Did a little playing about with a Hals painting, trying to get it into my current 'style.' I used a grid and sketched by hand then did the usual painting. I think that I let myself use too many colors and don't think this is totally successful. I don't hate it but I don't think it's as good as others done in this manner. Might be that it's better suited to current portraits and not so much as adapting paintings because there's often so much in the brushstrokes and way in which paint is used. This flat method has its own charms, it's just not the answer to everything. I'll likely keep picking at this, like a persistent scab until I feel I got something I actually like. For now, this is it.