees is placed at the lower right foreground. A river meanders at the center, dividing the hills on the sides, creating depth in the painting. A distant mountain rises and a waterfall pouring down from above, forming clouds and mists that lead to the village below. The tone of the whole painting is in light green with slight dots of ochre-red for the leaves, representing an autumn scene. An old scholar with a walking crane was strolling towards the valley in a serene complexion. An inscription describes an autumn scene that is free to stroll around. The theme of a scholar holding a crane, a vertical structure of objects, light ink and colours and an elongated structure could be traced back to The Wu School of Suzhou and Wen Zheng-Ming in the Ming dynasty. Huang Chun-Pi believed that one has to learn paintings through imitating old masters. This work is an evidence of his conviction which lasts through till his old age.

A scholar with a crane is a common theme of Huang Chun-Pi. A famous example would be Scholar Strolling in the Woods, after Wang Meng in 1955. This work is a celebration of the reunion with Zhang Da-Qian and Pu Hsin-Yu in Tokyo, Japan. The painting was inscribed by the three artists as a remark of their friendship. This painting has no intended receiver and is inscribed with a poem, which hints that the painting may be kept by Huang Chun-Pi as one drawn at leisure. This further extends to a depiction of his psychological state of a calm character in an autumn scene of his own secluded world.