>>7694755
gesture drawing was a tool to quickly capture the poses from a moment in time or for poses that couldn't be held by a model. its purpose is to provide enough information for you to be able to complete the drawing.
it has since been pushed into being an art form in itself which is fine and if that's your goal then carry on. if that's not the case then anything above a minute is pushing into why bother territory
picrel is ryan woodward who gestures for the art of it, i own one of his books, but i don't spend more than a minute on a gesture