I'm still struggling with this topic as well, but I am noticing a few missing landmarks. For the first one, I'm not seeing that sort of middle v shape landmark between the shoulder blades, I'm also missing that donut shape at the hip which you should at least be able to see part of. There are also opportunities to define the lower back as well as seen in the video above. For the second one, I'm missing the collarbone landmark, the rib cage area, the delt is also ill-defined. I think something overall that I am also seeing is just not doing enough to the contrast between the underlying foundation drawing and the landmarks on top, leaving an overall muted look for the strokes. All that being said its good to see you putting in the reps, some of the flows of the line work are not bad either.

Hi Ayna, your beans are a bit tame but the line work is clean. To help with this exercise, I highly suggest you place two tennis balls in a sock and actually draw those twisting and turning. It helped me a lot to exaggerate the pose than looking at a model.

@aynashie very nice group of gesture drawings. I recently watched a great Disney plus new show Sketchbook, and an animator there said it didn’t matter so much if short searching or a slightly messy lines were used during underdrawing construction phase. They said What is more important is that by the end your intended line is clearly understood to be what you want. This word “clear” and its utmost importance to successful drawing really made sense to me. Of course, there is always erasers and cleanup to fix and show one final flowing feel you have pinned down in searching process. So i suppose something to ask, after you see any sets of short searching and possibly confusing or possibly redundant lines appear in your underdrawing process, could it be improved in next finishing stage of drawing by using single C, S or I line with aim to be more “clearly” communicating what you intend? I hope that helps.