《荷花蜻蜓圖》是一幅工筆畫。畫的是荷塘局部景色，筆下的荷花形神俱备，笔墨清新淡雅。而且荷花的細節處理得十分利落，勾勒精确，因此畫面令人覺得乾淨細緻。荷葉紋理清晰，仿佛如真。
構圖上，畫家把白荷放在畫的中心，其中一朵更在幾片鋪展開的碩大荷葉後探出，展現荷花柔美的一面。荷葉以石青加赭色渲染，展現盛夏荷塘實況。正是不完美的荷葉才能襯托荷花的美與脆弱，完美呼應畫中的題詩跋文。展現荷花驕柔的一面。
In Lotus and Dragonfly, the artist depicted parts of a scene of lotus pond in the meticulous gongbi style. The image of lotus presented in the painting is the embodiment of realistic representation as well as artistic expression. The ink painting is rendered with fine and delicate brushwork. For instance, the intricacies of lotus flowers are distinctly presented with meticulous details and the contours are carefully delineated, offering a refined composition. In addition, with the veins on the leaves distinctly illustrated, the lotus leaves look lifelike.
In the composition, the white lotus placed at the centre of the picture is jutting out from several flat and large leaves, with its soft and attractive qualities highlighted. In addition, with the lotus leaves rendered with dark-green and burnt sienna washes, the painting offers a realistic representation of the lotus pond in mid-summer. The lotus flower which stands out against the imperfect lotus leaves is endowed with a distinctive sense of beauty and vulnerdability, resonating with the postscript of the painting.