I have recently started practising gesture. I watched Proko's tutorials on it, it wasnt going so well in the beginning but I've thankfully been consistent. I followed the videos with Tim Gula, the one where he does quick sketches with a live model and the one where he demonstrated the Riley method. That, with the force series of Mike Mattesi really helped me understand some things better. I would really appreciate a critique of these gesture drawings I am attaching below, they have been done today and I've been at it for about 3 days now. I have numbered the drawings I was not happy with, enough to draw them again. A drawing numbered 1 will have a 1twice in the next pages, thrice means I attempted to capture the gesture thrice. These were done in two minutes. I would've attached the reference pictures but i am already at the 10 pictures limit. But if any pose is confusing or you would like the reference picture used, let me know and I will respond with the picture if i have it. From what I can figure, other than the fact that I've just started, my issues lie in downsizing or oversizing the torso and legs, not having a clear idea of how the arms attach with the torso near the armpits, and drawing the male figure from behind. I think that is because i have majorly drawn the female figure so far (unintentionally, the world just seems to ignore the aesthetic appeal of the male figure heh) and look for the same flow while drawing the male figure, not focusing on what is in front of me. Is it very important to make the proportions anatomically correct for gesture drawings? I think it is not but there also seems to be a certain limit to what can be exaggerated and how much. I have also noticed that it is easier to draw a figure when it is curled up (i also tend to make those smaller, maybe because of the closed off pose itself, as opposed to when the pose is more dynamic and the arms and legs are freely flowing and I automatically draw it bigger) or has apparent curves. I find upright, straight, and rigid poses more difficult, I tend to focus on the smaller details and disbalance the size of legs and space between them when i have to draw a model standing stiff and looking straight at the camera. I guess more practise will let me pick up on the subtle flows and exaggerate them? I might be criticizing myself too much too and would really benefit from a balanced review. I will definitely incorporate any beneficial tips and post my improved drawings consistently. This is already too long but i would love it if someone could list out the steps in learning figure drawing, like gesture drawing, structure, mannequinization, and then anatomy, is that correct? And should I move on to the next step already? I will of course keep practising gesture too.