Is the traditional landscape meticulous or freehand?

Of course, traditional landscapes are both meticulous and freehand.

Beginners should not draw big scenes from the beginning, but should start from an early age, first draw stones, then draw trees, and then learn more about the painting style of the ancients. When they are more mature, they should start drawing some detailed colors.

After that, I went out to write sketches, and began to create after I had the scenery in my heart.

The ancients always copied the works of their predecessors until they were forty or fifty years old, then went out to sixty, went home to paint something, and then went to see the Buddha. . . Generally speaking, the ancients in China were all like this.