Studying figure drawing involves learning, as Glenn Vilppu says, "tools not rules."
The first tool is gesture. Here are some excellent explanations of what gesture is and how one should approach it:
Stan Prokopenko
Glenn Vilppu's Drawing Manual
Some of my daily gesture drawings done from photographs of active poses:
The first tool is gesture. Here are some excellent explanations of what gesture is and how one should approach it:
Stan Prokopenko
Glenn Vilppu's Drawing Manual
Some of my daily gesture drawings done from photographs of active poses: