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I've been experimenting with airbrushing on velvet and here's what I've come up with. This is a Tasman Ladybird and the first of a series I am doing of birds and bugs for an exhibition at the Delux Cafe, Kent Tce, Wellington in December. Who said painting on velvet had to be big breasted women or matadors?