Old Cat got a facelift

I'm not sure if I'm supposed to talk about it, but anyways. A certain TV company asked me if they could use a piece of fanart I did on their blog.
While very flattered, I was also horrified, because the piece is 4 years old and just bad.

So I thought - I've got an evening sort of free, I could fix it. And I tried. And it couldn't be done. So I thought I could repaint it. So I did.

Man, colour is HARD! I just realized I spent a year doing almost nothing but black and white (greyscale to be precise). My colour is definitely stunted. I need to exercise more.

Anyways, here's the old picture (I warn you, it's baaad!)
http://merlkir.deviantart.com/art/Catelyn-Stark-47983434

here's the new one. It's all ArtRage, more squishy thick oils than usual, less washes of thinned paint for some reason.