I've been doing quite a lot of figure drawings based on reference and I finally get some confidence to try some easier poses without any reference at all, and i must say, i'm quite happy with the results.
For the middle pose, i did get up and use the mirror to make sure i was getting the feet correctly, as in the orientation of the knees and feet.

I used a reference of myself in a pose to sketch a character. I focused mostly on the figure, keeping clothes and shading simple to create a finished drawing. It's in no way perfect, I realised during how much knowledge I'm lacking about clothing and lighting. And I avoided drawing the face altogether by hiding it under the hood xD Looking forward to term 2 to fill those gaps!
Here is the initial figure construction, the sketch of the clothes and the final result, with the line work, shading and lighting.

And another character, same thing, reference pose, simple shading with one light source (my lighting is abismal so far but that's not a prio in this term :D)

Before moving on to perspective assignments, I've put some character constructions in the same frame, trying to adjust the perspective of the references to work in the same piece. Quite happy with how it turned out, except for the girl on the far right - not sure what exactly is wrong with her pose but it feels off. It feels good to define a stopping point (lines for the body outline) and not try and work with color and lighting too much, that just takes too much time as I'm largely inexperienced with that.

And for the 1-point perspective, I've drawn a tavern room. I used a room design i found on google, not trying to invent anything, just put it in the perspective i wanted and added some details of my own. This proved harder than i initially thought.
In the end I added some simple colours to make the room feel real.

2 point perspective study done. I turned on the perspective guides for this one, to make sure my horizontal and vertical lines are tip top and not eyeballing them. I think working with them is still giving enough of a practice of thinking with the perspective in mind, so i think it's not too much of a cheat
I also did simple flat colors at the end to give the space more of a spacial feeling, but i think the ones on the far left side are not reading well. if anyone has any advice about that i'd be super happy to hear it!

And a small bit of me trying to design a simple character. It is meant to be super simple and cartoony-looking, so i can focus on trying to translate the same body proportions and features into different poses and keep the character recognisable. The second pose i mostly drew from imagination so i feels quite stiff. I will try it again with a good reference.

That's a good tip, thanks! I will improve on the design.