For all those that have been following my Twitter you will have seen some of my updates and pictures of Frank as he progressed from original blank white elephant to his finished glory. Over the three weeks that I spent in the Elephant & Castle Shopping centre painting, spraying and sticking stuff to him I kept a photo/video diary which you can view in it’s entirety below - it’s 7minutes long so stick with it but 3 weeks is a long time to fit into a tiny video:

After 3 weeks of intense painting I am very pleased to announce that my elephant - Frank, which I have been painting for the Elephant Parade London is now finished. He will be hitting the streets of the capital in early May.

Things are going well with the Elephant Parade and I start painting the full size beast on Monday 1st March in the elephant and castle shopping centre. You can keep up to date with all my progress and insight into the world of elephant painting on twitter @leinzart. I will be posting photos of the project from the start to the very end - so either pop along to the shopping centre and say hi - or follow me on here and twitter.

I have just found out that my art will be appearing on an elephant in this summers London Elephant Parade. I will be painting the 2m x 1.5m elephant over the next months and will keep you up to date with regular posts on how things are going - should be great fun.

Billed as the capitals largest public art exhibition, Elephant Parade will embrace all that is excellent about London and will highlight every green initiative of the capital’s top businesses.  Decorated by a different artist or celebrity, the brightly painted elephants will help to create a bright new atmosphere in London and beautify each city park, street corner and building they grace. The event has already won the backing of Boris Johnson and the Greater London Authority, prominent artists and well known personalities such as The Duchess of York, Stephen Fry, Joanna Lumley and Michael Palin.