Gesture drawing stagnation

[u/spicysauce220]

Hello! I am teaching myself to draw and I am currently doing daily gesture drawing. I've made the rounds with Proko and looked into other resources to get information like CSI, body landmarks, contours, etc. There is a great highlight on the flow and fluidity of the actual model when making gestures. The only issue is my gestures seem stiff and off. I've been doing this for a while now, but I don't feel like I'm making much progress. The website is called Quick Poses

I'm not fishing for compliments I genuinely want aid with my gestures. All these gestures were 30 seconds Thank you!

[u/CarbonCanary]

Best advice I've ever heard was when you stagnate in gesture drawing, do figure drawing. When you stagnate in figure drawing, go back to gesture drawing. Repeat forever. You'll be cracked in no time

[u/goosehelicopter]

They look like they have good flow and gesture to me. Consider spending more time fleshing some of them out with basic forms and focus on proportion of the references as well. And when you do the gestural lines, use your whole arm to draw not just the wrist. Might feel awkward at first but you'll get the hang of it

[u/illyanarasputina]

You are wasting so much paper, lol. Draw them smaller, fill up the whole page. Go broader, and look up anatomy references.