Watercolor test, and score is fail.

I went out bought some watercolor pencils, having never used them before and amazed at the results this 8 year old art prodigy got (she is one of my son's dearest friends), and I wanted to give it a try.

This was my first try, and it does not show the time and effort I put in to layer and craft the colors. To me, it looks like I could have gotten the same end result if I just randomly splashed the brush around because that is what it looks like I did (I did not...at first).

Even my signature is ticking my off right now.