Practiced more, then re-did beans in blue. Comparing the two I liked that I was able to exaggerate more, but still don’t know if I’m doing this exercise correctly or not. I have trouble determining the center line, especially if the hips. Please feel free to advise/critique.

I’m learning myself, so not much I can provide on advice, but love your style. The bottom right laying down is my favorite, your line work really shows the weight on her back and the sharp angle of her left arm. I like that initial flow line you put in the body on your gestures. Really helps capture the movement of the poses, I might have to try that one as well! My drawings are looking stiff after looking at yours.

Hi @charliev, nice start! Yeah, isn't this exercise a lot of fun XD. I'll do my best to help you further. - As a general study tips, I think it's a good idea to have copying drawings of artists that you admire, as part of your practice routine. You'll learn a lot of tricks that way. You could for example follow along with Stan in his exercise demonstrations. Or you could look to other artists, such as Glenn Vilppu Drawing Demo by Glenn Vilppu, or Mike Mattesi Improving Line Quality and Rhythm – FORCE Series Part 1, or someone else. Then use the things you learn in your own drawings. You'll find that there are different approaches to doing gesture quicksketches. I'm particularly fond of the approach that you might see Glenn Vilppu use, where you start with a rhythm of lines flowing through the forms, a flow that you then contain with forms. - Draw through the forms. If one leg goes behind the other, don't stop the line. Continue it lightly, to make sure the body is constructed properly. - You might appreciate this video How to Hold and Control Your Pencil. Learning to hold and control your pencil properly can help you on your drawing journey. The Drawing Basics course also has a lot of great stuff on linework. - It would be interesting to hear what your goals are, since that might help me guide you better. Do you want to do animation? Illustration? Realistic portrait drawing? Or something else? I hope this helps :) Keep up the good work!

I'm just starting out myself, however I think they look pretty good. In several poses I think you could exaggerate much more, even though the figure you are drawing is very static. I think people tend to under exaggerate rather than over exaggerate. Hope this helps.

The critiques for this course have already been filmed and released. Stan may occasionally give a student a critique in this course, but there are not guaranteed critiques.