Day 3 on this lession. I feel the side gesture is extremely hard to capture. Especially when I can't see a shoulder and I can't really imagine the side back to the me. Will keep practicing.

Where do you guys source your reference photos from? I know line-of-action.com but I feel like there should be a lot of other good sources.

I really feel like this course is unlocking the secrets of gesture drawings for me! Still got a long way to go, but I'm proud of these! :)

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Which is recommended to practice first for those who have never done this type of exercise before? Two minutes or 30 seconds pose?

First 2 are 2 min and the next page is 30 seconds after 2 weeks of daily gestures. Vs my first couple of gestures when I started the class.

trying to build up confidence, starting with some 30's drawing

I'm struggling with the quick-time gesture drawing. It's not my only practise in the pictures, just some examples. I started with untimed sessions, now I'm trying to do it below 1 minute, and it seems I can't work under the pressure of time. I even sometimes forget to draw arms, before the time ends... I watched all examples here and additionally free lessons from Michael Hampton's course and I'm still dummy. I know that a 30 s drawing is not for showing the structure, but how to show the foreshortened poses? Or not very gestural poses, when the model stands stiff? How to show, which side I actually draw - front or back? Or when the legs overlap, with is on the front?

Still struggling with gesture, but I'm starting to feel more confident. feedback is welcome

First attempts at figure drawing! It's challenging at the moment, but I will keep practicing :D Any critiques or advice are highly appreciated

Trying to get back into drawing everyday after a few months of not drawing as much as I should be. Def got lots of work to do. Especially with 30 second poses. But right now, just gotta make drawing a routine. Thank you Stan

Hey guys, I've been doing 2-minute gesture drawing for a couple of weeks, but I end up making the whole gesture roughly within 1 minute 30 sec. Here are a few pages I have sketched from the session. The red sketches are from the initial weeks of sketching gestures. Your feedback is welcome. Thank You

I've been doing gestures a couple of days now, here are a few pages, feedback is very welcome

After graduating college, I got this course as a gift :) gesture is harder than I thought and I decided to do the overhand grip which makes it harder lol. I stuck with it for a week and here are my recent results so far. couple things I learned this week: 1. I made the mistake of doing 30 second gesture as warm ups. I decided to do 3 minutes of 2 - 3 poses as warm ups before doing the 2 minutes and than the 30 seconds. Worked way better. 2. using the overhand grip felt really weird this week. It felt like I was learning how to write lol. But I stuck through and I’m starting to get an idea of how to use it. Also I tried sharpening it with a blade and idk if I’m doing it right lol. 3. for anyone that’s feeling discouraged or upset, I understand cause I feel those feelings as well but I remind myself that I’m learning. You will improve, just practice, feel the flow, move your whole arm, watch Stan videos again and watch how he moves his whole arm. Take breaks! lastly, feedback is always welcome! I use proko free gesture pack for some of these gestures btw.

I found that my longer poses always seemed to be a bit stiffer so I started focusing on doing more sets of 1 minute poses to try and loosen myself up. Have also been enjoying trying to compose nicer pages as well. I feel like my line weight could be more controlled. Is this something I should try work on now, or wait until a further lesson?

Im not an expert on gestures any improvements I can make?

I’ve been doing quick poses casually for a couple years, but I feel like I’ve plateaued. I’m now trying to approach gesture with more structure and intention. This is my most recent set—I’d appreciate any critique, especially on areas where my flow or structure might be breaking down.

My first time doing gesture drawings, I did about 40 5m sketches and compiled a few of my favourites. I really struggled with the time constraints of 30s / 2m sketches and felt like I needed some more time. I would appreciate feedback on the attached drawings and any device on how I can speed up.

Gestures are fantastic. Every time I do them I feel like I learn something new.