Hi all, I would like to share some of week one’s 2 min gesture drawing everyday. (I started this course last week.) The first photo is day one and I drew along with Stan on the videos. Photo two was day 2 and I also drew along. At this point I was pretty unhappy drawing gestures since I couldn’t get them to look like Stan’s and drawing gesture became very tedious and I got headaches after each session. (I kept drawing the contours of the body!) I decided to browse YouTube where I stumbled upon Michael Hampton’s gesture lecture. His method really opened my eyes to what gesture is: storytelling. Tell a story with each figure. I adopted his methods and merged it with Stan’s teachings. Pictures 3,4 and 5 are my drawings with Hampton’s teachings. At this point I’m really enjoying gesture drawing and it’s so fun. Can my drawings improve? Totally. My draftsmanship also needs lots of work (I draw lightly and feathery ugh, I need more line confidence). These are my best ones, but know I have 10 times as many poorly drawn ones. The point of this long post is to share what I’ve learned this past week: if you’re struggling with gesture or you’re not having fun, take a breather and look up new ways to do the things you’re doing (or trying to do). Don’t keep doing the same sucky thing. Always try new things—try things to learn for yourself, not because Stan or someone else said to do it, but because YOU want to see what happens when you try it. Make sure that every time you practice, you learn, not because you’re forcing yourself to learn, but because it’s a product of trying something new. A lot of the things you try might not work out, and that’s OK, but at least you tried them. tldr: if you are struggling with gesture, look up a new way to approach it! (example: Michael Hampton’s Gesture lecture on yt) that’s it for my wall-of-text motivational speech. Some helpful stuff I found out: some poses suck for gesture, not ur fault. I found this awesome website called bodiesinmotion.photo or Google “Scott Eaton’s bodies in motion.” No need to pay for this just do the QuickDraw option and it sets 10 figures 2 mins each. I love this thing. good luck! Happy drawing! Draw for fun and for learning and the mileage will come naturally. I know I will draw gesture even while doing Stan’s later videos (bean, robobean etc) because I love this thing so much critiques if you have them, they’re always welcome!