Hello, I too am struggling tremendously with gesture, even though at first it seems like it should be "intuitive" and perhaps even quite approachable for someone with little prior experience. Personally, I am treating Stan's gestures as a style in their own right. After reading some comments and feedback below, I think limiting yourself to 5 lines is a good thing to try. Practise along with Stan's examples and try to learn the different line shapes he uses, like S and C curves. He has his own way of capturing a pose, and I'm still learning how these seemingly "simple" lines convey so much information. Start with the head, then think about how the spine curves. Even if you don't know detailed human anatomy (I certainly don't), there is an obvious "shape" to each pose. Usually the model is balancing on one of their legs, so look for how their torso joins into the thigh and consider using a single line to indicate that flow. Not everything is equally important though and you'll notice that Stan often finishes the lower half of the legs and the feet with very minimal detail, just a flick in the general direction. Something I've found helpful is to keep in mind how every curvy line you put on paper contributes to the "flow" of the figure. No boxes and no outlines (these trap the flow). I like to imagine water flowing between the lines. From reading more about gesture, it seems that knowing more about anotomy will improve your gesture drawing, so my takeaway from that is that given that I haven't studied anatomy (yet), I need to focus on creating flowing drawings even if they don't look "good". It's a foundational practise exercise at the end of the day.