Hi Marco, at this stage don't think about the final form, as this will distract you from the purpose of the exercise. What you need to learn to draw is the movement, not the shape. At this stage it is not important to include details or proportions. It is like when at school you take quick notes while the teacher explains a lesson. You need to be able to represent what you see quickly and with just a few strokes, so that you have a basis to work on later. Right now you don't have the necessary information to draw complete figures, don't worry about that, you will be taught extensively later. Concentrate on the pose and movement, identify the posture, the line of action that affects most of the body. Once you have drawn this line find the position and inclination of the shoulders and pelvis on it. Already with these three very synthetic signs, you will notice that you are able to read a lot of information about the model's pose. Now you can draw arms and legs, starting with the position of the pelvis and shoulders. Use simple lines in the shape of C S I. Use as few lines as possible. Remember that the body is an organic whole, not a series of separate shapes. Some parts of the body may be affected by the same line of force. Hands, feet and head continue, in most cases, the same line in which they fit, they do not move independently. Try to give yourself a time limit for drawing your figures, try one minute and maybe, as you become more familiar with the exercise, even less, so as to force yourself to be synthetic.

Hey Marco, these all feel like contour drawings. They're great, but they don't feel like gesture. I'm expecting to see long fluid lines that show the action, not necessarily the outside edges.

Hi @Marco de Goeij, Nice drawings! I like how clean they are and how well they are presented! I´ll try to look for things to improve on: - When doing 2 minute poses things start to get more complicated since you have time to add more details. When allowed to do that there is a risk that you´ll lose some of the gesture. One common issue is symmetry in the limbs. In your second drawing, veroinca 135, her right thigh is drawn with two symmetrical contours, which hurts the flow. When adding details you have to keep the main gesture, the flow passing through the leg in mind, since the contour should be designed to help it. Put simply, if the gesture is a c-curve, bend the contour lines to follow that c-curve. You could also think of the gesture as a stream of water that the contour should push forward from side to side. Beware of symmetry, since it can kill the flow I recently did a critique for another student which I think you would appreciate reading https://www.proko.com/profile/bryanmhall97/activity (a post from 3 days ago) - DRAW FROM YOUR SHOULDER Have you watched Stan´s video on pencil control https://www.proko.com/course-lesson/how-to-hold-and-control-your-pencil/assignments One of the things he teaches in it is drawing from your shoulder. It is really helpful in drawing since it allows you to quickly create long fluid lines. I really recommend watching the video and applying what it teaches. TIMING How much longer than 2 minutes do the drawings usually take? I would keep the 2 minutes as a sharp deadline. Instead of doing high quality drawings until you can do them in two minutes, do two minute drawings until they reach a high quality. I hope this helps :)

The linework looks really nice and clean, and I think you'll just keep getting better the more you practice :D My advice would be to try and push the gesture of the poses more - e.g., making them more extreme (exaggerating). A lot of these, especially ones where the model is bending or twisting, look a bit stiff/flat, but the more you practice the more your eye will develop. You can also loosen up your linework and let it be a little messier if that helps you find the "flow" of the poses better - it's not about making a SUPER clean or finished drawing at this stage, it's more important to get the feeling of movement and energy in the sketch. Keep working through the series too, because you will learn a lot about anatomy that will be really helpful, and it's fun to look back on those older drawings once you've gotten farther.

Much better than yesterday's examples but remember that the body is a whole and moves harmoniously, not a series of separated parts. I tell you this because you often draw the neck and head separate from the gesture when they are part of it. The main line of force runs through the body, so it often affects the neck as well (if not most of the time).

I think these look pretty good :) and feel like most of them focus more on movement than contour. Besides varying the line thickness more, my main suggestion would be to keep doing gestures for mileage and trying to push the movement of the poses more. Also, learning more about the human figure in general also helps make gestures more intuitive, and it's not bad to try some of the other lessons too while regularly going back to gestures, in my opinion. Personally, I think C051 C044 and A018 I feel are the strongest :)