Hi @Jean-Nicolas Bouchard, welcome to the course! Nice drawings😎👍I'll do my best to help you further: - Simplify. Try to express the pose with few lines and with simple shapes. Rather than drawing each bump you see in the contour, focus on drawing simple but well designed. Maybe try the challenge of capturing the pose with as few lines (C,S or I) as possible. - As you will discover on your figure drawing journey, there are many approaches to doing gesture quisketches. I think you would benefit from doing some drawings where you work more inside out; focusing on drawing gestural lines that lead the viewers eye through the pose, as if there was a river flowing through the body. Check out these two replies for more thorough explanation https://www.proko.com/s/DGcZ & https://www.proko.com/s/tjNS - For line quality, you might appreciate checking out this video How to Hold and Control Your Pencil. Draw from your shoulder and make marks with confidence. In the beginning you'll feel like you have very little control of the lines. But control comes with practice. The important thing now is to use correct technique. The Drawing Basics course has a lot of information about markmaking (btw, definitely recommend taking the Drawing Basics course. It wil give you a lot) It might help to work on bigger paper to encourage activating your whole arm. I like to use A2 paper (18"x24"). I hope this helps :) Let me know if you have any questions!

Nice job! Your figures are very dynamic! A lot of beautiful movement!

Hey yecai, really great poses! I'm little envy X) These pictures make me to back to practicing fundamentals. Great job :)

I think they are good! Do you do the gesture videos and then move on or do you go through the whole course?

Wanted to state also that all figure drawings start with a light gesture then continue to add on to it. There are some that have mastered it without the gesture but that is incredibly hard. Have you checked out Michael Hampton.

in one of proko's draftsmen podcasts he recommends spending about two weeks on each module.. Then starting from the top again ad nauseam

Very good question….I’m wondering that myself. I think you have a good feel in these. I think you should continue to do gestures as warm ups and then add in some new concepts/lessons.

Hey Ashlyn, don't give up. We all experience those feelings as we learn, evaluate, and re-learn. The point is that you make an effort, "see" what you've possibly missed and try again. I've been making gestures for seven years, and I still feel the same anxiety. Get yourself some "Caran D'Ache" crayons, a BUNCH of newspaper print, and follow the "Force" method by Mike Mattesi or Stan Prokopenko. They both have good things to teach you. I like to do three-hour sessions when I hire a model. You can/should draw from life as often as you can. But, when a model isn't available, draw from photo reference the way you have. Warm Up (5 minutes each) Have the models position themselves in an appealing pose and tape (I use the blue painter's tape) around the silhouette of their feet/hands/body parts (just enough to help the model get back into position). Set a timer for 5 minutes, find an angle that appeals to you, and DRAW. Repeat this as many times as you can within 1.5 hours. Your model will want to take a break every five minutes or so. Long Drawing (1.5 hours) Work with your model to create a pose that you want to draw. Tape their silhouette, find a suitable angle, and set your timer. Draw, give the model a break, and Draw again. Try to accomplish a single "finished" piece in the long drawing section. I rarely get done, but I finish enough to call the exercise ended. If you're painting/sculpting and your model is experienced, they will know how to get back into the pose you started in the last session. Thank the model. Please keep it safe for the model. Help them feel welcome and appreciated. Some of my models have become close friends of mine and the artists who participate.