I bought new watercolor paper yesterday, and this time I didn't buy the cheapest stuff there. It was the paper that was the problem I was having, not the paint itself or how I was painting. I also, finally, bought white and black watercolor paint to practice mixing. Most of the paint in this image was mixed, except for some of the blue sky. The colors turned out very realistic and not all saturated like how most of my paints are. I like watercolor painting again now that I have the right materials for it.