Watercolor - Boy with Donkey

I like parts of this, but the composition doesn't work. The background in the photo was so busy and I started out just blocking in shapes, but it got so confusing that I scrubbed them out and just blurred it. The guy behind the donkey - his hat showed up above the ears of the donkey, but when I put it in, it looked like the donkey was wearing a hat! So scrubbed that out too. Frustrated....