In the Funhouse

Ooo-boy, I am slooooow today.  Top pic is my 20-min. effort. Wow--how did I get so little of it down?  So I have to revise my game plan on these things and get really sloppy and work like a house-a-fire.

My dad took the source photo--a slide--it's from about 30 or 40 years ago.  An old family friend.  The image is so fun, and elicits such fond memories of the man, and I wanted to keep working with it, so I started on a fresh bit of paper (heavier grade; less warping).  This second image clocked in at a little over two hours.  Umm.  Oh I dunno.

Just one of those days, I guess.  I'm thinking I might take one more run at it... abstract it a whole bunch.  Wreak havoc with it.  Hm.  Pondering.....