Knight's sketchbook

[Dominicque]

'Shade in circles blend values'. Noted, I assume with light pressure, at first. I'm doing a pencil drawing right now and the lines come through the most. I'll try to glean the rest of what you have to say.
I still don't get gesture, either. They are used to capture a gesture, right, but if I do it too fast it's not recognisable at all. Like you I find capturing the torso first the easiest, but after studying from Hampton, still find placing the spine difficult.
If I see some cool sketchbook that fit your recommendations, I'll give you a shout!

For the sake of understanding what you mean, is there a distinction between quick gestures and quick poses? For me the former is lines of action stuff, the latter is more like regular drawing but simplified (what you did).

I try and do the former, get frustrated with what looks like scribbles and try and 'fix' it by turning it into the latter.