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I'm studying anatomy as well, but really only for fun and to inform my drawings!

I've found colouring books to be amazingly useful for this. I have Netter's, but I'm using this one for just the musculo-skeletal stuff. I think it's amazing how quickly it informs my life drawings and conveys more information than just trying to painstakingly represent surfaces and outlines.

I think that you're off to an excellent start. You've clearly got a great shorthand for the ribcage and the way that spines naturally curve. You're definitely representing how the deltoids and trapezius work together in most of these and I'd say that all it needs is plenty of regular practice, which is the same damn thing for all of us!.

One thing I think you need to do, and I'm having trouble with myself, is to develop a better shorthand for the pelvis. A "pair of pants" is good for conveying how the legs join up with the pelvis but you ought to include the sacrum and the way it forms the base of the spine and goes straight into the butt crack. This guide (p25) has led me to make a kind of tilted elliptical bucket shape with a narrow base, with a triangle for the sacrum at the back and a cutout to define the hips at the front. I'm still working on it though.

Please bear in mind, that the fundamental skills of good drawing are universal and when you learn a consistent approach in how to draw the human form well, it doesn't matter what the size, shape, or skin colour of your model is. That's one of the reassuring things about human anatomy: despite differences between individuals, you can learn to find consistencies in structure that will always be there.

Having said that, allow me to share with you my 3 favourite life drawing books, each of which include references for models of various ethnicities.

A book you definitely want to check out is Sarah Simblet's "Anatomy for the Artist" Her drawings are immaculate, but what I really like is that the photos are if equally high quality.

Another example of high quality work is Henry Yan's Figure Drawing Techniques and Tips. These images will blow your mind, he has total mastery of charcoal. This book includes a good range of young and old models, male and female, white, black, and asian.

You might also like Michael Hampton's "Figure Drawing: Design and Invention. Probably the best book I know for showing a progressive approach to skill building using geometry and the best examples of gesture drawings.

Even though I'm white, I share your frustration. I'm always trying to find resources for drawing different ethnicities and find that they are lacking. The books I've recommended are the best I've found yet.

I’m no expert but I’d say to separate gesture from structure.

Start with a sweeping line to the express the overall pose. That’s the gesture, it will inform everything that comes after.

Next turn the gesture into a stick figure with head and chest just like you’ve done and a little box for a pelvis and triangle feet and hands. This is the beginning of structure.

This is the time to make sure all the proportions and slants are correct. Consider how wide and high the figure is and if that matches your stick figure. Where is the highest/lowest/leftist/rightest points and do they match in relation. This is the foundation for structure.

I’d recommend Steve Huston

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