The studio

As the weather warms up, it’s the perfect opportunity to get outdoors and paint on location. Painting en plein air, which translates from the French to in the open air, is a romantic notion, but if yo

Whether you need a permanent set-up for working from home, or are designing a room to spend time in crafting and enjoying hobbies, plan a space that will simultaneously aid concentration and spark creativity

For her final column, Willow Kemp discusses the power of murals to weave storytelling into a room

Clutter-free grandeur How the artist changed her untidy ways to create a stately studio workspace

Every artist I can think of has their own style, even though they may not recognise it themselves. If we have been around the local art scene for several years, then artists’ work is often very recogn

OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS, ELLE HAS CELEBRATED CREATIVITY OF ALL KINDS. HERE, A RANGE OF TODAY’S LEADING ARTISTS, WRITERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS AND DIRECTORS SHARE THE RITUALS, ROUTINES AND REALITIES BEHIND THEIR GREATEST WORKS, FROM MIND-BLOWING EXCEL SHEETS TO THE MAGIC OF THE DARK ROOM