Hey nice work! These are some well drawn and structured figure drawings. Not sure if you are going for a gesture drawing or not. These are pretty detailed to be considered gesture drawings. To be honest, it doesn't seem like you watched the video or if you know what exactly a gesture drawing is. You should probably give the video another watch if you haven't seen it already and pay extra close attention. I've seen this video many times myself and I'm still struggling. I would advise you to work on your line quality. Draw from your shoulder and use long confident lines instead of a sequence of small lines. It will take some getting used to but it will make your art look even better! (The image I put should help explain what I'm talking about) Although these aren't really gesture drawings in my opinion, I still think they are still really great! Good luck :)

love these! only one i want to highlight is number 6, just because i love that angle of the Lat; your's is good gesturally. if you had 5-10 more seconds, i would add a nice S curve from the arm to the waist so we can see a hair more structure. Number 5 is kind of hard: small tip. the chin seems to be below the shoulders, i think that is what you struggled with! it will add more weight to the neck like in 8, which i also really enjoy! keep going

These are fantastic! I am struggling so much with this. After watching the draw-along video I am almost ready to hang it up.

I love how you're able to just see the larger shapes of the figure, i tend to focus too much on the details, these are absolutely great! :)

Hi What I can observe in these sketches of yours is that your lines are very fragmented while the essence of gesture is to capture a sense of movement and fluidity. Generally speaking, to represent a gesture you only need I, C and S lines (everything else is superfluous and risks breaking up the movement). Look at the reference hole and try to identify these lines: take your time at first, with time it will become natural and you will be able to do it in a matter of seconds but, for now, don't be in a hurry. Do not try to reproduce the shape of the figure, that is not the purpose of the exercise. Look at the reference and try to identify the line of action that defines the main movement (usually it goes from the ground to the head but not always), think of it as a support on which to balance the other strokes, if that helps. Then look at your shoulders and pelvis: how are they oriented?  Draw two lines on the line of force to mark the angle of the shoulders and pelvis. Then draw your arms and legs - in many cases you can do this in a single C or S-shape. Try to observe your body as well and you will soon notice that your eye will start to perceive the fluid lines that represent its movement. I hope I've managed to explain myself and that I've been helpful. :)

What I really advise is that you should cut down using all that hairy lines. When there are hairy lines I would restrict me from really defining the exact width or length of a specific part. Keep the practice up davioli1, you will get better through experience. We all can do this together ♥️

I really like how you organized the photos next to each gesture drawings! :::OOO

It looks like you struggled a bit with this one, but you found a pretty good place in the end with the outstretched leg and exaggerated bend in the knee. Good job! My main critique here is that the weight on the bent arm could feel stronger. In your (final? The big one) gesture drawing it almost feels like she’s leaning on a straight arm rather than a bent one.

These are really good and look really rhythmic. Great job. I do want to point out that in the last drawing, they look like they're about to fall over. Especially because it looks like they're leaning backward. However, I think that it also makes sense if that was intentional because it looks like they're balancing on one foot and using the stick to aid them in standing. Also, this will get better over time once you keep drawing gestural figures but there are some proportional issues. For instance, on the first drawing, the leg that's jutting out looks way too long. Then on the 4th drawing, her shoulders look too far apart. It's completely fine if you were trying to exaggerate them though. Maybe it will help if you show more constructional forms like the ribcage and pelvis. I also feel like you could do these same poses in fewer lines than depicted here. It makes it a lot clearer to see the position of the pose if you do that. Like for example in the 6th image I can see you're going over some lines you already drew. I'd say when you do these drawings again and you feel like a stroke isn't right, undo it and then confidently do the arc again. I noticed in some of the drawings, the feet look rushed and you can't see what's really going on. I drew some of the same poses for you in my way. I tried my best to exaggerate and add a little more construction. I don't know what your references were but I hope my drawings can help you! Good luck! :)

Thanks for the great advice Tanren! Ill give this a try for my next poses