by Toni Watts | Jul 8, 2018 | Blog
Nobody is absolutely sure when Cennino Cennini wrote Il Libro dell’Arte, although a date in the early fifteenth century is thought to be a reasonable assumption for the creation of this important treatise. Neither are we sure quite why he wrote it. Lara Broecke,...
by Toni Watts | Apr 8, 2016 | Blog, Recent Work
It’s been a while since I posted new work here – not because there isn’t any new work but because there is so much work to be done that I haven’t got around to writing about it! I thought I would show you a couple of pieces which show the...
by Toni Watts | Feb 7, 2016 | Blog, Workshops and demonstrations
My March workshop at the Heritage Skills Centre, Lincoln Castle, booked up so quickly that several new dates have been added – and several new workshops. New Manuscript Illumination Course Dates. I will be running my...
by Toni Watts | Mar 28, 2015 | Recent Work
Here’s my latest illuminated page, a contemporary one this time. This lady was a life-drawing model at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam when we were lucky enough to visit last year. I thought at the time that she would make the perfect subject for a painting –...
by Toni Watts | Dec 31, 2014 | Blog
The perils of old age… It’s hard to believe that we are on the verge of a new year already. The latter stages of 2014 were fairly grim. My father (87 years old) fell and sustained a ‘life and limb threatening’ fracture of his thigh bone. He was...
