Here's a re-presentation of an old pencil sketch from 1980, which I drew standing up whilst looking down at the subject - who, incidentally, was reading my then-brand-new copy of HOW To DRAW COMICS The MARVEL WAY*. (Which I got autographed by STAN LEE 11 years later.) However, lazy me couldn't be bothered drawing the cover, so I blacked it out to avoid having to include any unnecessary detail. And even though I say so myself, it was a perfect likeness and everybody acquainted with him recognised who it was at first glance.
As you see, the chair is low and the subject rather gangly, so because of the angle I was observing from, it looked as if he was too big for the chair. Perhaps I should've added some background detail to give a better sense of perspective, but I decided it could wait 'til I'd watched some paint dry. It was drawn on the blank side of computer print-out paper, but I've cleaned it up to hide the lines of digits showing through the sheet. Not too bad a pic for 10 minutes work. In the photo below, you can see he was indeed rather lanky and the chair low, just as described.
Anyway, just learned this very afternoon that the subject passed away in September of this year due to issues associated with Alzheimer's, thereby drawing down the curtain on another aspect of my teenage years and mid-'20s. Although I hadn't spoken with him since 1986 (he and his wife worked abroad for some years and then resided somewhere in England), it's still rather sad to hear of his demise. Yet another leaf fallen off the tree, alas. R.I.P. Paul Farrant.
*The book was actually mail-ordered sometime in 1979, but I received a note from Maya Merchandising (I think) saying they were out of stock and had ordered more in. It was toward the end of '79 or the start of 1980 when I received a card from Royal Mail telling me it was awaiting collection from the main post office. They must've tried to deliver it when no one was in.