June and more birds.

June. The last 5 month feels like they have been just one!  I am glad that the summer heat (read: sauna outside) hasn't arrived yet, and I hope it stays this way until I fly home to Finland...

I was so excited about my new backgrounds, that I have not gotten any of my older paintings finished.  I have been painting on these new ones instead. They have all gotten the first 'blocking in' of the birds, and now I will have to adjust some of the backgrounds before I go on.

Saker falcon and a pair of Common Blackbirds.

Two Barn owls and a Red-crested Cardinal. The red will come in the next layer!