nice! looking good!

I like the simplification you are using for both, there is a nice connection between lines that brings flow to the entire figure for a lot of these. I would recommend for your next practice session to push yourself to exaggerate, as I see a tendency towards timidness in energy. I think especially that the 30 second gesture practice is a good opportunity to focus on the essential lines and assess whether they are dynamic enough or can be pushed even further--whether they can be curved, tilted, or even straightened up more--and which can then be applied to longer poses.

Hey i think these look great, I have the same issues as you in regards to flow vs proportional accuracy. I think the main thing at this stage is to keep at it! Decide before each pose if you going to focus on flow or proportion and once you get to the point where you can feel each out in isolation then start combining them. Prokopenko's been drawing for literally years so it's likely intuative for him at this point - the gestures he puts as examples are a skill that takes years to develop so just stick at it and trust the process.

Hi @eldragdrag, nice studies! There are many different ways to approach a gesture quicksketch, so I wouln't worry about doing it the wrong way. However it could be relevant to think of what your art goal is. What is your art goal? If you want to do animation for example, there is a lot of things worth considering in a gesture sketch, and there's a tradition of how to go about drawing the figure. If you want to do Florence Academy like painting, then you might go about it in a different way. I think you have a pretty nice flow in your drawings. What I think you should focus on in your next set of drawings, is to feel the pose. Imagine that you were striking the pose yourself. Where is the tension? Can you feel the arm reaching? Where do you feel force? etc. Really try to empathize with the model, then focus on describing what you feel with your drawing. Maybe even strike the pose yourself to actually feel the forces. In the third drawing from the left in the top row of image one, for example, you have a person sitting on the ground leaning against their arm. But I'm not really feeling this as I look at the drawing, because I'm missing lines describing it. Draw a line that describes the butt pushing against the ground. And a line that shows the shoulder being pushed up as the body lean against the arm. This will do a lot for the gesture. Then add aditional lines that enhance the feeling of what's happening. Maybe make the arm straight to make it look tense, like it's a stick holding up the weight of the body pushing down at it. Maybe lean the body more, to make the story even clearer. Yeah, so much of it, is thinking about the logic of the pose. What is happening and how can I describe it? If you wonder whether to move on to the next lesson or not, it depends a bit on how long you've stayed on this lesson and if you feel like you've got something out of it. Gesture is a fun subject and in my experience there is always more discover :) So don't expect to "get there" and never have to do it again. As you learn other drawing concepts, you'll get a greater context for how gesture is used, and you'll have more tools to do figure quicksketches sucessfully, so moving on doesn't hurt. I would also highly encourage you to take the Drawing Basics course as well, it's packed with great stuff that you'll benefit from! If you have to choose between the Drawing Basics course and the Figure Drawing course I would say: Focus your efforts on the Drawing Basics course! I hope this helps :) Keep up the good work💪😎👍

Hi @cesarcarlos, nice studies! It's great to see the improvement of linequality and rhythm, from the first images to the last. - Overall, the gesture is pretty good, but the figures feel broken at places. Try this exercise: Do some more figure drawings, where you try to capture the gesture, but build the figures with pieces. Focus on the shape and proportion of the pieces. Also check so that the pieces that are mirror versions of eachother are the the same lenght and width. So, for example, when you've drawn the left upper arm and the right upper arm, compare the two and make sure that they are the same lenght. Tag me when you've done a few👍 Cheers!

I’m learning myself, so not much I can provide on advice, but love your style. The bottom right laying down is my favorite, your line work really shows the weight on her back and the sharp angle of her left arm. I like that initial flow line you put in the body on your gestures. Really helps capture the movement of the poses, I might have to try that one as well! My drawings are looking stiff after looking at yours.

Hi @charliev, nice start! Yeah, isn't this exercise a lot of fun XD. I'll do my best to help you further. - As a general study tips, I think it's a good idea to have copying drawings of artists that you admire, as part of your practice routine. You'll learn a lot of tricks that way. You could for example follow along with Stan in his exercise demonstrations. Or you could look to other artists, such as Glenn Vilppu Drawing Demo by Glenn Vilppu, or Mike Mattesi Improving Line Quality and Rhythm – FORCE Series Part 1, or someone else. Then use the things you learn in your own drawings. You'll find that there are different approaches to doing gesture quicksketches. I'm particularly fond of the approach that you might see Glenn Vilppu use, where you start with a rhythm of lines flowing through the forms, a flow that you then contain with forms. - Draw through the forms. If one leg goes behind the other, don't stop the line. Continue it lightly, to make sure the body is constructed properly. - You might appreciate this video How to Hold and Control Your Pencil. Learning to hold and control your pencil properly can help you on your drawing journey. The Drawing Basics course also has a lot of great stuff on linework. - It would be interesting to hear what your goals are, since that might help me guide you better. Do you want to do animation? Illustration? Realistic portrait drawing? Or something else? I hope this helps :) Keep up the good work!