David, do you find him an easy subject to paint? Each time I paint Bukowski, I struggle with his mouth. I find him difficult to capture. And yourself?
Black Swan: I find his mouth and nose easy to draw. What is difficult for me are his eyes. They are often narrowed to slits, in deep shadow, hard to even make out, but somehow, still expressive. How that works, I don't understand. I spend a half hour on the drawing of the eyes, then a couple minutes doing the rest: mouth, nose, hair, cheeks, beard, ears, etc. His mouth is a few quick lines for me. Odd that it is the hard part for you.