These look lovely! Thanks for sharing! Most of these are well balanced drawings, but some could use more straights. This will give them more structure. Here’s an art tip:

You are absolutely on the right track with these. It is very motivating to notice improvement, so hopefully you can use that to your advantage. You mentioned having difficulty pulling long lines and focusing on contours instead of action lines, which I agree with. I wanted to highlight an area where Stan did this really well and why. He took a complicated piece of anatomy, the arm, and simplified it into 4 lines. He is indicating the anatomy, but it's not the main focus here. The emphasis is on that curve that runs from the end of the deltoid to the wrist, and is counterbalanced by the angle of the elbow. The angle puts tension on the curve, and the result is dramatic. In your drawing, this moment is broken up by a few different lines and the effect is diluted. Look for areas of movement like this and figure out how to simplify the anatomy to clearly communicate the essence of the movement.

Hey there! It's a great idea to practice both digitally and traditionally, I see it helping approach gestures in different methods. I think overall what I would recommend is incorporating more variety in your lines, thinking back to CSI lines. I see a lot of C curves currently, which is great for getting fluidity in the gestures, but finding more areas where an S curve could emphasize a change in direction or a straight I line could highlight a sharp turn or edge in the figure would help balance the fluidity and also help bring out the energy and direction of the drawing overall.

It's already a great start! I love the fluidity and clarity of the energy. The thing I'd recommend is going for longer, more confident strokes, especially keeping an eye out for CSI lines (which are lines that resemble the shape of those letters, more info can be found here along with some great warm-up exercises: 6 Habits for Good Line Quality). By bringing in clearer strokes, it'll help reinforce the great expression you already have in these gestures -- keep up the good work! :)

This is fantastic, thank you!

Nice! Learning to draw people is a challenging and rewarding endeavor. These are looking good. Your lines can sometimes get a bit scratchy -- try to practice using longer, lighter strokes when making gestural lines. It's a good habit to get into and I believe you end up drawing how you practice, so establishing good habits when starting out is the way to go. I really like the figure in the bottom left on the first page. Good luck with the course :)

Nice gesture drawings!

Doing 2 min poses wouldn't hurt at all. Try them out and see what you're comfortable with. Before you move on, practice finding the line of action of these poses. The line of action is a line that usually connects the head to the toes -- it shows the energy/movement of the pose. Don't be afraid to push the exaggeration a bit to really get your point across, since we are only using a few lines in a 30 second drawing. Then, like you have done in your drawings, estimate the placement and angles of the shoulders. You can then use other rhythms and curves to help you find these landmarks. For example, in #4, I found the line of action in green (the s curve), and another important rhythm in orange that travels along the entire front of the model's body through the back leg. There is an argument to be made that the orange line could be the line of action. The reason I chose the green line is because it highlights the twist of the torso, which I think is a key aspect of this pose. The purple lines represent a curve that I would use to place the elbows and the knees so that they relate rhythmically to each other. Adding in a representation of the torso is a great idea! Starting out, the bean is an easy way to lump the ribcage and pelvis together. It's coming up soon in this series but here's a link to a tutorial to get you started: https://www.proko.com/course-lesson/how-to-simplify-the-motion-of-the-torso-the-bean/assignments Good luck :)

Maybe instead of framing it as limiting your line count, think about it as each line representing a conscious thought. I think you can use as many lines as you want to, as long as each line supports the form and function of the pose. You have really nice rhythm in these :)

You're doing well -- nice work practicing gestural lines that aren't overly contour-y or anatomical. I'll recommend a few things. You can look at some of my sketches a few posts below yours to decide if you want to take my advice. I have found that figuring out whose advice to take and whose to avoid is a big part of the battle in learning to draw. For your thirty second poses, you don't have to do this all the time, but I would recommend practicing drawing limbs and even bodies with a single, gestural line. I spent a lot of time rapidly drawing gestural sketches with bodies and limbs that were full enclosed, and while that's all well and good, I think working on single, flowing lines is good practice to make your sketches more gestural and expressive. Secondly, take a couple seconds to analyze each pose for the line of action -- ideally a single line that runs through the entire pose. For example, the bottom pose on the left image of a figure reclining with the arms outstretched behind them -- you could have drawn a single C-curve from the neck down and curving to the left all the way to the heel of the outstretched leg. The bottom left figure on the second page, the figure with one arm over their stomach and one above their head, you could have extended that line of the neck down all the way to the figure's right (our left) knee. You were almost there, but you drew two lines instead. It's okay sometimes to discard one of your trusty, go-to rhythms to accommodate a fluid line of action. Most importantly, keep it up. You'll be glad you did.

These are very nice! You should post more of these as you go. I’d love to follow your progress.

These are really nice!