Matt Andrews

Sketch showing a Honda Beat, Toyota Supra, some dumplings from lunch, and a Nissan GTR in ink/watercolor

Collaged photos of the sketchbooks from Urban Sketchers Greenville, SC

Japanese car show sketches with our local @urbansketchers.bsky.social chapter in Greenville, SC. It was a great turnout, and a very interesting venue.
#urbansketching #carshow #art

Thanks for the recommendations!

Photo of a sketch held in front of the scene: a snaking alley path lined with brick walls that provide space for planted trees and hydrangeas.

The last of my travel sketches from WNC. This interesting alley between buildings in Canton was a nice place to sit and do a bit of plein air painting.
#urbansketching #pleinair #art

Close-up painting of a stream surrounded by vegetation

Little study of the creek on the property where we stayed in Waynesville, NC.
Ink, watercolor, and white gel pen.
#art #pleinair #nature

Close up of the sketch showing a Jeep Wrangler at the Order Here Kiosk at a Starbucks Drive Thru

Photo of the sketch with subject in the background. A Chevrolet Tahoe occupies the space where the fleeting Jeep once was.

#uskpromptsjuly2025 07.28 "Discussion"
Definitely a challenge to try to capture someone at a #drivethru, but luckily there were like 4 Jeep Wranglers that showed up during the sketch.
#urbansketching #art #jeep

Photo of the watercolor painting and actual subject in view: rocks in a stream with golden sunlight casting a diagonal cool/warm partition across the image.

A water/light study in watercolor at a coffee shop at the edge of a creek.
#urbansketching #pleinair #water

‪Travel sketches of food and stuff around Waynesville and Canton, NC

#watercolor #urbansketching #pleinair

Study of sunlight beyond a building with market tents very loosley and impressionistically drawn in the background.

A man works a deep fryer to make donuts in a pop up stall. The sketch style utilizes the water-soluble maroon ink to create transparent shades across the figure.

A couple other sketches from yesterday's #usk sketch meet at the #farmersmarket #urbansketching #pleinair

#uskpromptsjuly2025 07.12 A "Bottle" next to a plein air painter at the farmer's market.
#urbansketching #drawing #art #market

A semi-trailer truck is stuck on a railroad crossing behind the signage saying exactly what will happen if one drives a large trailer over the tracks. A compact track loader attempts to free the large vehicle.

#uskpromptsjuly2025 07.11 "Print" the warning on a sign to prevent stuck trucks.

This one was not sketched from life, but I got to witness this scene, snap a few photos, then draw it today.

#urbansketching #drawing #art #train #tractortrailer

#uskpromptsjuly2025 07.10 A "Heavy" Locomotive
#urbansketching #drawing #art #train

#uskpromptsjuly2025 07.09 "Empty"

A tunnel outside of a restaurant, empty on a Wednesday morning, but a perfectly comfortable place to stop and sketch.

#urbansketching #drawing #art

#uskpromptsjuly2025 07.08 "Water"

Sketch of a stone water feature in town

#urbansketching #drawing #art

#uskpromptsjuly2025 07.07 "Line Up"

I forgot to move my inks back into my bike bag this morning, so all I had on hand was a ballpoint pen for this one.

#urbansketching #drawing #art

#uskjulyprompts2025 07.03 “Broken”

This abandoned piece of a train lines The Doodle Trail, once a railway, now a walking/biking path in Easley, SC.

#urbansketching #train #art #pleinair

#uskjulyprompts2025 07.02 "Garage"

Biked over to a local Volkswagen auto shop to start the day with a sketch.

#drawing #ink #urbansketching #usk

Depiction of a gas station called "Hot Spot" using warm colored inks in the gamut of magenta to orange to yellow. Proportions are squashed to fit the page well and angles are illustratively stylized.

#uskjulyprompts2025 07.01 "Warm"

#urbansketching #art #inkdrawing

Sketching in a plant parlor
#pleinair #urbansketching #garden

POV you're live painting at a gaming convention and you need to go to the bathroom at some point.

#yakuza #gaming #livepainting

#urbansketching #pleinair quick little ink and watercolor pieces at a nice historical home and garden

YouTube video by Moonlight Artcade Pixels to Pigments: Starfield

Instead of being relevant, it's better to make art videos about video games that are nearly 2 years old. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZy0...

#gaming #illustration #art #video

YouTube video by Matt Andrews Making Plein Air Painting Gear for Travel

A #pleinair festival #camping trip required a bit of custom kit. #diy

Painting Lake Keowee and mountains from a balcony at a multi-million-dollar home: it's a tough job, but somebody has to do it.

#livepainter #pleinair #oilpainting #process #video

#pleinair #oilpainting a water wheel in the Hamilton Rhododendron Gardens, Hiawassee, GA

Classic Car Commission
1956 Austin Healey 100 BN2
Watercolor and ink 9" x 12"
#classiccar #britishcar #customart

Plein Air Newberry done. Drove 90 minutes there, completed two paintings on location, framed both, won third place with this 8"x18" elevated view of the town square, drove home. Good day. #pleinair #uskweek2025 #gouache #art

Urban sketch of the main library in Anderson, SC. Colors are saturated using cyan, magenta, yellow, and keylines with a black fountain pen. The building features Roman columns and a large dome roof.

CMYK ink sketch of where lots of my landscape paintings are hanging right now.
#uskweek2025 #urbansketching #art

3 sketches are on the page. First, people sitting at a table with a view through the window behind them. Next, taps at a bar and upside down wine glasses. Finally, a student's bookbag and a notebook.

I'm going to two juried #pleinair events in the next seven days and trying to post sketches since it's #uskweek2025. Lots of art to make at the moment.

#urbansketching from a rooftop point of view is cool. #ink #drawing #traditionalart

#oilpainting started en #pleinair and finished in studio of a birdhouse bathed in morning light.
#traditionalart #rural