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Season 2

340 - Interview with Erwin Lewandowski



This week John interviews artist, Erwin Lewandowski. Erwin creates large-scale waterscapes in colored pencil and has been recognized internationally for his unique work.

He is a two-time recipient of Best in Drawing from the International Guild of Realism, has achieved Signature Status [CPSA and CPX] with the Colored Pencil Society of America, Masters Status [MPSA] with the Pencil Art Society of Canada, and Masters Status with the Coloured Pencil Community in Australasia in Sydney, Australia.

His artwork and articles have been featured in Artist Magazine, Drawing Magazine, Colored Pencil Magazine, American Art Collector, CP Magazine, UK Coloured Pencil News, Colored Pencil Society of America To The Point Magazine, Pencil Art Society News, Australian Coloured Pencil Society News, Public and Commercial Television, and in dozens of market publications.

Listen in as Erv discusses very openly how to be successful in the art world. If your goal is to sell your work and make a living from your craft then you’re in for a real treat.

Erv and John talk in greater length inside the video version of the show inside Members Circle.

Erwin’s Website: erwinplewandowski.com

Erwin’s Facebook page: facebook.com/melewandowski


Materials that Erv uses and recommends

Pencils and pens: Prismacolor Premier, Caran d'Ache Luminance, and Derwent Lightfast.

Fantasia graphite pencils, and Staedtler pigment ink liners

Paper: Strathmore 400 Series Bristol paper

Erasers: Milan 4020 and Tombow MONO



Links and references in the show:

Tanja Gant (Interview with Tanja)

Elizabeth Patterson

Jesse Lane (Interview with Jesse)

CPSA.org



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