You might remember the meaning of the character 浪 with this easy mnemonic:
His drawing technique is very interesting. For example, he drew this wave by splashing droplets (氵) of blue paint and dotting (丶) the top of the wave with white spots. Nothing is stopping (艮) his creativity now!
Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.