The way to ruin a cool background

So, Liam and I were painting together. I took him through all the same steps as me because I thought it would be fun and it TOTALLY was, but they came out amazingly different!

Here is how mine started:

And his:

And here is how mine ended:

And his:

His came out SO MUCH BETTER than mine!! I can't even BELIEVE how much better his is. I'm jealous of my six-year-old's painting, how silly is that?? I loved mine until I added the figure, that's where it all went wrong. His is adorable!