Bill Inman - Artist Of The Week - October 9, 2018

Bill Inman is an oil painting artist. He grew up in places like California, Montana, and Alaska, but calls Muncie, Indiana home now. 

His subjects lean toward nature, mostly plants and landscapes. His paintings are punched up with bright colors in natural surroundings. 

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Inman is also a teacher with plenty of videos on YouTube. His style starts very loose and as the painting develops the brush strokes become more and more controlled until the picture he's painting comes into focus. It's kind of like looking through a camera, and the lens starts focusing more and more. ​

​His laid-back teaching style suits me. I enjoy watching him develop paintings. You can pick up an awful lot just by watching somebody.  

Bill says, "it's not about learning how to draw a line correctly, it's about learning how to see shapes."  From that perspective, the seeing is more important than the drawing. 

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Here's a video that kind of illustrates his style of painting. It's only about four minutes.  Some of his videos go in-depth and last much longer. This one is a good overview. You can get a good feeling of his style from it. 

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You can discover Bill's art many places on the internet, including the following:

Website           YouTube          Facebook 
Patreon          Pinterest         Instagram 

Bill also sells his art classes at www.masteroilpainting.com/