Creating an Elephant
	Nursery, expanded, before painting
	New wall in nursery
	New wall in spare room
	Paint pile
	Getting ready for painting
	White base
	Blue sky and green grass
	Blue!
	Pencil outline
	Starting the monster (outline)
	And filling it in
	And starting the elephant
	Blob
	Monster green, with metallic base coat arms, antennae stalks and feet and magnet attractive purple (iron filings) hands and antennae blobs
	And some eyes
	Elephant whites
	Monster magnet spots and metallic arms etc
	Elephant and mouse dark greys
	Monster hand close up - when wet this paint is gloriously purple
	But rather greyer when dry. Looks fine for spots, but isn't quite the look I want for the hands.
	Elephant finished
	With mouse on head (and gloss on tusk)
	And closer on the rear end
	Mouse on side wall
	Mouse on head
	Completed monster
	I did the hand in turquoise - watch out, this monster may turn the light off on you while you aren't looking! Also, spot the magnet.
	Spots (and hands and antennae blobs) to which lightweight good magnets can stick - can you see one?
	Eyes! (Not /quite/ finished - watch this space)
	Ganesh's friend.
	Eyes in the dark! Shame the middle (yellow) one didn't come out too - but it's a slightly cheaper paint and doesn't glow as long. The blue fades before the green, too, so they go out one by one.