Gesture drawing is definitely a method of motion, something only achieved by doing, and doing, and doing! It is so great to get back to drawing, it has been a little while. Using our measuring tools really helps know the difference in what you are seeing, compared to what your mind thinks it sees. I have never been a strong figure drawer. I could never totally figure out why my figures didn't look right - until learning to apply angle dropping, comparative measuring, and plumb lines for mapping out how the pose really is. Now, once getting the beginning marks on there and beginning to fill in larger masses, I can much more closely compose the reality of the pose in proportion....(definitely have to make lots of adjustments before completion!!)