Some more gesture drawings, I'm starting to understand some of it but the standing pose was a lot more difficult to capture than I thought. Would these be a good enough start for a drawing?

A couple gesture drawings based on Marco Bucci's "Drawing For Experienced Beginners". I still don't really "get" gesture drawing. I tried using Bucci's looser approach and while they're not as stiff as most of my gestures, I feel like they end up too messy and hard to understand. Feedback is appreciated, especially regarding how to better capture the poses.