What a difference a day makes...

So we've made it to 2016! All the wonders and woes of 2015 are officially behind us and it's a brand new year ahead of us.

What better way to start than by wishing you all a happy new year!

You may have noticed I've also started the year with a new Facebook page header:

We went to Banham Zoo back in October to visit the Boyf's sponsored snow leopard, and I came away in love with the two cheetahs in the neighbouring enclosure. They are gorgeous and have such cheeky personalities, I think they'll be next on the sponsor list!

For Christmas this year I scaled up two of my Gran's photos as 50cm canvases for my Mum. My favourite is the photo of my grandparents shelling peas in the garden. They would have been in their late teens/early twenties and it's one of the only ones where they've been caught unaware, rather than posing for the camera!

As I'd been looking at this photo so much over the last few weeks, I couldn't help but try my own version.

Seeing these side by side, it's easier to spot what I still need to improve on, but it's definitely a step in the right direction!

This week I treated myself to a couple of late Christmas presents in the shape of a couple of art books. I had done a little illustration before nipping to the shops, and after reading the books that evening, I wanted to try again the next day.

Hopefully, it's obvious that the before is on the left and the after is on the right! The improvement was, in part, what inspired the title of the post, as I was humming the song to myself as I painted on the second day, pleased with the change in just 24 little hours!

So I hope this is a sign of the year to come, filled with improvement and of course, bubbles!

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