Hi Moon, you certainly understand the concept, but when you concentrate on gesturing I would advise you to work mainly on that, without worrying about the silhouette of the body, because this step risks distracting you from the main purpose of this exercise, which is to become familiar with the concept and familiar with the process of quickly identifying the lines that determine the movement and spatial location of the figure. It is a bit like modelling a figure with clay. (Did I already sayd "familiar"?! Not being fluent in a language is quite frustrating, I'm running out of synonyms!!! ^___^;;; ) You start to create the armature with wire: it's very rough, not particularly beautiful, but it's literally the soul of the statue. The same goes for the gesture when you draw the human figure: it has to be the foundation on which you build the form and then you apply the shadows and the details, so it deserves our attention. I know that drawing stick men isn't very satisfying at first (I've started to find it both fun and relaxing over time. It's like a game: you have a few seconds to find these lines and then you have to reproduce them on the paper), so to overcome this you can make short sessions giving you a limited time to draw each figure: you can start by drawing 5 one-minute poses (in which you'll take care of capturing only the essence of the movement), 3 two-minute poses (in which you'll start to define the mannequin) and one 5-minute pose in which you'll have time to refine the drawing a bit. If you do this exercise every day you will see great progress within a week and you will soon find that even simply drawing the gesture will give you satisfaction. When you're confident enough you can start with 45-second, 30-second or even 15-second figures (in which you'll be content to find the main line of action and determine the angle of the shoulders and pelvis. These three elements can already give you a lot of information about the pose of a figure). Remember, not every drawing has to be a masterpiece, do these exercises on cheap paper blocks (or digitally) and do as many as you can. I stock up on 2 euro A3 blocks every time a supply arrives at the hard discount store: I'm practically the only person in town who buys them! XD I hope I have been helpful, keep going, you are on the right track. :)

Hiya Moon! I really like you’re drawings and it takes time to get better at making them look more appealing to the eye. Have you watched Proko’s video, “How to Hold and Control Your Pencil”? I watched that today and it helped improved my line work on my own gesture poses by a ton.

Hey moonless sky, I would suggest drawing bigger and when drawing rhythms of the limbs, restrict yourself to c curves.