30 second gestures..need critique, how do I improve from here?

https://imgur.com/a/gvv50qd

I feel like I have the consistent problem of drawing the OUTLINE and not the GESTURE, ...or essence of movement. But if I do just lines they turn out very stickfigure-y. I feel like im so bad at exaggerating angles jussst right. I also have a proportion issue but I feel like that will improve with practice. Thank you!

Hm, it may just be that you're too fast! like judging by your line quality and their confidence, it only makes sense not to "just" draw a line of action, because you have time to draw an entire dang figure!

I feel like the only way you can force a line of action is by making it so you literally only have time to draw a single line before moving on to the next picture.

thanks for the reply. So you are suggesting something along the lines of limiting myself to 15 second gesture drawings? I can try that but I noticed they come out as stick figures. I guess my biggest issue is successfully showing fluidity in the gesture.

Mhm!

If you don't like the way they come out currently, maybe what you could do is draw on top of photographs to figure out which lines you'd LIKE to capture.