Matthew Brehm

Brush Moves Water, Water Moves Pigment

Matthew Brehm is a Professor of Architecture at the University of Idaho, and has been a correspondent for Urban Sketchers since May 2009. He received degrees in architecture from the University of Notre Dame and the University of Oregon, and has been teaching architectural design with an emphasis on freehand sketching since 2000. Each year since 2007, he has led a 2- to 3-month architecture program in Rome, Italy, with one of the courses being entirely focused on sketching on location. He has been a workshop instructor at six Urban Sketchers International Symposia, in Portland, Lisbon, Barcelona, Paraty, Singapore and Porto, and was one of the founding members on the non-profit organization’s board of directors. 

Matt’s sketches have received several awards at the Design Communication Association’s Biannual Juried Drawing Exhibit and he has received three Awards of Excellence for his observational drawings from the American Society of Architectural Illustrators. Matt is also the author/illustrator of three books on drawing techniques: “Sketching on Location,” “Drawing Perspective: How to See It and How to Apply It,” and “Draw Cities and Buildings in 15 Minutes.” Though he was born in Texas and now lives in Idaho, Matt spent his childhood years in Palatine and thinks of Chicago as his hometown.

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