Peter's Sketchbook

[Peter]

Here what i propose if you not allready doing this

Trace over a photo and find the landmark of the body
Once you learn what are the landmark of the human body everything is way more easier to construct because you now have something that help create believeable proportion base on the head measurement

Draw the construction of the figure base on the landmark observation
Learning to construct is essential to gain solid figure drawing skill in perspective

Draw the figure from memory
Once construction become second nature it time to check how far you can go without reference it important to learn to draw for memory to reduce the time you spend searching for the perfect reference relying less on them to create sucessful drawing.It really train self confidence to be able to draw from memory.

One more suggestion for you try to learn the major superficial muscle mass before learning the more hidden muscle.And also learn what are the role of certain type of muscle

I'm already doing a couple of those things such as finding the landmarks, still struggle abit with finding some of them when they are buried under the skin though haha.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction though, what you've suggested is a good plan for tackling the figure. I'll have to print this out and pin it to my wall so I don;t forget haha.