/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

Can we have a serious, non-memey shitposty thread about GESTURE? The most important key to drawing, drafting, and the like.

From what I understand, gesture is not just the 'motion'/flow of the body, but rather, is described generally as the expression of which an object or drawing is formed. Gesture is stylistic in nature, and is the basic idea of any drawing at all. For example, the gesture of a cup could be curved upward or downward depending on its function. The gesture of a lamp could be very structured and rigid, or curved and slouchy.

What is the best way to approach drawing gesture for a human being? Personally, when I try drawing gestures from life or classes, they turn out very sloppy and can't read well (I'm told they should take 15 seconds.) I don't feel like they help me in any shape or form. Is this still the 'correct' way of gesture drawing? Is there a book specifically about the gesture of drawing?

My classmates tell me to just draw what I see and just 'regularly figure draw, but quicker', but I end up making silhouettes (seen in the image) which also don't help me, and I also don't think those are gestures.

When doing figure drawing in sets of 3min poses, what should I be focusing on? Getting a rough form? Outlining the details slightly enough to be able to tell? What should I specifically be thinking about if I want to improve?